PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04782::A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1788-1884)//EN" "vi04782.xml" A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1788-1884 Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1788-1884 0007549519 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2014 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 12 December 2014 Description is in English A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1788-1884 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 0007549519 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2014 Chris Smith Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures 1788-1884 0007549519 Library of Virginia .45 cu.ft. (1 box) English Powhatan County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1788-1884. Local government records collection, Powhatan 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 records from Powhatan County.

Historical Information

Powhatan County was named for the paramount chief of the Powhatan Indians in the tidewater of Virginia in the late sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added in 1850. The county seat is Powhatan.

Scope and Content

Powhatan County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1788-1884, are bonds and contracts of apprenticeship, showing the names of master and apprentice, the trade to be taught, details of the contract, the amount of the bond and the names of sureties. Many of the apprentices are free African Americans.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

See also: Powhatan County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866

Additional Powhatan County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."