William Morey’s abandonment of Jin
Jin, daughter of Pegg a black slave of William
Morey farmer of Poughkeepsie town, born the sixth
day of July 1809 as may appear from the books of the
Town clerk of said town, was delivered to said town
as a Pauper the thirteenth day of June 1810
agreeably to a law of this state passed March 29, 1799
entitled “An Act for the gradual abolition of slavery”
William Morey
Recorded the 13th June 1810
Peter R Maison Town Clerk