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

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Record #795 from Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

County Somerset
PDF page 504
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 468
Justice of the Peace not on form
Child (Apprentice) George Powell, orphan
Child of [free negro not named]
Raised by William W Powell
Awarded [blank]
White person to whom apprenticed (master) William W Powell of John
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 7 Oct 1873
Age 7
Date of Attaining Said Age 15 Oct 1873
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farmer
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $50; also to teach apprentice to read write & cipher to the Rule of Three
Date of Final Papers N/A due to different form used
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