1813-12-18 Manumission: Nelly

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00149
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 137
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 138

Manumission of Nelly (certificate dated 1813-12-18, deed dated 1813-12-18), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 137-138. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Nelly, aged 31, was manumitted by John Van Cleve of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye, John G. Schenck) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Moses Morris, Ralph Sansbury) on December 18, 1813. The document stated that Nelly 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 December 18, 1813, by John Van Cleve. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on January 17, 1814.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 18, 1813
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Nelly (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00594
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 31
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Van Cleve
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro slave"
Additional Participants

Moses Morris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00190
Role: Judge

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

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

John G. Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00189
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Van Cleve
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00188
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event