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A Guide to the Louisa County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1766-1900 Louisa County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1766-1900 1153165

A Guide to the Louisa County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1766-1900

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Barcode number: 1153165


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1153165
Title
previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures 1766-1900
Physical Characteristics
1.00 cu.ft.
Collector
previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1766-1900. Local government records collection, previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit 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 previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Historical Information

previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for previous hit Louisa  next hit, a daughter of King George II and wife of King Frederick V of Denmark. It was formed from Hanover previous hit County  next hit in 1742. The previous hit county  next hit seat is previous hit Louisa  next hit.

In 1780 the Virginia General Assembly replaced the Anglican vestries and churchwardens of the colonial period with elected bodies called Overseers of the Poor. The Overseers provided food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment for the persons 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 or who failed to educate or instruct them, as well as orphans to become apprentices. The boys learned a trade and the girls learned domestic skills.

Scope and Content

previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1766-1900, are bonds and contracts of apprenticeship given by the Overseers of the Poor, 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 bound out prior to 1866 were free African Americans.

Related Material

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

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans--History.
  • Apprentices--Virginia-- previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Free African Americans--Virginia-- previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Indentures--Virginia-- previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Louisa  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Louisa County (Va.)--History.
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