1824-03-27 Manumission: George Ross

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00606
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 421
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 422

Manumission of George Ross (certificate dated 1824-03-27, deed dated 1824-03-27), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 421-422. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
George Ross was manumitted by Robert R. Ross of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Frazee Ayers and Jonathan Freeman) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John Harriott and William Benjamin Manning) on March 27, 1824. The document stated that George Ross 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. George Ross's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on March 27, 1824, by Robert R. Ross. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 4, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 27, 1824
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

George Ross
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01495
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert R. Ross
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named George Ross; black man Goerge Ross"
Additional Participants

John Harriott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00286
Role: Judge

William Benjamin Manning (1786-1847)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00232
Role: Judge

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

Jonathan Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00334
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Robert R. Ross
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00400
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event