Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #158 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 111
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 79
Justice of the Peace Edward F Duer
Child (Apprentice) Otis S Lankford
Child of Nicy Lankford
Raised by Benjamin Lankford
Awarded [blank]
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Benjamin Lankford
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 4 Nov 1864
Age 11
Date of Attaining Said Age 8 Jan 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $20
Date of Final Papers 21 Apr 1865
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