1819-09-23 Manumission: Cesar Mundy

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00635
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 309
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 310

Manumission of Cesar Mundy (certificate dated 1819-09-23, deed dated 1819-09-23), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 309-310. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cesar Mundy, aged 21, was manumitted by Phineas Mundy of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (John Harriott and Richard Cutter) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Benajah Mundy) on September 23, 1819. The document stated that Cesar Mundy 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 September 23, 1819, by Phineas Mundy. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 25, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 23, 1819
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Cesar Mundy (b. 1798)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01422
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Phineas Mundy
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Cezar; slave called Cesar and known by the name of Cesar Mundy aged twenty one years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

John Harriott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00286
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Richard Cutter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00312
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Robert Ross
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01794
Role: Witness

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

Phineas Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00264
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event