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

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Record #280 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 172
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 140
Justice of the Peace James Gillis
Child (Apprentice) Hester Elizabeth Dorman
Child of Henrietta Dorman
Raised by Levin R Dorman
Awarded Hester
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Levin R Dorman
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 5 Nov 1864
Age 9
Date of Attaining Said Age 9 Dec 1864
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn housework
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $10
Date of Final Papers 21 Apr 1865
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