1813-11-09 Manumission: Isabella

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00148
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 135
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 136

Manumission of Isabella (certificate dated 1813-11-09, deed dated 1813-11-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 135-136. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Isabella, aged 22, was manumitted by Charles Gilmore of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Moses Guest) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Thomas Hance, Asa Runyon) on November 9, 1813. The document stated that Isabella 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 November 9, 1813, by Charles Gilmore. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 9, 1813.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 9, 1813
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Isabella (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00593
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 22
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Charles Gilmore
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro slave"
Additional Participants

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
Role: Judge

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Judge

Moses Guest
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00226
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Charles Gilmore
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00187
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event