Edmund Burroughs (1764-1830)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02607
- Given Name
- Edmund
- Family Name
- Burroughs
- Birth Date
- 1764
- Death Date
- 1830
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Policing and Corrections
- Biographical Description
- Edmund Burroughs was an enslaver who resided in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, in the early 19th century. He served as a constable in Hopewell Township in 1796. He also owned a tavern.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Hopewell (Mercer County)
- Enslaver of
- Prime (b. 1783)
- References
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Hopewell Valley Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 8, no. 2, Spring 1983, p. 85-86. https://www.hopewellvalleyhistory.org/uploads/1/2/5/5/125504560/hvhs-newsletter-archives-1975-2017.pdf.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42683862 - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Runaway ad for Prime, by Edmund Burroughs (Runaway ad for Prime, by Edmund Burroughs, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, September 13, 1802, p. 3.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1802-09-05 Freedom Seeking: Prime (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
- 1803 Capture: Prime (Role: Enslaver)
- Resource class
- Agent