1822-04-12 Manumission: Samuel Lee

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00529
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 358
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 359

Manumission of Samuel Lee (certificate dated 1822-04-12, deed dated 1822-04-12), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 358-359. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Samuel Lee, aged 37, was manumitted by Joseph Stout 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 (William Tindall and Samuel Gulick) on April 12, 1822. The document stated that Samuel Lee 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 April 12, 1822, by Joseph Stout. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 10, 1822.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 12, 1822
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Samuel Lee (b. 1785)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01455
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 37
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Stout
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Samuel Lee"
Additional Participants

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

Samuel Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00320
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

Joseph Stout
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00376
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event