1823-12-13 Manumission: Rosetta Trunley

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00535
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 404
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 405

Manumission of Rosetta Trunley (certificate dated 1823-12-13, deed dated 1823-12-13), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 404-405. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Rosetta Trunley, aged 22, was manumitted by Lawrence McCombs of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman and Moses Martin) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Richard Marsh) on December 13, 1823. The document stated that Rosetta Trunley 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 December 13, 1823, by Lawrence McCombs. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 16, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 13, 1823
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Rosetta Trunley (b. 1801)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01484
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 22
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Lawrence McCombs
Verbatim description from source:
"Black woman named Rosetta Trunley"
Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

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

Moses Martin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00383
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Lawrence McCombs
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00396
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event