1814-03-27 Manumission: Sarah Bogert

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00526
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 412
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 413

Manumission of Sarah Bogert (certificate dated 1814-03-27, deed dated 1814-03-27), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 412-413. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Sarah Bogert was manumitted by Robert R. Ross of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Frazee Ayers and Jonathan Freeman) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William Benjamin Manning and John Harriott) on March 27, 1814. The document stated that Sarah Bogert 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. Sarah Bogert's exact age was not recorded in the document.

The deed of manumission was executed on March 27, 1814, by Robert R. Ross. The deed was notarized by Judge James Dunham on March 31, 1834.

Both of these documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on March 31, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 27, 1814
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Sarah Bogert
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01488
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert R. Ross
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Sarah Bogert; Black woman named Sarah Bogert"
Additional Participants

William Benjamin Manning (1786-1847)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00232
Role: Judge

John Harriott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00286
Role: Judge

Frazee Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00335
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Jonathan Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00334
Role: Overseer of the Poor

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
Role: Witness

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

Robert R. Ross
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00400
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event