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

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Record #522 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 T F Bonniwill
Child (Apprentice) John Lewis Long
Child of Sally Maddux, indigent
Raised by Sally Maddux
Awarded [blank]
White person to whom apprenticed (master) John Corbin
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 28 Apr 1866
Age 7
Date of Attaining Said Age 30 Oct 1866
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel 7 $25
Date of Final Papers 5 Jun 1866
Transcriber Notes Justice asked by John Corbin about indenture; parent voluntarily selected master; Sally made her mark on contract

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