Birth record of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees
Title
Birth record of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees
Creator
Description
Slaveholder Garret Voorhees reports that Sarah Higgins, an enslaved women, gave birth to three sons between 1821 and 1823: Peter (01-21-1821), William (03-23-1822), and Lewis (07-14-1823).
Date
1823-09-10
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1821-01-21
1822-03-21
1823-07-14
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
72
Peter, William & Lewis
I Garret Voorhees of the Township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex and the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that my negro woman named Sarah Higgins was delivered of the three following male children viz. Peter born the twenty first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty one, William born the third day of March eighteen hundred and twenty two, and Lewis born the fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and twenty three. — Witness my hand this fourth day of September eighteen hundred and twenty three —
Garret Voorhees
Received September 10th, 1823 & recorded by Deare Clk
Peter, William & Lewis
I Garret Voorhees of the Township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex and the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that my negro woman named Sarah Higgins was delivered of the three following male children viz. Peter born the twenty first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty one, William born the third day of March eighteen hundred and twenty two, and Lewis born the fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and twenty three. — Witness my hand this fourth day of September eighteen hundred and twenty three —
Garret Voorhees
Received September 10th, 1823 & recorded by Deare Clk
Page
72
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 of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 23, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/100.