Browse Items (1 total) Tags: John Dayton Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Manumission of Henry Compton by slaveholder Miles Smith 1821-11-12 Middlesex County Clerk Slaveholder Miles Smith manumitted a 22-year-old man named Henry Compton on 11/12/1821. The Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and Removals contains two records related to Henry Compton’s manumission. The Certificate of Manumission was issued on… Tags: Ephraim Runyon, Henry Compton, James Dunham, John Dayton, Littleton Kirkpatrick, manumission, Miles Smith, Samuel Stelle, William P. Deare