Nathan Armstrong Shafer (1786-1849)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02067
Given Name
Nathan Armstrong
Family Name
Shafer
Alternate Name
Shaver
Birth Date
1786
Death Date
1849
Sex
Male
Occupation
Landowning
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and/or Livestock
Biographical Description
Nathan Armstrong Shafer was an enslaver who resided in Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey

He was the son of Abraham Shaver (or Shafer) and Sarah Armstrong. His father was the owner of an industrial mill operation known as the Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex in Stillwater (which is on the National Register of Historic Places). Up to a dozen enslaved people worked on the property in the early 19th century, including both industrial laborers and domestic servants. Nathan and his brothers inherited the mill business — and the enslaved laborers — when Abraham died in 1820.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Places
Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex, Stillwater
Stillwater
Enslaver of
Betty
Harriet (b. 1823) {daughter of Betty and Nun}
Child of
Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Sarah Armstrong Shaver (1761-1827)
References

Schaeffer, Casper, and William M. Johnson. Memoirs and Reminiscences Together with Sketches of the Early History of Sussex County, New Jersey, With Notes and Genealogical Records of the Schaeffer, Shaver or Shafer Family. Hackensack, NJ: Privately printed, 1907. https://archive.org/details/memoirsreminisce00scha.

Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, 2009. NPGallery Digital Asset Management System, NRIS ID 09000653. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/09000653.
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
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