1795-04-20 Manumission: David

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00105
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 75

Manumission of David (deed dated 1795-04-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 75. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
David was manumitted by Gilbert Tennent Snowden (1766-1797), a minister of a Presbyterian church in Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey. On April 20, 1795, Snowden executed a deed of manumission to set David free. The document stated that Snowden had purchased David four months prior on December 15, 1794, from Abraham Dean of Middlesex County. The deed was witnessed by Jonathan Combs and Thomas McDowell.

On October 15, 1806, Thomas McDowell appeared before judge Nathaniel Hunt and acknowledged the authenticity of the deed he had witnessed a decade prior. A copy of the deed (along with judge Hunt's notarization) was then recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 27, 1808.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 20, 1795
Location of Event
Cranbury (formerly Cranberry)
Preceding Event
1794-12-15 Sale: David
Primary Participants

David
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00550
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gilbert Tennent Snowden (1766-1797)
Additional Participants

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

Jonathan Combs
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00061
Role: Witness

Thomas McDowell (1754-1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00090
Role: Witness

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

Gilbert Tennent Snowden (1766-1797)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00143
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event