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1795, David, Manumission

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Title: 1795, David, Manumission
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00105
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: Legal: Manumission registration
Action Status: Completed
Date: 20 April 1795
Location: Cranbury, NJ
Preceding Event: 1794, David, Sale
Primary Participant: David
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 21 to 40
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: Gilbert Tennent Snowden (1766-1797)
Judge: Nathaniel Hunt
Witness: Jonathan Combs; Thomas McDowell
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.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker

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