1823-12-06 Manumission: Catherine

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00639
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 400
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 399

Manumission of Catherine (certificate dated 1823-12-06, deed dated 1823-12-06), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 399-400. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Catherine, aged 35, was manumitted by George Morris in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell and Daniel J. Barricklo) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Joseph McChesney and Aaron Gulick) on December 6, 1823. The document stated that Catherine 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 December 6, 1823, by George Morris in the presence of John P. Bergen and Judge Joseph McChesney.

These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 11, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 6, 1823
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Catherine (b. 1788)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01481
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 35
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Morris
Additional Participants

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

Aaron Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00403
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel J. Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00354
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John P. Bergen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01768
Role: Witness

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

George Morris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00393
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event