1823-08-30 Manumission: Simon

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00520
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 388
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 425
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 426

Manumission of Simon (certificate dated 1823-08-30, deed dated 1823-09-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 388, 425-426. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Simon was manumitted by Edward T. Stelle of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon and John Dayton) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Stelle and Enoch Fitz Randolph) on August 30, 1823. The document stated that Simon 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. Simon's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 5, 1823 on page 388 of his Book of Manumissions.

The deed of manumission was executed on September 2, 1823, by Edward T. Stelle in the presence of witnesses William M. Stelle and Abel Stelle. On March 1, 1825, Edward T. Stelle appeared before Justice of the Peace Nicholas Booream Jr. to acknowledge his signature on the deed, and the deed was then recorded on the same day by Deare in his book on pages 425-426.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 30, 1823 – September 2, 1823
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Simon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01474
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Edward T. Stelle
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Simon; black man Simon"
Additional Participants

Samuel Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00185
Role: Judge

Enoch Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00394
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00253
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Witness

Abel Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01713
Role: Witness

William M. Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01811
Role: Witness

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

Edward T. Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00387
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event