1815-03-27 Manumission: Charles Smith

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00631
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 164

Manumission of Charles Smith (certificate dated 1815-03-27, deed dated 1815-03-27), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 164. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Charles Smith, aged 25, was manumitted by Court Voorhees Jr. of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye and John C. Schenck) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William Tindall and Andrew Rowan) on March 27, 1815. The document stated that Charles Smith 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 March 27, 1815; the enslaver signed his name as Court Voorhees Jr. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 3, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 27, 1815
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Charles Smith (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01376
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Court Voorhees Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Charles Smith"
Additional Participants

William Tindall (1745-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00045
Role: Judge

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John C. Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01335
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Court Voorhees Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00238
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event