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

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Record #377 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 221
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 189
Justice of the Peace J B Stevenson
Child (Apprentice) boy Baird
Child of Sarah Ward
Raised by John Ward of John
Awarded services of child for raising
White person to whom apprenticed (master) John Ward
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 4 Nov 1864
Age 18
Date of Attaining Said Age 26 Dec 1864
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn boatsman or sailor
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $30
Date of Final Papers 8 May 1865
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