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

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Record #783 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 498
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 462
Justice of the Peace not on form
Child (Apprentice) Lewis Maddux
Child of Harriet Waters, dead, formerly free negro
Raised by John Curtis
Awarded nothing being claimed
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Daniel J Maddux
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 18 April 1865
Age 10
Date of Attaining Said Age 25 Dec 1865
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn farmer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $30
Date of Final Papers N/A due to different form used
Transcriber Notes orphan Lewis selected master

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