Warren County · New Jersey Slavery Records · New Jersey Slavery Records

Place Title: Warren County
Identifier: NJS-PLC-00181
Place Type: County or Parish
Description: Warren County was established in 1824 from a portion of Sussex County, and Belvidere became its county seat, as it remains to this day.

Throughout the slavery era, the area of present-day Warren County went through a succession of county reconfigurations. It was considered part of Burlington County in the 17th century, then it became Hunterdon County in 1714, then Morris County in 1739, then Sussex County in 1753.

Because this area was part of Sussex County for 71 years from 1753 to 1824, some documents related to slavery here will be found among Sussex County records, particularly early 19th-century birth certificates of Black children. Many Sussex County birth records do not specify a town; such records are filed in our database under Sussex County, but some of them may properly belong to present-day Warren County.

See the linked record for Sussex County for information about the area's demographics and slavery.
Address: Warren County, New Jersey, United States of America
County (Modern): Warren County
State or Province: New Jersey
Country: United States of America
Latitude: 40.827258
Longitude: -75.076436
Same As: Warren County, New Jersey (Wikipedia)
Record Contributor: Daniel Dias; Jesse Bayker
Linked Places: Warren County was formed in 1824 from a portion of Sussex County.
Places located in Warren County:

Allamuchy

Asbury, Franklin

Franklin (Warren County)

Greenwich (Warren County)

Hackettstown

Hardwick

Independence

Kennedy House and Mill, Greenwich

Mansfield (Warren County)

McCullough House, Asbury Historic District, Franklin

Oxford

Stewartsville, Greenwich
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