1824-04-05 Manumission: Pompey

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00547
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 410
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 411

Manumission of Pompey (certificate dated 1824-04-05, deed dated 1824-04-05), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 410-411. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Pompey was manumitted by Lewis D. Stelle 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 Enoch Fitz Randolph) on April 5, 1824. The document stated that Pompey 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. Pompey's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 5, 1824, by Lewis D. Stelle. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 8, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 5, 1824
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Pompey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01487
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Lewis D. Stelle
Verbatim description from source:
"Black man named Pompey"
Additional Participants

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

Enoch Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00394
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

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

Lewis D. Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00398
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event