Jereboam
Title
Jereboam
Description
African descent
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
James Reeve
Death Date
Probably January–May 1816.
Misc. Date
January 19, 1802 (date of original manumission paper). April 26, 1805 (date manumission paper was recorded by the town clerk).
Biographical Notes
The similarity between his name, Jereboam, and Jesebaum (#1706) may be a coincidence or may indicate a familial relationship of some kind. They also might be the same man.
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 58.
For original record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 32/238.
Epher Whitaker's, Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Town and Church of Southold, L.I., August 27, 1890; page 188, Item #99 (administration of Jerobaum's estate).
For original record see URL southoldtownny.gov=>Weblink/Laserfiche=>Town Clerk>Town Record Books>Liber D 1683-1832>image 32/238.
Epher Whitaker's, Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Town and Church of Southold, L.I., August 27, 1890; page 188, Item #99 (administration of Jerobaum's estate).
Biographical Text
[From manumission paper], "...I have manumitted Jerebaom a Negro Slave..."
The time frame for his death was calculated from administration papers granted to "James Reeve, creditor of Jerobaum, late of Southold, colored man, deceased" on May 28, 1816.
The time frame for his death was calculated from administration papers granted to "James Reeve, creditor of Jerobaum, late of Southold, colored man, deceased" on May 28, 1816.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Jereboam,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 25, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1670.