1808-09-19 Birth: Jack Craig

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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
Birth
Date
September 19, 1808
Location of Event
Oxford
Primary Participants

Jack Craig (b. 1808)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02349
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"
Additional Participants

Charles McHenry (1743-1812)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02350
Role: Enslaver

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