1803-12-14 Manumission: George Hawkins

Title

1803-12-14 Manumission: George Hawkins

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

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

14 December 1803

Location of Event

South Brunswick

Primary Participant

George Hawkins

Enslaver

Robert Davison

Additional Participant

Nathaniel Hunt

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)

Thomas McDowell (1754-1825)

John Davison

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** George Hawkins ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Davison
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named George Hawkins"

==========

DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Nathaniel Hunt
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Role: Judge

Thomas McDowell (1754-1825)
Role: Government Official

John Davison
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Robert Davison
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker