PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05029::A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875)//EN" "vi05029.xml" A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875 Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875 0007721951 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2018 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 July 2018 Description is in English A Guide to the Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 0007721951 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2018 Ed Jordan Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures 1759-1875 0007721951 Library of Virginia .45 cu.ft. (1 box) English Prince Edward County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875. Local government records collection, Prince Edward 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 Prince Edward County.

Historical Information

Prince Edward County was named in honor of Edward Augustus, a son of Prince Frederick Louis, a grandson of King George II, and a younger brother of King George III. The county was formed from Amelia County in 1753. The county court first met on 8 January 1754. The county seat is Farmville.

Scope and Content

Prince Edward County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1759-1875, 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. The collection includes apprentice indentures of free African Americans.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

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

Index Terms Corporate Names: Prince Edward County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: African Americans--History. Apprentices--Virginia--Prince Edward County. Free African Americans--Virginia--Prince Edward County. Geographical Names: Prince Edward County (Va.)--History. Genre and Form Terms: Indentures--Virginia--Prince Edward County. Local government records--Virginia--Prince Edward County.