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

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Record #350 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 207
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 175
Justice of the Peace Isaac Gibbons
Child (Apprentice) negro boy Columbus Williams
Child of negro Priscilla formerly slave of William Williams [of Somerset] but now dec'd
Raised by William Williams & Matthias Williams his son
Awarded $5
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Matthias Williams
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 4 Nov 1864
Age 19
Date of Attaining Said Age 2 April 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 1 extra suit apparel & $30
Date of Final Papers 8 May 1865
Transcriber Notes child selected master

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