1815-04-05 Manumission: Jack

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00591
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 202
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 203

Manumission of Jack (certificate dated 1815-04-05, deed dated 1815-04-05), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 202-203. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jack, aged 32, was manumitted by Court Voorhees of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye and John G. Schenck) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan and William Tindall) on April 5, 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 April 5, 1815, by Court Voorhees. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) two years later on June 11, 1817.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 5, 1815
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Jack (b. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01403
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 32
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Court Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Jack"
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

John G. Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00189
Role: Overseer of the Poor

George G. Bergen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01745
Role: Witness

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

Court Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01339
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event