1808-09-19 Birth: Jack Craig

Title

1808-09-19 Birth: Jack Craig

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00977

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 492-493.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-3Z

Event Description

Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Jack Craig
Mother: no name or description provided
Enslaver of mother and child: Charles McHenry
Location: Oxford, NJ
Birth date: 19 Sept 1808
Recorded date: 17 Dec 1811
Clerk: John Johnson

Oxford was in Sussex County at the time this record was filed, but it is now located in Warren County.

Event Type

Life event: Birth

Date

19 September 1808

Location of Event

Oxford

Primary Participant

Jack Craig (b. 1808)

Enslaver

Charles McHenry (1743-1812)

Additional Participant

John Johnson (1764-1829)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Jack Craig (b. 1808) ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Charles McHenry (1743-1812)
Verbatim description from source:
"a certain negro male child who is named Jack Craig"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Charles McHenry (1743-1812)
Role: Enslaver

John Johnson (1764-1829)
Role: County Clerk

Research Guide

Research Guide: Sussex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Saketh Mandayam