1819-04-01 Manumission: Philip Dunn

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00550
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 319
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 318

Manumission of Philip Dunn (certificate dated 1819-04-01, deed dated 1819-04-01), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 318-319. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Philip Dunn, aged 35, was manumitted by Samuel Dunn of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Richard Cutter and Joseph Crowell) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Josiah Ford) on April 1, 1819. The document stated that Philip Dunn 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 1, 1819, by Samuel Dunn. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 30, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 1, 1819
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Philip Dunn (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01429
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 35
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Dunn
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Philip Dunn"
Additional Participants

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

Josiah Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00300
Role: Judge

Richard Cutter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00312
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00285
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Samuel Dunn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00329
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event