1819-10-22 Manumission: George

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00607
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 316
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 317

Manumission of George (certificate dated 1819-10-22), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 316-317. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
George, aged 33, was manumitted by William L. Dey of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of South Amboy (Matthias Mount) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John Dey and Robert McChesney) on October 22, 1819. The document stated that George 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. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 28, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 22, 1819
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

George (b. 1786)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01427
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 33
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William L. Dey
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named George"
Additional Participants

John Dey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00326
Role: Judge

Robert McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00234
Role: Judge

Matthias Mount
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00281
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

William L. Dey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00325
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event