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

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Record #521 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 293
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 261
Justice of the Peace Isaac Gibbons
Child (Apprentice) John Cottman
Child of Eliz Jane Cottman
Raised by Benjamin Lankford
Awarded nothing
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Benjamin F Lankford
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 6 Dec 1865
Age 4
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Mar 1866
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farmer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel-1 for Sunday & 1 for working days & $20
Date of Final Papers 17 Jan 1866
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