1808-05-04 Manumission: All

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00104
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 74
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 73

Manumission of All (certificate dated 1808-05-04, deed dated 1808-05-04), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 73-74. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
All, aged 21, was manumitted by David Dunn of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Edward Griffith, Ephraim Runyon) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Randolph, John F. Randolph) on May 4, 1808. The document stated that All 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. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 27, 1808.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 4, 1808
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

All (b. 1787)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00549
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Dunn
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro slave called All"
Additional Participants

Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00030
Role: Judge

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Judge

Edward Griffith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00025
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Witness

Jeremiah Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01761
Role: Witness

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

David Dunn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00142
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event