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

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Record #424 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 244
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 212
Justice of the Peace J J Bonnewill
Child (Apprentice) John Parsons
Child of Easter Parsons Mills formerly slave of Jehu Parsons
Raised by Jehu Parsons
Awarded John as apprentice
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Jehu Parsons
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 12 Nov 1864
Age 13
Date of Attaining Said Age 10 Apr 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 1 suit apparel worth $20
Date of Final Papers 8 May 1865
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