1803-12-21 Manumission: Robert Campton

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00076
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.
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
Manumission
Date
December 21, 1803
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Robert Campton {or Compton}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00521
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Grant
- Catherine Grant
- John Grant
- Ebenezer Grant
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Robert Campton"
Additional Participants

Abraham Schuyler
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00055
Role: Judge

Elijah Phillips
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00056
Role: Judge

John Van Nuis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00054
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Thomas Grant
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00094
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Catherine Grant
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00095
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

John Grant
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00096
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Ebenezer Grant
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00097
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event