1811-04-08 Manumission: Flouver

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00137
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 115

Manumission of Flouver (certificate dated 1811-04-08), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 115. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Flouver was manumitted by Henry Qulick of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell, Thomas Wetherill) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John Bastedo, Joseph McChesney) on April 8, 1811. The document stated that Flouver 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. Flouver's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 10, 1811.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 8, 1811
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Flouver
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00582
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Qulick
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Flouver"
Additional Participants

John Bastedo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00108
Role: Judge

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Thomas Wetherill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00167
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Henry Qulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00177
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event