1806-04-24 Birth: Sophia · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier: NJS-EVE-00916
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 438-439. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9K-M4
Event Description: Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Sophia
Mother: Name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: James Van Auken
Location: Montague, NJ
Birth date: 24 April 1806
Recorded date: 21 Dec 1806
Clerk: John Johnson
Event Type: Birth
Date: April 24, 1806
Location of Event: Montague
Primary Participants: Sophia (b. 1806)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02226
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Van Auken
Verbatim description from source:
"a daughter which is called Sophia"
Additional Participants: James Van Auken
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02227
Role: Enslaver

John Johnson (1764-1829)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02072
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor: Saketh Mandayam