1812-12-04 Removal Registration: Bob

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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
Removal Registration
Keywords
Removal of person eligible for gradual emancipation
Removal of unaccompanied minor without parental consent
Removal to another northern state
Date
December 4, 1812
Location of Event
Princeton
Cincinnati, Ohio
Related Event
1812-12-04 Removal Registration: Mary
1812-12-04 Removal Registration: Anthony
Primary Participants

Bob (b. 1799)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00639
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 13
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph W. Hageman
Verbatim description from source:
"Mulatto Slave named Bob aged thirteen years the twenty first of Octr last"
Additional Participants

Joseph W. Hageman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00065
Role: Enslaver

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

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Adam McNeil
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event