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

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Record #112 from Somerset County Bonds, 1827-1850

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Date 23 May 1834
Record Name (Somerset County, MD) SO County Bonds (1827-1834)
Citation (Liber:Folio) JP8:316
Name Referenced Levin Ballard
Record Type Apprentice
Abstract of Record Levin Ballard, orphan negro boy 12 yo on 1 Jun last past, with his consent, to be apprenticed to Benjamin Simpson, farmer, until 21 yo. To learn the art & "mistery" of farming; when free, to receive suit of clothes worth $10 or the sum in current money.

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