Transcription: Manumission Document  May 19, 1828

         State of New Jersey
           Warren County

                                    It is hereby made known, that on this Nineteenth
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty eight. I Hannah Thomson of the township of Hardwick in the said
county of Warren, have liberated, manumitted and set free my two negro slaves
called Ruff Johnson of the age of thirty nine years and Ann Johnson his wife
of the age of thirty eight years or there abouts; and I do hereby liberate, manu
mit and set free my said negro slaves, and discharge them from all services
or demand of services to be hereafter made, either by me or any person claiming
by from or under me. As witness in my hand & seal the day and year above
written,

Signed Sealed and dilivered [sic]                                  Hannah Thomson
in the presence of

Martha S. Thomson
Edw’d Sharp

 

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