1819-06-02 Manumission: Nancy Smith

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00561
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 301

Manumission of Nancy Smith (certificate dated 1819-06-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 301-302. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Nancy Smith, aged 22, was manumitted by John Brown of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Joseph Crowell and Richard Cutter) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Josiah Ford) on June 2, 1819. The document stated that Nancy Smith was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 9, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 2, 1819
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Nancy Smith (b. 1797)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01417
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 22
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Brown
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Nancy Smith; negro girl named Nancy of about the age of twenty two years"
Additional Participants

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

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

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

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

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

John Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00311
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event