1812-12-04 Removal: Bob

Title

1812-12-04 Removal: Bob

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00191

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 128

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 129

Removal certificate for Bob (1812-12-04) recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 128-129. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

A removal certificate authorizing enslaver Joseph W. Hagaman to remove Bob, an enslaved person aged 13, from the state of New Jersey was issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County on December 4, 1812. The certificate was signed by two judges (Ralph Sansbury and Joseph McChesney). The document stated that Bob was examined by the judges and consented to move with Joseph W. Hagaman from Princeton, NJ, to Cincinnati, OH, and that Bob would reside with Hagaman in Ohio "in the quality of a servant." The document also stated that Bob had no parents in the State of New Jersey. The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 8, 1812.

Event Type

Legal: Removal registration

Keywords

Removal of person eligible for gradual emancipation

Removal of unaccompanied minor without parental consent

Removal to another northern state

Date

4 December 1812

Location of Event

Princeton

Cincinnati, Ohio

Related Event

1812-12-04 Removal: Mary

1812-12-04 Removal: Anthony

Primary Participant

Bob (b. 1799)

Enslaver

Joseph W. Hagaman

Additional Participant

Ralph Sansbury

Joseph McChesney

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Bob (b. 1799) ***
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 13
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph W. Hagaman
Verbatim description from source:
"Mulatto Slave named Bob aged thirteen years the twenty first of Octr last"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Joseph W. Hagaman
Role: Enslaver

Ralph Sansbury
Role: Judge

Joseph McChesney
Role: Judge

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

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Record Contributor

Adam McNeil

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