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

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Record #56 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 59
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 28
Justice of the Peace John W D Anderson
Child (Apprentice) Jess Wainright
Child of Mary Wainright & Moses Evans
Raised by Ware Wainright
Awarded Jess to be bound
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Ware Wainright
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 4 Nov 1864
Age 10
Date of Attaining Said Age 10 Apr 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farm labourer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $20
Date of Final Papers 20 Apr 1865
Transcriber Notes parent refused to select master

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