{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"vi_vi06304_c01_c01","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Barcode number 0007848855: Deeds; Deeds of Emancipation; Indenture of Apprenticeship; Certificates of Importation,\n\t1798-1867","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06304_c01_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi06304_c01_c01","ref_ssm":["vi_vi06304_c01_c01"],"id":"vi_vi06304_c01_c01","ead_ssi":"vi_vi06304","_root_":"vi_vi06304","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi06304_c01","parent_ssi":"vi_vi06304_c01","parent_ssim":["vi_vi06304","vi_vi06304_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi06304","vi_vi06304_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806","Series I: Apprenticeship Indentures,\n1806"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806","Series I: Apprenticeship Indentures,\n1806"],"text":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806","Series I: Apprenticeship Indentures,\n1806","Barcode number 0007848855: Deeds; Deeds of Emancipation; Indenture of Apprenticeship; Certificates of Importation,\n\t1798-1867"],"title_filing_ssi":"Deeds; Deeds of Emancipation; Indenture of Apprenticeship; Certificates of Importation,\n\t 1798-1867\n\t","title_ssm":["Barcode number 0007848855: Deeds; Deeds of Emancipation; Indenture of Apprenticeship; Certificates of Importation,\n\t1798-1867"],"title_tesim":["Barcode number 0007848855: Deeds; Deeds of Emancipation; Indenture of Apprenticeship; Certificates of Importation,\n\t1798-1867"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Barcode number 0007848855: Deeds; Deeds of Emancipation; Indenture of Apprenticeship; Certificates of Importation,\n\t1798-1867"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":2,"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#0","timestamp":"2026-05-21T11:08:31.826Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi06304","ead_ssi":"vi_vi06304","_root_":"vi_vi06304","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi06304","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi06304.xml","title_ssm":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806"],"title_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806"],"text":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806",".","Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, involving Black and multiracial individuals are digitized and available through  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection   on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images. \n","This collection is arranged \n Series I: Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, arranged chronologically.","Arranged chronologically\n","Context for Record Type : In 1765, the General Assembly established that illegitimate children of \"woman servants, Negroes, white women by Negroes were to be bound out\" until the age of 21 for males and 18 for females. In the late eighteenth century, the General Assembly established the Overseers of the Poor, an appointed body that provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for people who were too poor to support themselves or too ill to provide for their basic needs. They also bound out children whose parents could not support them and those who were orphaned through apprenticeship contracts. These agreements arranged for white children to be taught a trade or domestic skills as well as educated in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1805, the General Assembly amended the previous act to no longer require the master of \"black or mulatto orphans\" to teach reading, writing, or arithmetic, with the intent that this would prevent Black children from learning these skills.\n","Locality History:  Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770.","Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures of Black and multiracial individuals were removed from the Amherst County (Va.) Deeds [under accession 53740] by E. Jordan in 2023. L. Neuroth later indexed the indentures pertaining to Black and multiracial individuals for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.\n","Encoded by M. Mason: August 2023; updated by C. Collins: December 2024.","See also:  Amherst County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1816-1826","Records related to free and enslaved people of Amherst County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection   on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Amherst County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult   \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\" ","Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, consists of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.\n","This record set includes only two indentures. The indentures are both dated 21 July 1806 and bind out Moses Smith and Rueben Smith, both Free Black children, to John Hawkins, a white man, to learn the trade of carpentry. ","There are no restrictions.\n","Library of Virginia\n","English\n"],"collection_title_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806"],"collection_ssim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court.\n"],"creator_ssim":["Amherst County (Va.) Circuit Court.\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Amherst County (Va.) in 2022 under accession number 53740.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["2 items"],"extent_tesim":["2 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, involving Black and multiracial individuals are digitized and available through \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan\"\u003eVirginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection \u003c/extref\u003e on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions\n"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, involving Black and multiracial individuals are digitized and available through  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection   on the Library of Virginia website. Please use digital images. \n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged \n\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries I: Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, arranged chronologically.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged \n Series I: Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, arranged chronologically.","Arranged chronologically\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eContext for Record Type\u003c/emph\u003e: In 1765, the General Assembly established that illegitimate children of \"woman servants, Negroes, white women by Negroes were to be bound out\" until the age of 21 for males and 18 for females. In the late eighteenth century, the General Assembly established the Overseers of the Poor, an appointed body that provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for people who were too poor to support themselves or too ill to provide for their basic needs. They also bound out children whose parents could not support them and those who were orphaned through apprenticeship contracts. These agreements arranged for white children to be taught a trade or domestic skills as well as educated in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1805, the General Assembly amended the previous act to no longer require the master of \"black or mulatto orphans\" to teach reading, writing, or arithmetic, with the intent that this would prevent Black children from learning these skills.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLocality History:\u003c/emph\u003e Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type : In 1765, the General Assembly established that illegitimate children of \"woman servants, Negroes, white women by Negroes were to be bound out\" until the age of 21 for males and 18 for females. In the late eighteenth century, the General Assembly established the Overseers of the Poor, an appointed body that provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for people who were too poor to support themselves or too ill to provide for their basic needs. They also bound out children whose parents could not support them and those who were orphaned through apprenticeship contracts. These agreements arranged for white children to be taught a trade or domestic skills as well as educated in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1805, the General Assembly amended the previous act to no longer require the master of \"black or mulatto orphans\" to teach reading, writing, or arithmetic, with the intent that this would prevent Black children from learning these skills.\n","Locality History:  Amherst County was named for Major General Jeffery Amherst, British commander in North America during the latter part of the French and Indian War and governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. Islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added in 1770."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806. Local government records collection, Amherst County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806. Local government records collection, Amherst County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures of Black and multiracial individuals were removed from the Amherst County (Va.) Deeds [under accession 53740] by E. Jordan in 2023. L. Neuroth later indexed the indentures pertaining to Black and multiracial individuals for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by M. Mason: August 2023; updated by C. Collins: December 2024.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information\n"],"processinfo_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures of Black and multiracial individuals were removed from the Amherst County (Va.) Deeds [under accession 53740] by E. Jordan in 2023. L. Neuroth later indexed the indentures pertaining to Black and multiracial individuals for the purposes of digitizing them for the digital project Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative.\n","Encoded by M. Mason: August 2023; updated by C. Collins: December 2024."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi02789.html\"\u003eAmherst County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1816-1826\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords related to free and enslaved people of Amherst County (Va.) and other localities are available through the \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan\"\u003eVirginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection \u003c/extref\u003e on the Library of Virginia website.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional Amherst County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/\"\u003e \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\" \u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material\n"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also:  Amherst County (Va.) Free and Enslaved Records, 1816-1826","Records related to free and enslaved people of Amherst County (Va.) and other localities are available through the  Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection   on the Library of Virginia website.","Additional Amherst County (Va.) court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult   \"A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.\" "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, consists of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis record set includes only two indentures. The indentures are both dated 21 July 1806 and bind out Moses Smith and Rueben Smith, both Free Black children, to John Hawkins, a white man, to learn the trade of carpentry. \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1806, consists of contracts or agreements binding out white, Black, or multiracial children, sometimes those who were orphaned, to learn a particular trade or craft. These indentures may be written agreements between the family of the apprentice and those responsible for the indentured. In many cases this includes the direct involvement of the Overseers of the Poor. They typically contain the name of the person or institution binding out, the person to whom bound, the name of the person being indentured, the length of the apprenticeship, and the responsibilities of the person taking on the indenture.\n","This record set includes only two indentures. The indentures are both dated 21 July 1806 and bind out Moses Smith and Rueben Smith, both Free Black children, to John Hawkins, a white man, to learn the trade of carpentry. "],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":2,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T11:08:31.826Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06304_c01_c01"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Library of Virginia","value":"Library of Virginia","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Library+of+Virginia"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806","value":"Amherst County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, \n1806","hits":1},"links":{"remove":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Item","value":"Item","hits":1},"links":{"remove":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29+Apprenticeship+Indentures%2C+%0A1806\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Item\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}