1823-06-12 Manumission: Richard Miller

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00542
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 378

Manumission of Richard Miller (certificate dated 1823-06-12, deed dated 1823-06-12), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 378-379. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Richard Miller, aged 32, was manumitted by John N. Simpson of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Robert McChesney and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on June 12, 1823. The document stated that Richard Miller 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 June 12, 1823, by John N. Simpson. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 13, 1823.

Relatedly, John N. Simpson also manumitted a 39-year-old woman named Jane Miller at the same time.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 12, 1823
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Related Event
1823-06-12 Manumission: Jane Miller
Primary Participants

Richard Miller (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01467
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 32
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John N. Simpson
Verbatim description from source:
"male slave named Richard Miller"
Additional Participants

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

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John N. Simpson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00175
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event