1811-09-23 Manumission: Cato

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00132
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 107

Manumission of Cato (certificate dated 1811-09-23), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 107. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cato was manumitted by John Crowell of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Lewis Kelly, Isaac Clarkson) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter, Benajah Mundy) on September 23, 1811. The document stated that Cato 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. Cato's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 27, 1811.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 23, 1811
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Cato
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00577
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Crowell
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Cato"
Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

Lewis Kelly
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00100
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Isaac Clarkson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00172
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00174
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event