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

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Record #568 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 390
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 354
Justice of the Peace not on form
Child (Apprentice) Rufus Jones
Child of Betsy Jones, now dead
Raised by William E Jones
Awarded [blank]
White person to whom apprenticed (master) William Edgar Jones
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 11 Nov 1864
Age 11
Date of Attaining Said Age 10 Nov 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farmer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $25
Date of Final Papers N/A due to different form used
Transcriber Notes orphan boy selected master

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