1867--Lucy Bound into Indentured Servitude at Age 9

Item

Title
1867--Lucy Bound into Indentured Servitude at Age 9
Date
25 Mar 1867
Formatted date
1867-05-25
Event type
Indentured Servitude
Description
Special March Term, March 25, p. 277: “The Clerk of this either by himself or deputy is ordered to enter into indentures of apprenticeship binding the John W. Berkshire an infant negro girl named Lucy about 9 years old to learn the trade of spinster – and will report such indentures to this Court. Whereupon said indentures were acknowledged in open Court approved and ordered to record.”
Participant
African American(s): Lucy
Other participant(s): Berkshire, John W.
Related resource
Berkshire family
Bibliographic citation
Boone County Court Order Book K, 1864-1869