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

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Record #193 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 129
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 97
Justice of the Peace J B Stevenson
Child (Apprentice) (boy) John
Child of Ailsey (decd)
Raised by Severn Tyler
Awarded $20 for raising child
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Josiah T Russell
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 5 Nov 1864
Age 6
Date of Attaining Said Age 20 Dec 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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