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

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Record #523 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 294
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 262
Justice of the Peace Edwin Dasheill
Child (Apprentice) Octavia Douglas
Child of Nancy Douglas, now dead
Raised by Margaret Criswall
Awarded [blank]
White person to whom apprenticed (master) James W F Phillips
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 13 Aug 1866
Age 10
Date of Attaining Said Age 24 May 1866
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn house work
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel- 1 for Sunday & $5
Date of Final Papers 2 Oct 1866
Transcriber Notes child selected master; orphan

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