1824-05-04 Manumission: David

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00625
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 418
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 419

Manumission of David (certificate dated 1824-05-04), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 418-419. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
David was manumitted by John DeBow of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Dunham and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on May 4, 1824. The document stated that David 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. David's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 5, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 4, 1824
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

David
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01492
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John DeBow
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named David"
Additional Participants

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
Role: Judge

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John DeBow
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01269
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event