Category: Apprentice Indenture
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Manumission Israel Allston to Negroes John & Lydia Beckett 1776
I Israel Allston of Kent County on Delaware having under Me two young Negroes Witt a Negro Boy named John that I bought till he should arive to twenty five years of Age, from Thomas Nock Junr (& then by his Father’s Will, he was to be free) also a negro girl named Lydia Beckett,…
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Indenture Daniel L. Hazzard from George Burton (neg) 1858
This Indenture made this seventh day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty eight Witnesseth that Dagworth Derickson and Robert B. Robinson Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County have put and bound and by these presents do put and bind George Burton negro now the age of…
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Indenture Letitia Trusty to Jacob Stout 1841
This Indenture made the eleventh day of August A.D. 1841 Witesseth That Jacob Trusty (n) father of Letitia Trusty a minor in consideration of the Sum of one dollar dollar lawful money of the state of Delaware, advanced and paid to the Said Jacob Trusty by Jacob Stout of Kent County, in the Said State…
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Apprentice Indenture Rachel Trusty to Jacob Stout 1841
This Indenture made the eleventh day of August A.D. 1841 Witnesseth That Jacob Trusty (n) father of Rachel Trusty a minor consideration of the sum of one dollar lawful money of the State of Delaware, advanced and paid to the said Jacob Trusty by Jacob Stout of Kent County, in the said State, hath, in…
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1855 Indenture John W Fountain to Wm Hill
This Indenture made this 20th day of Sept. A.D. 1855, Witnesseth That, Nehemiah Fountain, father of John W. Fountain a minor, in consideration of the sum of One hundred dollars lawful money of the state of Delaware, advanced and paid to the said Nehemiah Fountain by William Hill of Kent County, in the said State,…
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Indenture John & Robert Fountain to William Roe 1842
This Indenture made this third day of January A.D. 1842 Witnesseth That John & Robert Fountain of Murderkill hundred minors hath in the presence and with the approbation of George Walston a justice of the peace for Kent County in the State of Delaware, and in consideration of the sum of Ten dollars each lawful…
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Indenture Alford Fountain n. To Wm K. Lockwood 1840
This Indenture made this twelfth day of August A.D. 1840, Witnesseth: That James Fountain n of Murderkill Hundred hath in the presence and with the approbation of S L. Harper a Justice of the peace for Kent County, in the State of Delaware, and in consideration of the sum of Ten dollars, lawful money of…
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Anthony Blackiston Ng to Stephen Gibbs 1833
This Indenture made this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Witnesseth That Joseph Jenkins one of the Justices of the Peace for Kent County in the State of Delaware and Nathaniel Coombe one of the Justices of the poor of Kent County in Said…
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Indenture William Carpenter to William Smith 1855
This Indenture, made the twenty third day of January 1855, Witnesseth; That William Carpenter father of William Carpenter a minor, in consideration of the sum of twenty one & 26ct dollars lawful money of the state of Delaware, advanced and paid to the said William Carpenter ng, by William Smith of Kent County in said…
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Indenture of Charles Henry Carpenter To Isaac Jump 1865
This Indenture made this 8th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Sixty five Witnesseth that Mary Carpenter mother of Charles Henry Carpenter a minor in consideration of the sum of Five Dollars lawful money of the State of Delaware advanced and paid to the said Mary A.…
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