Cumberland County, NC
Apprentice Bonds & Records

( From the NC State Archives C.R. 029.101.1, 029.101.2 )

Folder: No Date

Robert BEASLEY - free boy of color, age 13 years old
Bound to Elijah J. MOORE
Surety: Wm.M.S. McKAY

Reading STANLEY - age 10 years old last May
Bound to Joseph GORDON
Until he arrive at lawful age to be taught to read, write & cypher through the rule of three and to learn the Cooper trade.

Tom SINGLETARRY - now about 14 year old
Bound to John GALE
To learn cabinet and chairmakers trade; to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

David MORGAN - free boy of color, 11 years old
Bound to John CLARK
Surety: William L. McNEILL

Folder: 1812

11 September 1812
Orphan Alexander McDANIEL - age 14
Bound to Samuel SALMON
To learn the carpenter trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

9 December 1812
Orphan Wiley TUCKER - a boy of colour, age 11
Bound to Morris SMITH to learn husbandry.
Statement from his mother, Mary TUCKER, voluntarily binding her son to Morris SMITH.

12 December 1812
Robert Jerry (unclear if this is his surname)
Bound to Duncan McNEILL, cabinet maker for 4 years from 17 March next.
Statement from Ann JOHNSON (his mother).

9 September 1812
Orphan Archiibald AUTRY - age 13
Bound to John MAXWELL to learn the cooper trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

Scrap of torn paper:
Tillah was born 25th Dec 1810
Jode Moriah was born 3 Jun 1812

11 September 1812
Orphan Susannah CROSS - age 12
Bound to Alexander SCULL to learn to read, write and cypher.

12 December 1812
Orphan Daniel SMITH - age 17
Bound to John McINTYRE to learn the chairmakers trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

Folder: 1813

8 September 1813
Orphan John ANDERS - child of color, 6 years old
Bound to William LORD, Esq.
To learn the art of a farmer and to read.

10 June 1813
Orphan Bazzel ALVES - age 18 from 15th of May last
Bound to John CAMPBELL
To learn the trade of a blacksmith in all its various branches and also give him three months schooling.

10 June 1813
Orphan Buntus, alias Gold BURKS - age 11
Bound to Isaac T. CUSHING
To learn the trade of a blacksmith in all its various branches and also to give him eighteen months schooling.

11 June 1813
Orphan John BRADY - age 10
Bound to Evander McIVER
To learn the trade of a saddler and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 June 1813
Orphan James HOLTON - age 4
Bound to John BLACK
To be taught to read, write, and cypher.

9 June 1813
Orphan Henry HINES - age 7
Bound to Absalom JONES
To learn the carpenter trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 June 1813
Orphan Randsom HARRIS - age 11
Bound to Alexander McKAY
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 June 1813
Orphan Sherrod HARRIS - age 15
Bound to Bethell OGLESBY
To learn the trade of a blacksmith and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.
(He signed his name "Bethell" but it is spelled "Bythel" in the document.)

9 December 1813
Orphan Duncan GRAHAM - age 16 and 3 months
Bound to James CANT
To learn the trade of a shoemaker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 June 1813
Orphan John WARD - child of color, age 6
Bound to Duncan BLACK
To learn the trade of a millwright
Surety: John McKAY, John BLACK

7 September 1813
Orphan Betsey NEWSOM - age 8 on the 13th Inst.
Bound to Thomas D. BURCH until age 18
To learn housewifry (sic) and to read

11 June 1813
Orphan Thomas NELSON - child of color, age 5
Bound to Abner F. BOWELL
To learn the trade of a carpenter
Surety: James MITCHELL, Darrer? D. SALMAN

11 June 1813
Orphan Nancy Crawford PRANCE - age 7 years 4 months
Bound to George BARGE until age 18
To learn the art of Housewifery and to be taught to read, write and cypher.

7 June 1813
Orphan Solomon STANLEY - age 12
Bound to Mills HOWELL
To learn to read, write, and cypher

10 September 1813
Orphan Reading STANLEY - age 10 last May
Bound to Joseph GORDON
To learn the coopers trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 June 1813
Orphan Jonathan STANLEY - age 10
Bound to Thomas MAXWELL
To learn the art and trade of a sadler and likewise eighteen months schooling.

1 March 1813
Orphan Charity STANLEY - about age 6
Bound to Samuel PEARCE to age 18
To learn the art of housewifery business and to read and write

8 September 1813
Orphan John SINGLETARY - age 14
Bound to John GALE
To learn the cabinet and chairmakers trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 December 1813
Orphan Reuben STANLEY - age 14
Bound to Duncan McCOLL
To learn the trade of a taylor and cause him to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

5 March 1813
Orphan Ann Eliza SULLIVAN - age 7
Bound to Sarah ALVES to age 18
To learn Housewifery and to be taught to read and write and cypher.

10 June 1813
Orphan John TONEY - age 10
Bound to Ephraim HAMMONDS
To learn the trade of a Barber and also give him twelve months schooling.
Surety: John INGRAM, Malcolm McPHERSON

8 June 1813
Orphan Zachariah Davis WALKER - age 7 on the 9th July next
Bound to Joseph DOUGLASS
To learn the trade of a bricklayer and to read, write and cypher

Folder: 1814

6 June 1814
Orphan Alexander McPHERON - age 4
Bound to John CAMERON
To learn the occupation of a farmer and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

6 December 1814
Orphan Margaret McLEOD - age 1
Bound to Angus McCRUMMON
To learn Housewifery and cause her to be taught to read and write.

5 December 1814
Orphan Mary McLEOD - age 7
Bound to John McCOLL until age 18
To learn Housewifery and cause her to be taught to to read and write.

10 September 1814
Orphan Betsy NEWSOM - age 8 on the 13th of September 1813
Bound to John KENNEDY
To learn Housewifery and to read

5 September 1814
Orphan Betsy STRICKLAND - age 9
Bound to William SYKES
To learn Housekeeping and cause her to be taught to read, write, and cypher.

ORDERED:
That John WHALEY or whoever hath in their custody a certain norphan boy by the name of Jonathan SMITH to produce the said boy to the court now in session.
The Sheriff of Cumberland is hereby commanded to see that this order is executed.
Justice Robinson MUMFORD

on back:
William MACON is authorized and empowered to execute the within order.
Sept 8, 1814
John McRAE, Sheriff

Executed:
Signed: William MACON for John McRAE, Sheriff

9 September 1814
Orphan Jonathan SMITH - age 15
Bound to William MACON
To learn the trade of a Mill Wright and House Carpenter and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 March 1814
Jenny *ARDROBE (possibly N?) - age 6 years 9 months
Bound to William STONE to age 18
To learn Housewifery and cause her to be taught to read and write well.

9 June 1814
Orphan William FOUNDLING - age 3
Bound to John M. COCKBURN
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 June 1814
Orphan Peter GRAVES - a free mulatto boy, age 11
Bound to Robinson MUMFORD until age 16
To learn the occupation of a Laborer

10 September 1814
Orphan David GEE - age 16 years, 17th of April last
Bound to Samuel STEELE
To learn the trade of a Hatter and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

5 September 1814
Orphan Ann Jane HOGG - a girl of colour, age 7
Bound to Thomas HOGG
To learn to read and write
Surety: Robert CAMPBELL

5 September 18184
Orphan Jacob HOGG - a boy of colour, age 10
Bound to Thomas HOGG
To learn the occupation of a farmer and to cause him to be taught to read and write
Surety: Robert CAMPBELL

5 September 1814
Orphan William COOK - age 10
Bound to Abner F. BOWELL
To learn the occupation of a printer or Baker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 March 1814
Orphan Willis DAVIS - age 9
Bound to Duncan McNEILL
To learn the trade of a cabinet maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

8 June 1814
Orphan Benj. MERRICK - a mulatto, age 14
Bound to Samuel PEARCE
To learn the occupation of a Laborer and cause him to be taught to read.

Folder: 1818

7 March 1818
Orphan John HAMMONDS - nearly 16 years old
Bound to James CALDER
To learn the trade of a carpenter and also "learn him" to read and write

Folder: 1819

4 March 1819
Orphan Alex Filson CUNNINGHAM - 9 years old
Bound to John SMITH
To learn the Blacksmith trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 December 1819
Orphans Tillar (age 9) and Judy Mariah (Maria) (age 7 years 6 mos) ALLEN - 2 free girls of color
Bound to Thomas GILMORE
To learn the art and trade of carding and spinning, also to read.
Surety: John BLACK, Duncan McNEILL

4 March 1819
Orphan Florah ALLAN
Bound to Duncan McNEILL
To learn the art of carding and spinning

6 March 1819
Orphan James BASSET
Bound to D.D. SALMON to learn the trade of a saddler and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 December 1819
Orphan John N. KING - age about 14 years
Bound to Dillan JORDAN
To learn to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 December 1819
Orphan Alexander KILLY - age about 17 years
Bound to Archibald DENBY
To learn the art and trade of shoe and book making and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7? June 1819
Minor Betsey LUNDY, alias McINTYRE - aged about 4 years
Bound to John NORMAN
To learn the art of housewifery and to read and write.

1 March 1819
Orphan Wesley WILLFORD - a white boy, aged 9 years
Bound to Silas STEPHENSON
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

3 March 1819
Orphan Rhody WEAVER - aged about 13 years
Bound to Sherod FORT to the age of 18
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three and to learn the art of housewifery.

10 June 1819
Orphan Malcom SHAW - aged 13 years last March
Bound to Archibald GRAHAM
To learn the art and trade of a taylor and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

3 March 1819
Orphan Mary Jane PARKER - aged 3 years
Bound to Sally EVANS to age 18
To learn to read and write

10 June 1819
Orphan Baldwin PUMPHREY
Bound to Joseph E. DOUGLASS
To learn the trade of a bricklayer and to be educated as the law in [such cases directs.] words are unclear.

5 March 1819
Orphan Thomas MILLS
Bound to George JONES
To learn the art of Chair making and to receive nine months schooling.

6 March 1819
Orphan John Robert MURPHY - aged 11 years next June
Bound to Archibald GRAHAM
To learn the Taylors trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

Folder: 1820

8 June 1820
Orphan Allen DILLARD - aged about 15 years of age
Bound to Daniel SMITH
To learn the trade of a chairmaker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

5 September 1820
Orphan John DAVIS - aged 13 years last April
Bound to George W. McDONALD
To learn the trade of a sadler, trunk and harness maker and teach him to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

9 December 1820
Orphan Bryan COOK - aged 11 years
Bound to Frederick MILLER
To learn the art and trade of a Baker and Confectioner and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 June 1820
Orphan Zachariah ARTES - boy of colour eleven years of age the 14th day of Feb. last
Bound to Louis DAVIS
To learn the trade of a carpenter and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.
Bond: 5 June 1820

6 December 1820
Orphan Tiller ALLEN and Jude Maria ALLAN
Bound to Duncan McNEILL
To learn to card and spin and to read
Bond: 6 December 1820
Surety: Duncan CAMPBELL

7 September 1820
Orphan Archibald BUIE - Now eighteen years and 3 months of age
Bound to Duncan McCOLL
To learn the trade of a taylor

10 March 1820
Orphan Gideon BRADY - about 14 years of age
Bound to John NORMAN
To learn the art and trade of a farmer and to read, write, and cypher

10 March 1820
Orphan Gideon BRADY - about 14 years of age
Bound to John NORMAN
To learn the art and trade of a farmer and to read, write, and cypher
(Two identical documents)

10 June 1820
Orphan George BLOCKER - born abou the 1st October 1807
Bound to James GEE and Wm BEARD
To learn the art and trade of a hatter and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 September 1820
Orphan Robert LEWIS - 15 years of age 1st day of August last
Bound to Edward WILLIAMS
To learn the trade of a Baker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 March 1820
Orphan Thomas INGRAM - about the age of 14 years
Bound to Hiram ROBERSON
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three and provided for as the law requires.

5 June 1820
Orphan William HOWELL
Bound to Charles SMITH
To learn the art and trade of Hewing and farming and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 March 1820
Orphan Sally HILL - aged about 13 years
Bound to Asa TRASK (TRAST?)
To learn the art of housewifery and to read and write.

9 December 1820
Orphan Robert HAZLE - a free boy of colour, aged about 13 years
Bound to Ridgon M. GREEN
To learn the trade of a carpenter and joiner and to read and write.
Bond: 7 December 1820
Surety: James Y. GREEN

8 June 1820
Orphan John HARRIS - now 13 years of age
Bound to Duncan SMITH
To learn the trade of a taylor and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

8 September 1820
Orphan William FOUNDLING, aged 9 years, 3 months
Bound to Archibald SMITH
To learn the trade of a chair and carriage maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

6 June 1820
Orphan Lila WHITEHEAD - aged 12 years this day
Bound to Mary WALKER to the age of 18
To read and write and the art of housewifery.

9 March 1820
Orphan Josiah SWEARINGAME - sixteen years of age
Bound to Archibald SMITH
To learn the art and trade of a carriage maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

5 September 1820
Orphan Joel STONE - aged 15 years last August
Bound to George W. McDONALD
To learn the trade of a sadler, trunk and harness maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

9 March 1820
Orphan William SEARS - 15 years of age
Bound to Archibald SMITH
To learn the art and trade of a carriage maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

9 September 1820
Orphan Betsy NEWSOM - a free girl of colour, age 15 years the 18th of Sept. Inst.
Bound to Peter J. MALLET
To learn housewifery and to read.

6 March 1820
Orphan Henry PORTER - eight yearsof age last October
Bound to DISMUKES and WARD
To learn the art and trade of printing and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

4 September 1820
Orphan John McMILLAN - now 13 years of age
Bound to John BETHUNE
To learn the art and trade of a taylor and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

Folder: 1821

6 March 1821
Orphan James CROSBY - 16 years on the 2nd day of December 1820
Bound to Archibald SMITH
To learn the trade of chair maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

4 June 1821
Orphan Elizabeth CAMERON - aged 6 years last December
Bound to Neill CAMERON to the age of 18 years
To learn to read, write, and cypher

5 June 1821
Orphan William BUTLER - about the age of 18 years
Bound to Zachariah THIGPEN
To learn the trade and business of Carriage and Chair making and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 June 1821
Archibald Alexander JOHNSTON - aged 5 years
Bound to Daniel SMITH
To learn the art and mystery of farming and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.
Note: The word "orphan" was crossed out of the standard indenture and "an illegitimate child" was written in.

7 June 1821
Orphan Owen HOUSTON - about 16 years of age
Bound to George McDONALD
To learn the occupation of a sadler and harness maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

6 April 1821
Orphan John HARRIS - aged about 15 years
Bound to John CARNEY
To learn the art and trade of a printer and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

4 September 1821
Orphan John HAMMONDS - about 19 years old
Bound to Ephraim HAMMONDS
To learn the carpenters trade

Bond: 4 September 1821
John SAMPSON - free boy of colour about 14 years old
Bound to Ephraim HAMMONDS
Surety: Sampson BOON

4 June 1821
Orphan John McNEILL - 16 years of age
Bound to Archibald GRAHAM
To learn the trade of a taylor - except three months of the time of said apprentice which is reserved for schooling himself.

4 December 1821
Orphan John FOWLER - about 9 years old
Bound to James ATKINS
To teach him the art and mystery of a farmer and to give him 2 years schooling and one hundred acres of land.

9 March 1821
Orphan Mary THOMAS - aged 12 years
Bound to Francis COOLEY to the age of 18
To learn to read and write and the art of housewifery.

9 March 1821
Orphan Sarah THOMAS - aged 8 years old
Bound to John ELLIOT to the age of 18
To learn to read and write and the art of housewifery

7 June 1821
Orphan Mary Jane SIMMS - now about 7 years of age
Bound to Nathan WILLIAMSON to the age of 18
To learn housewifery and to be taught to read, write, and cypher.

9 March 1821
Orphan John SCARBOROUGH - aged 17 years last January
Bound to David D. SALMON
To learn the trade of a sadler and harness maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

BOND: 4 June 1821
Sarah REDDEN - a free girl of colour about 14 mos.
Bound to John SHAW
Surety: David SMITH and John JOHNSON

4 June 1821
Sarah REDDEN, daughter of Tiller REDDEN, aged 14 months
Bound to John SHAW
To learn the art of housewifery

9 March 1821
Orphan William PAGE - aged 17 years last May
Bound to David D. SALMON
To learn the trade of a sadler and harness maker

6 March 1821
Orphan Lenoir POTTS - aged 13 years last January
Bound to Daniel MARTIN
To learn the trade of a blacksmith and to be taught to write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 June 1821
Orphan John POWERS - about 18 years of age
Bound to Barnum BEACH
to learn the trade of a shoemaker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

3 December 1821
Orphan Dorcas OWEN - aged about 10 years next February
Bound to Daniel BLACK to the age of 18
To learn the art of housewifery and to learn to read, write, and cypher.
NOTE: He signed his name "Donald" not "Daniel" as written in the Indenture.

4 September 1821
Orphan Jane McINTYRE - aged a little more than 5 years
Bound to Janet PRENTICE to the age of 18
To learn the art and trade of housewifery and to read, write and cypher.

Folder: 1822

4 March 1822
Orphan Isom PRINCE - aged about 13 years
Bound to Nicholas PRINCE
To learn the art and mystery of a farmer and also to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 October 1822
Orphan Isaac Dalton PRICKET - aged about 15 years
Bound to Daniel MUNROE
To learn the trade of a blacksmith and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

AFFIDAVIT:
Teresa PRICKET of Bladen Co. appointed Edmund BLAKE of Town of Fayetteville as her atty. to bind out her minor orphan son, Isaac Dalton, PRICKET, to some useful trade in said town of Fayetteville.

6 December 1822
Orphan Benjamin RHODY (no age given)
Bound to Duncan SMITH
To learn the business of a taylor and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

6 December 1822
Orphan Benjamin WINN, son of Wm WINN
Bound to Alexander McKENZIE
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three and the coopers trade.

6 December 1822
Orphan Jane GUITON
Bound to Thomas MASSEY
To read and write and cypher as far as the rule of three and *bring herself up and in Christians moral way of living.
*handwriting here is difficult to decipher. This is close, but may not be absolutely accurate.

BOND: 8 June 1822
William JONES - a free boy of colour about 10 years of age
Bound to John McIVES

8 June 1822
Orphan William JONES - a colored boy about 10 years old
Bound to John McIVER?, auctr.
To be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three and to be left at some useful employment.

8 March 1822
Orphan Henry CHALMERS - aged 16 years
Bound to Thomas HARRISON
To learn the saddle and harness making business and send him to school 3 months.

25 June 1822
Orphan Hezekiah DAVIS, son of Mrs. DAVIS, widow - aged 13 years on the 20th day of Jan. last.
Bound to Charles LOOMIS
To learn the trade of a taylor and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

8 June 1822
Orphan James CROSBY - aged 17 years and 6 months
Bound to Cornelius J. TOOKER
To learn the trade of a cabinet maker and to cause him to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

5 March 1822
Orphan William BUTLER - aged 19 years
Bound to McPHERSON & McCASKILL
To learn the trade of chair and carriage making and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.
Signed: Duncan McPHERSON and John McCASKILL

6 December 1822
Orphan Edmonds HUTCHISON
Bound to Cornelius J. TOOKER
To learn the trade of a cabinet maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

6 June 1822
Orphan Josiah SWEARINGAM - 18 years and 3 months
Bound to Malcom BUIE
To learn the art and trade of a carriage maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

7 March 1822
Orphan Joseph Jones SEARS (no age given)
Bound to Cornelius J. TOOKER
To learn the cabinet makers trade and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.


Folder: 1823

6 December 1823
Orphan Leonord CASON - about 14 years of age
Bound to David D. SALMON
To learn the art and trade of a saddler and harness maker and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 January 1823
Orphan Duncan Alex. CAMPBELL - aged about 17 years
Bound to Samuel STEEL
To learn the trade of a hatter and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

11 January 1823
Orphan Madison ALLAN - aged 14 years
Bound to Samuel STEEL
To learn the trade of a hatter and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 October 1823
Jesse ALLEN, a boy of colour - aged about 14 years last December
Bound to Janet ARMSTRONG
To learn the art and trade of farming
NOTE: the word "orphan" is crossed out.

11 April 1823
Orphan David MORGAN - a colored boy now 11 years of age next February
Bound to John CLARK
To learn the art and trade of a farmer and to read and write.

5 September 1823
Orphan Margaret McINTYRE - aged 5 years the 26th of March next
Bound to Janet PRENTICE until the age of 18
To learn the art and trade of a spinster and to read and write.

5 September 1823
Orphan Janet Redding - a free girl of colour, aged 18 months
Bound to Daniel McEACHERN
To learn the art and trade of a spinster and the common business of housewifery.

Bond: 5 September 1823
Janet REDDING - a free girl to color
Bound to Daniel McEACHERN
Surety: Alexander McLEARN, Richard HACKABER

6 June 1823
Orphan William SEARS - aged 18 years
Bound to Duncan McCOLL
To learn the art and trade of a Taylor and to read and write.

6 June 1823
Orphan John WILSON - a free boy of colour, aged about 13 months
Bound to William Wilkinson
To learn the art and trade of a farmer and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

BOND: 6 June 1823
John WILSON - free boy of colour 13 months
Bound to William WILKINSON
Surety: Archd. McNEILL, Daniel ?

10 January 1823
Isaiah WYNN - a minor, aged 14 years next May
Bound to Angus CAMERON
To be taught the art and trade of a blacksmith and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

6 June 1823
Orphan Joseph HUBBARDS - aged about 20 years and 2 months
Bound to Samuel STEEL
To be taught the trade of a Hatter.

9 July 1823
Orphan Ismael JAMES - now 15 years of age
Bound to Gilbert ECCLES
To be taught the art of Farming and to give him 2 years schooling.

7 June 1823
Orphan John BALDRIDGE - aged 17 years at last November
Bound to John McRAE
To learn the trade of a clerk and an accountant and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.

10 October 1823
Orphan Alan ALLEN - a free boy of colour - aged 17 years in August last.
Bound to Jannet ARMSTRONG
To learn the art and trade of farming.

BOND: 10 October 1823
SURETY: Robert CAMPBELL, Duncan McFeron?

19 May 1823
John DAVIS - an infant, aged 15 years[sic?], son of Stephen DAVIS.
Bound to John THAMES
To learn the art and trade of farming and to be taught to read, write and cypher through the rule of three.


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