1816-02-09 Manumission: Dick

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00624
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 173
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 174

Manumission of Dick (certificate dated 1816-02-09, deed dated 1816-02-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 173-174. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dick, aged 33, was manumitted by Dowe D. Williamson 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 9, 1816. The document stated that Dick 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 9, 1816, by Dowe D. Williamson.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
February 9, 1816
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Dick (b. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01385
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 33
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Dowe Ditmars Williamson (1789-1869)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Dick"
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

Dowe Ditmars Williamson (1789-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00248
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event