1815-02-24 Manumission: Jack

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00590
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 174
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 176

Manumission of Jack (certificate dated 1815-02-24, deed dated 1815-02-24), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 174-176. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jack, aged 27, was manumitted by John Guild of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Moses Guest) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Asa Runyon and Thomas Hance) on February 24, 1815. The document stated that Jack 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 February 24, 1815, by John Guild. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on February 24, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
February 24, 1815
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Jack (b. 1788)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01386
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 27
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Guild
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Jack"
Additional Participants

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Judge

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
Role: Judge

Moses Guest
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00226
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Guild
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00249
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event