1815-04-17 Manumission: Charles

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00634
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 163

Manumission of Charles (certificate dated 1815-04-17, deed dated 1815-04-17), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 163. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Charles was manumitted by John Fitz Randolph of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon and Samuel Stelle) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (George Boice Jr. and Asa Runyon) on April 17, 1815. The document stated that Charles 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. Charles's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 17, 1815, by John Fitz Randolph. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 27, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 17, 1815
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Charles
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01375
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Charls"
Additional Participants

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Judge

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Samuel Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00185
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Benjamin Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01725
Role: Witness

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

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event