1823-07-14 Birth: Harriet
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See the Sussex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00846
- Source
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Sussex County Births of Slaves, c. 1801-1835
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Microfilm: Sussex County, NJ, Births of Slaves, 1801-1835. Available on FamilySearch.org, Image Group 004541260. Images 370-371. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-J1
- Event Description
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Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:
Child: Hariet
Mother: Betty
Enslaver of mother and child: Nathan A. Shafer
Location: Stillwater
Birth date: 14 July 1823
Recorded date: 19 July 1824
Clerk: Greene
The name of the child's father is not listed in the document. It is possible that the father was a man named Nun, who was also enslaved by the Shafer family, and who was the father of Harriet's older brother Robert. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- July 14, 1823
- Location of Event
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Stillwater
- Primary Participants
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Harriet (b. 1823) {daughter of Betty and Nun}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02066
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Nathan Armstrong Shafer (1786-1849)
Verbatim description from source:
"black female child"Betty
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02337
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Nathan Armstrong Shafer (1786-1849) - Additional Participants
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Nathan Armstrong Shafer (1786-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02067
Role: EnslaverEphraim Green Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02059
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam