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

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Record #517 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 291
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 259
Justice of the Peace T F Bonniwell
Child (Apprentice) Alfred Sturgis, orphan
Child of Charlott Sturgis former slave of Littleton Sturgis [dec'd}
Raised by Littleton Sturgis
Awarded Alfred as apprentice
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Littleton Sturgis
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 15 Dec 1865
Age 16
Date of Attaining Said Age 25 Feb 1865
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming etc
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $20
Date of Final Papers 16 Jan 1866
Transcriber Notes orphan; chid selected master

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