1809-10-11 Manumission: Dolly Frost

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00117
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 91
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 92

Manumission of Dolly Frost (certificate dated 1809-10-11, deed dated 1809-10-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 91-92. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dolly Frost, aged 30, was manumitted by George Yard of East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of East Windsor (Jonathan Brown, Charles South) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John James, Andrew Rowan) on October 11, 1809. The document stated that Dolly Frost 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 October 14, 1809.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 11, 1809
Location of Event
East Windsor
Primary Participants

Dolly Frost (b. 1779)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00562
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 30
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Yard
Verbatim description from source:
"negro female slave called Dolly Frost"
Additional Participants

John James
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00128
Role: Judge

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

Jonathan Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00060
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Charles South
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00155
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

George Yard
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00158
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event