1815-04-15 Manumission: Cyrus

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00626
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 168

Manumission of Cyrus (certificate dated 1815-04-15), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 168. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cyrus was manumitted by John Scott of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell and Thomas Wetherill) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nathaniel Hunt and John Bastedo) on April 15, 1815. The document stated that Cyrus 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. Cyrus's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 3, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 15, 1815
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Cyrus
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01380
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Scott
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Cyrus"
Additional Participants

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

John Bastedo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00108
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Thomas Wetherill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00167
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Scott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00242
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event