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

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Record #487 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 276
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 244
Justice of the Peace Isaac Gibbons
Child (Apprentice) Edward Russum
Child of now dead
Raised by Eliza Russum
Awarded one cent
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Isaac Atkinson
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 22 Dec 1864
Age 13
Date of Attaining Said Age 25 Dec 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farmer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $50
Date of Final Papers 4 Jul 1865
Transcriber Notes not stated who selected master

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