1816-01-23 Manumission: Mark Stout

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00566
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 187

Manumission of Mark Stout (certificate dated 1816-01-23, deed dated 1816-01-23), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 187-188. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Mark Stout, aged 25, was manumitted by Garret Story of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan and William Tindall) on January 23, 1816. The document stated that Mark Stout 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 January 23, 1816, by Garret Story. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 20, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
January 23, 1816
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Mark Stout (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01395
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Garret Story
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Mark Stout"
Additional Participants

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

William Tindall (1745-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00045
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Garret Story
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00262
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event