1822-06-01 Manumission: Sam

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00533
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 361
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 360

Manumission of Sam (certificate dated 1822-06-01, deed dated 1822-06-06), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 360-361. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Sam was manumitted by William Letson 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 James Dunham) on June 1, 1822. The document stated that Sam 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. Sam's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on June 6, 1822, by William Letson in the presence of witness James Dunham and was notarized by John Terhune.

The certificate was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 3, 1822, and the deed was recorded by him on June 6, 1822.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 1, 1822 – June 6, 1822
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Sam
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01457
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Letson
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Sam"
Additional Participants

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

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
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

John Terhune
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01771
Role: Witness

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

William Letson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00377
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event