1819-10-14 Manumission: Cato

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00637
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 311
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 312

Manumission of Cato (certificate dated 1819-10-14, deed dated 1819-10-14), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 311-312. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cato, aged 24, was manumitted by Margaret Haines of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William Tindall and Samuel Gulick) on October 14, 1819. The document stated that Cato 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 October 14, 1819, by Margaret Haines. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on the same day.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 14, 1819
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Cato (b. 1795)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01423
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 24
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Margaret Haines
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Cato"
Additional Participants

Samuel Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00320
Role: Judge

William Tindall Jr. (1784-1877)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01354
Role: Judge

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

E. S. Haines
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01737
Role: Witness

Edward Thomas
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01739
Role: Witness

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

Margaret Haines
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00319
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event