1812-08-25 Manumission: Gitty

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00141
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 119
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 120

Manumission of Gitty (certificate dated 1812-08-25, deed dated 1812-08-25), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 119-120. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Gitty, aged 21, was manumitted by Mary Minto (c. 1750s-1824) of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye, Giles W. Olden) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ralph Sansbury, David Slaback) on August 25, 1812. The document stated that Gitty 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. The deed of manumission was executed on August 25, 1812, by Mary Minto. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 26, 1812.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 25, 1812
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Gitty (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00586
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Skelton Minto (d. 1824)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman slave called Gitty"
Additional Participants

Ralph Sansbury
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00066
Role: Judge

David Slaback
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00458
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Giles W. Olden
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00182
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Mary Skelton Minto (d. 1824)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00114
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event