1811-09-23 Manumission: Cato

Title

1811-09-23 Manumission: Cato

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

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

23 September 1811

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Primary Participant

Cato

Enslaver

John Crowell

Additional Participant

Ichabod Potter

Benajah Mundy

Lewis Kelly

Isaac Clarkson

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Cato ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Crowell
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Cato"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Ichabod Potter
Role: Judge

Benajah Mundy
Role: Judge

Lewis Kelly
Role: Government Official

Isaac Clarkson
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

John Crowell
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker