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

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Record #9 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings, 1848-1851

Familysearch PDF Page Number 21
Original Liber Page Number 10
Date 9 Dec 1848
Type of Proceeding Indenture - apprenticeship
Name and Freedom Status John Wesley Gunby [free]
Abstract Between Justices of the Peace and Levin T. H. Irving of Somerset County for apprenticeship of John Wesley Gunby, 14 yo during last August & will be 15 in August next, son of Dorcas Gunby - free Negro woman of indigent circumstances. With approbation of his mother, John Wesley Gunby to be servant of Irving from today until Gunby is 21 yo. He is to be given sufficient meat, drink, clothing, and lodging during the term and learn the art and trade of farming. At expiration of period of servitude he will receive $12.

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