1815-09-10 Birth: Isaac

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00886
Source
Sussex County Births of Slaves, c. 1801-1835

Microfilm: Sussex County, NJ, Births of Slaves, 1801-1835. Available on FamilySearch.org, Image Group 004541260. Images 562-563. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9J-L1
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Isaac
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: John A. Johnson
Location: Sussex County
Birth date: September 10, 1815
Recorded date: February 23, 1816
Clerk: Clerk not listed, presumed Ephraim Green

The township is not listed on this birth certificate; however, another birth certificate submitted by John A. Johnson several years later listed him as a resident of Independence township. Thus, it can be inferred that the child was likely born in that township.


In addition to the clerk's notations regarding the filing of the birth certificate, the back of the paper contains some writing that appears unrelated to the child, i.e. the name "Joseph Green" written out three times and the word "Philadelphia."
Event Type
Birth
Date
September 10, 1815
Location of Event
Independence
Primary Participants

Isaac (b. 1815)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02156
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John A. Johnson
Verbatim description from source:
"Isaac, a Male child"
Additional Participants

John A. Johnson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02177
Role: Enslaver

Ephraim Green Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02059
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event