1798-04-10 Manumission: Dick Highman

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00623
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 314

Manumission of Dick Highman (deed dated 1798-04-10), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 314. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dick Highman was manumitted by Frederick Buckalew of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The deed of manumission was signed on April 10, 1798, by Frederick Buckalew in the presence of witnesses James Voorhees, Samuel Applegate, and John Rhodes.

This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 8, 1819, over 21 years after it was originally signed by the enslaver. Frederick Buckalew appeared before Judge Robert McChesney on September 4, 1819, to authenticate the original document and acknowledge that he had signed it.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 10, 1798
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Dick Highman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01425
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Frederick Buckalew
Verbatim description from source:
"Black man by the name of Dick Highman"
Additional Participants

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

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

James Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01756
Role: Witness

Samuel Applegate
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01796
Role: Witness

John Rhodes
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01770
Role: Witness

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

Frederick Buckalew
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00323
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event