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

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Record #531 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 298
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 266
Justice of the Peace James H Haley
Child (Apprentice) Columbus Dunn
Child of Mary J Dunn, now deceased
Raised by his said mother
Awarded a compensation, she being dead
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Esau S D Insley
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 1 May 1867
Age 13
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Jun 1867
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel-one good Sundays & 1 for working days; and apprentice to be taught to read, write & cypher as far as the Rule of Three
Date of Final Papers 9 Jul 1867
Transcriber Notes orphan; child selected master

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