1806-10-03 Abandonment: Galon
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01004
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Galon, by David Dunham Jr
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Certificate of Abandonment for Galon, by David Dunham Jr, October 3, 1806. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Piscataway Township Records, 1682–1954 (MC 1359). Folder: Certificates of abandonment for negro children born of slave parents, 1805-1807, Ac. 1635 (physical location: BL drawer on-site at Alexander Library).
- Event Description
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The Following Abandonment Certificate was submitted to the Overseer of the Poor of the Township of Piscataway:
Child: Galon
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of Mother and Child: David Dunham Jr.
Abandonment Certificate Date: October 3, 1806
Child’s Date of Birth: October 5, 1805
Two related slips of paper were found pertaining to Galon's abandonment; one was addressed to Thomson Stelle and the other to the Town Clerk and Overseers of the Poor for the Township of Piscataway.
This certificate indicates that the enslaver abandoned all his legal rights and title to the child and gave up the child to the Overseer of the Poor to be bound out as a pauper. - Event Type
- Abandonment
- Date
- October 3, 1806
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1805-10-05 Birth: Galon
- Primary Participants
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Galon (b. 1805) {son of Phillis}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00902
Role: Abandoned Person
Age: 1
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Dunham Jr. (1755-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child"Phillis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00979
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Dunham Jr. (1755-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"my Negro woman" - Additional Participants
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David Dunham Jr. (1755-1817)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01220
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias