1814-04-07 Manumission: George Dillon

Research Tips

See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
Identifier
NJS-EVE-00154
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 145
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 144

Manumission of George Dillon (certificate dated 1814-04-07, deed dated 1814-04-07), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 144-145. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
George Dillon, aged 28, was manumitted by John James of East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of East Windsor (John Hammell, Charles South) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan, David Chambers) on April 7, 1814. The document stated that George Dillon 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 April 7, 1814, by John James and witnessed by Stephen Rowan and Zedekiah McCabe. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 16, 1814.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 7, 1814
Location of Event
East Windsor
Primary Participants

George Dillon (b. 1786)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00599
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 28
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John James
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called George Dillon "
Additional Participants

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

David Chambers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00215
Role: Judge

John Hammell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00214
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Charles South
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00155
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Stephen Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01801
Role: Witness

Zedekiah McCabe
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01813
Role: Witness

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

John James
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00128
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event