Birth record for Nicholas, son of Dinah, reported by slaveholder James DeHart
Title
Birth record for Nicholas, son of Dinah, reported by slaveholder James DeHart
Creator
Description
Slaveholder James DeHart reports that Dinah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to son Nicholas on March 22, 1808.
Date
1809-08-12
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1808-03-22
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
Nicholas.
I James DeHart of the Township of North Brunswick, in the County of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, Farmer, certify that a male negro child called Nicholas was born of my slave Dinah, on the twenty second day of March last past, at the township aforesaid. Witness my hand this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine.-
Witness
Wm P. Deare
James X DeHart
his mark
Received August 12th, 1809 recorded
Deare, Clk
I James DeHart of the Township of North Brunswick, in the County of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, Farmer, certify that a male negro child called Nicholas was born of my slave Dinah, on the twenty second day of March last past, at the township aforesaid. Witness my hand this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine.-
Witness
Wm P. Deare
James X DeHart
his mark
Received August 12th, 1809 recorded
Deare, Clk
Page
35
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival collection
Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1)
Archival location
Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Middlesex County Register of Black Children (Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844) |
Collection
Citation
Middlesex County Clerk, “Birth record for Nicholas, son of Dinah, reported by slaveholder James DeHart,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/80.