1821-10-06 Manumission: Susan Johnson

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00518
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 348
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 349

Manumission of Susan Johnson (certificate dated 1821-10-06, deed dated 1821-10-06), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 348-349. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Susan Johnson, aged 30, was manumitted by Elijah Davis of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan and William Tindall) on October 6, 1821. The document stated that Susan Johnson 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 October 6, 1821, by Elijah Davis. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 22, 1821.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 6, 1821
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Susan Johnson (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01450
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 30
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elijah Davis
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Susan Johnson; negro slave called Susan Johnson"
Additional Participants

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

William Tindall Jr. (1784-1877)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01354
Role: Judge

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

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

Elijah Davis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00366
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event