New Jersey Slavery Records · 1803, Robert Campton, Manumission

1803, Robert Campton, Manumission

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Title: 1803, Robert Campton, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00076
Event Description: Robert Campton (or Compton) was manumitted jointly by Thomas Grant, Catherine Grant, John Grant, and Ebenezer Grant of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (John Van Nuis) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Abraham Schuyler, Elijah Phillips) on December 21, 1803. The document stated that Robert 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. Robert's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on March 19, 1804.
Event Type: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 21 December 1803
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Primary Participant: Robert Campton
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): slave named Robert Campton
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Thomas Grant; Catherine Grant; John Grant; Ebenezer Grant
Officiator: John Van Nuis
Judge: Abraham Schuyler; Elijah Phillips
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 49; Manumission of Robert Campton (certificate dated 1803-12-21), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 49. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker