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

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Record #161 from Somerset County Bonds, 1827-1850

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Date 27 Jun 1837
Record Name (Somerset County, MD) SO County Bonds (1834-1842)
Citation (Liber:Folio) JP13:75
Name Referenced Stephen Purnell Melvin
Record Type Apprentice
Abstract of Record Stephen Purnell Melvin, free negro, 7 yo on 18 Februay last, apprenticed to Jehu Parsons Jr. until 21 yo. To learn trade of farming; when free to receive suit of clothes worth $20 or that sum in current money.

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