1815-06-20 Manumission: Cornelious

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00629
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 169
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 171

Manumission of Cornelious (certificate dated 1815-06-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 169, 171. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cornelious, aged 33, was manumitted by Joseph Barron of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Thomas Edgar and Richard Marsh) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Elston and Richard Marsh) on June 20, 1815. The document stated that Cornelious 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 September 25, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 20, 1815
Location of Event
Barron House, Woodbridge
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Cornelious (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01381
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 33
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Barron (1762-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Cornelious"
Additional Participants

Andrew Elston
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00244
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

Thomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00024
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Joseph Barron (1762-1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00088
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event