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

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Record #474 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 269
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 237
Justice of the Peace James Gilliss
Child (Apprentice) Henry James Dashiell
Child of Mary Dashiell
Raised by has been living with John Murphy
Awarded [blank]
White person to whom apprenticed (master) John Murphy
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 9 Jan 1865
Age 8
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Jan 1865
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $10
Date of Final Papers 4 Jul 1865
Transcriber Notes mother absent, child selected master

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