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

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Record #82 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings, 1848-1851

Familysearch PDF Page Number 94
Original Liber Page Number 151
Date 26 Feb 1850
Type of Proceeding Indenture - apprenticeship
Name and Freedom Status Elizabeth Truitt [free]
Abstract Elizabeth Truitt, Negro girl, 9 yo on 1 June last past comes to court; she is not at service, learning a trade or employed in service of her parents, they being dead; she is without means sufficient for her maintenance. Court binds her out as apprentice to William C. Mumford until she is 18 yo to learn the trade of common labourer. He is to supply her suitable clothing & maintenance during her apprenticeship & when free to give her $15 in cash.

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