Burlington County (N.J.) Justices of the Peace and New Hanover (N.J.) Overseers of the Poor DS to Pompy Steward, January 20, 1794
African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 1, Folder 34a]
State of New Jersey Burlington County, ss. This is to Certify, that on the Twentieth day of January, seventeen Hundred and Ninety- four, Richard Potts of the Township of New Hanover in the County aforesaid, brought before us the subscribers, two of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the same county and two of the Overseers of the Poor in the Town= =ship aforesaid, his Negro Slave named Pompy Steward, who on View and Examination, appears to us to be sound of mind and not under any Bodily incapacity to obtain a livelyhood, and that he is not under Twenty-one years of age nor above Thirty-five. - In Witness, whereof, we have hereto subscribed our names, the day aforesaid. Js Cowgill Joel Cook Justices Joshua Wright - John Wright Overseers of the Poor.
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- African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 1, Folder 34a]
- Title
- Burlington County (N.J.) Justices of the Peace and New Hanover (N.J.) Overseers of the Poor DS to Pompy Steward, January 20, 1794
- Writer
- New Jersey. Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Burlington County)
- New Hanover (N.J. : Township). Overseer of the Poor
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- document
- Recipient
- Steward, Pompy
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- Image 1
- Publication
- New Hanover, New Jersey
- 1794 January 20
- Method and Signature Status
- manuscript signed
- Notes
- Manumission certificate for Pompy Steward, "Negro Slave named Pompy Steward, who on View and Examination, appears to us to be sound of mind and not under any Bodily incapacity to obtain a lively hood, and that he is not under Twenty-one years of age nor above Thirty-five." Richard Potts brough Steward before the subscribers.
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"Burlington County (N.J.) Justices of the Peace and New Hanover (N.J.) Overseers of the Poor DS to Pompy Steward, January 20, 1794." In the digital collection African American and African Diaspora Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865). https://name.umdl.umich.edu/africanamer.0001.34a. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2025.