1822-10-09 Manumission: Jack Noe

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00587
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 368
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 369

Manumission of Jack Noe (certificate dated 1822-10-09, deed dated 1822-10-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 368-369. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jack Noe, aged 36, was manumitted by Thomas Moore of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Frazee Ayers and Moses Martin) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Josiah Ford and Ichabod Potter) on October 9, 1822. The document stated that Jack Noe 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 October 9, 1822, by Thomas Moore. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 4, 1822.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 9, 1822
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Jack Noe (b. 1786)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01462
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 36
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Moore
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Jack Noe"
Additional Participants

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

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

Frazee Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00335
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Moses Martin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00383
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Thomas Moore
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00382
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event