1821-04-09 Manumission: Rose

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00536
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 338
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 339

Manumission of Rose (certificate dated 1821-04-09, deed dated 1821-04-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 338-339. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Rose, aged 38, was manumitted by James R. McChesney of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell and Daniel J. Barricklo) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nathaniel Hunt and Joseph McChesney) on April 9, 1821. The document stated that Rose 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 9, 1821, by James R. McChesney and witnessed by Justice of the Peace Robert McChesney. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 14, 1821.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 9, 1821
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Rose (b. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01443
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James R. McChesney
Verbatim description from source:
"negro female slave named Rose"
Additional Participants

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel J. Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00354
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Robert McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00234
Role: Witness

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

James R. McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00357
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event