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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Catherine OBrion, 18 May 2011. Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Buckingham County (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1153256 Catherine G. OBrion

Library of Virginia 2011 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Buckingham County (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14 1153256 Library of Virginia 2 p. English Lynchburg (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Brunswick County (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Lynchburg.

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 Historical Information

Buckingham County probably was named either for the English county or for the duke of Buckingham. According to some sources, however, the name came from Archibald Cary's tract of land called Buckingham, on what was then Willis's Creek. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761.

Records were destroyed by fire in 1869.

Scope and Content

Buckingham (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14. Scott's son, Wilson Scott, was apprenticed to Amos to learn "the art and mystery of a waterman in navigating [the] James river."

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.

For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Lynchburg (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Apprentices -- Virginia -- Brunswick County. Free African Americans -- Virginia -- Brunswick County. Inland water transportation -- Virginia -- Brunswick County. Geographical Names: Brunswick County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Indentures -- Virginia -- Brunswick County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Brunswick County.