1803-12-14 Manumission: George Hawkins

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00075
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 48

Manumission of George Hawkins (certificate dated 1803-12-14), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 48. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
George Hawkins was manumitted by Robert Davison of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Thomas McDowell, John Davison) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nathaniel Hunt, Andrew McDowell) on December 14, 1803. The document stated that George Hawkins was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. George Hawkins's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 22, 1803.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 14, 1803
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

George Hawkins
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00520
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Davison
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named George Hawkins"
Additional Participants

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Judge

Thomas McDowell (1754-1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00090
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Davison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00091
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Robert Davison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00089
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event