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

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Record #756 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 484
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 448
Justice of the Peace not on form
Child (Apprentice) Elizabeth Lankford
Child of Alice Lankford
Raised by John P Lankford (minor)
Awarded $20 per year until Ezabeth 18 to be paid by John Lewis Lankford the within master
White person to whom apprenticed (master) John Lewis Lankford
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 11 Nov 1864
Age 15
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Mar 1864
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn cook
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $15
Date of Final Papers N/A due to different form used
Transcriber Notes parent failed to select master

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