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

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Record #380 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 222
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 190
Justice of the Peace Isaac Gibbons
Child (Apprentice) James Henry Handy
Child of Eliza Handy
Raised by Nancy Jones
Awarded $5
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Berry T I J Jones
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 4 Nov 1864
Age 7
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Aug 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farmer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $25; one for working days & 1 for Sundays
Date of Final Papers 8 May 1865
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