Hyde Co., NC Apprentice Papers
Free Persons of Color
(1846 - 1852)

Part 2

 

    Date       Orphan or Minor        Age      Bound To            Trade

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25 May 1846   Seth BERRY,              9    George W. Carrowon     Farmer
              free boy of color

31 Aug 1846   Eliza SAWYER,            2    Joseph Pledger         Farmer
              free person of color

31 Aug 1846   Susan COVEL,            12    Joseph Pledger         Farmer
              free person of color

31 Aug 1846   Susan COVEL,            12    Joseph Pledger         Farmer
              free person of color

31 Aug 1846   Jesse COVEL,            10    Joseph Pledger         Farmer
              free person of color

31 Aug 1846   Betsy COVEL,             8    Joseph Pledger         Farmer
              free person of color

1 Sep 1846     Emanuel ___?___,        3    Samuel C. Credle       Farmer
               free person of color

1 Sep 1846     John Riley BARBER,      2    John L. Martin         Farmer

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3 Sep 1846     Malinda ___?___,        8    Joseph Pledger         Farmer

24 Feb 1847    Martha Ann LONG TOM,    9    Will R. Palmer         Farmer
               free girl of color           & wife Cornelia

24 Feb 1847    John LONG TOM,          7    Will R. Palmer         Farmer
               free boy of color

24 Feb 1847    John LONG TOM,          7    Will R. Palmer         Farmer
               free boy of color

25 Feb 1847    John REED,              8    William J. Smith       Farmer
               free boy of color

31 May 1847    Ann Mariah COLLINS,     -    Lorenzo D. White       Seamstress
               free girl of color           & wife Barzilla

31 May 1847    John SMITH,            15    Benjamin S. Midyett    Farmer
               free boy of color

1 Jun 1847     Sarah BARBER,           8    Caleb B. Swindell      House 
               free girl of color           & wife Polly Ann       Servant

1 Jun 1847     Sampson ELKS,           6    William N. Brooks      Mariner
               free boy of color

23 Aug 1847    John LONG TOM,          4    Joseph F. Cox          Farmer
               free boy of color

23 Aug 1847    David LONG TOM,         5    Joseph F. Cox          Farmer
               free boy of color

               On 23 Aug 1847 Joseph F. Cox and Thomas R. Gibbs signed an
               apprentice bond for David BARBER.  Possibly the same bond as
               above, changing the name from LONG TOM to BARBER.

23 Aug 1847    Henry HUDSON,          10    David Fisher           Farmer
               free boy of color

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24 Aug 1847    Mary DUKES,             9    Robert Ensley          Seamstress
               free girl of color

25 Aug 1847    Emealine CREDLE,        7    Green Bridgman         Seamstress
               free girl of color

1 Mar 1848     Julius SPARROW,         7    David F. Gibbs         Farmer
               free boy of color

1 Mar 1848     Anson COVEL,            3    Benjamin O’Neal        Farmer
               free boy of color

29 May 1848    William John POWERS,    5    William B. Tooley      Farmer
               free boy of color

30 May 1848    George QUIDLEY,        15    Joseph C. Jennett      Farmer
               free boy of color

30 May 1848    Marcus SCARBOROUGH,     9    Peter Gordon           Fishermam
               free boy of color

27 Nov 1848    George FRANKLIN         -    James F.Latham         Farmer
               COLLINS, free boy 
               of color

27 Nov 1848    Montgomery COLLINS,     -    James F.Latham         Farmer
               free boy of color

28 May 1849    Edward MORRIS,          8    John S. Brooks         Carpenter
               free boy of color

28 May 1849    Joseph MORRIS,          3    John S. Brooks         Carpenter
               free boy of color

28 May 1849    Richard MORRIS,         6    John S. Brooks         Carpenter
               free boy of color

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27 Nov 1849    Martin COVELL,          4    Samuel C. Credle       Farmer
               free boy of color

26 Feb 1850    Sally Ann COVEL,        5    Benjamin O’Neal        House
               free girl of color                                  Servant

27 May 1850    James CHANCE,          11    Robert Ballance        Farmer
               free person of color

26 Aug 1850    Gabrel COVELL,          -    Christopher Gibbs      Farmer
               free boy of color

27 Aug 1850    Jones HENDERSON,        -    Michael McGuire        Farmer
               free boy of color

27 Aug 1850    John COVAL,             -    John J. Credle         Farmer
               free boy of color

-- --- 1850    Notice for Joseph Pledger to rescind four colored apprentices
               - Belinda COVAL, Jesse COVAL, Betsy COVAL, & Susan COVAL.

-- --- 1850    Notice for William R. Palmer to rescind three colored
               apprentices - Shadrack MACKEY, John LONG TOM, & Martha
               LONG TOM.

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24 Feb 1851    Jeremiah POWERS,       14    Henry Gibbs            Farmer
               free boy of color

26 Feb 1851    Harriet E. POWERS,      4    Susan E. Burgess,      Seamstress
               free girl of color           wife of Francis M. 
                                            Burgess

26 Feb 1851    Sarah Ann POWERS,       5    Susan E. Burgess,      Seamstress
               free girl of color           wife of Francis M. 
                                            Burgess

26 May 1851    John COLLINS,          13    E.H. Saunderson        Farmer &
               Eliz COLLINS,          11                           House
               Mosella COLLINS, &      9                           Servants
               Martha COLLINS,         7
               free persons of color

27 May 1851    Scott MACKEY            3    William H. Credle      Farmer
               free boy of color

26 Aug 1851    Martha LONG TOM,       10    Hilliard Gibbs         -----
               free girl of color,
               child of Martha 
               LONG TOM, Senr

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26 Aug 1851    Shadrack MACKEY,       18    Nathaniel Beckwith     -----
               free boy of color

26 Aug 1851    Sally BARBER,           -    John L. Martin         Seamstress
               free girl of color

26 Aug 1851    John COVAL,             -    John J. Credle         -----
               free boy of color

25 Feb 1852    Henderson MORRIS,       9    Albert Cartwright      Farmer
               free boy of color

25 Feb 1852    Acquilla Eliz HUDSON,  15    John Credle, Junr      Seamstress              
               free girl of color

25 Feb 1852    Ellen REED,             -    Zachariah Mason        ----            
               free girl of color

29 Nov 1852    Nancy Elizabeth         3    Elizabeth Swindell,    Seamstress
               free girl of color           wife of A.B. Swindell

29 Nov 1852    Henderson MORRIS,       9    Erasmus H.             Farmer
               MACKEY, free boy             Saunderson
               of color

29 Nov 1852    Nancy KEESE,            -    Isaac Sawyer           Seamstress
               free girl of color

               Another indenture for Nancy KEESE on same date, bound to
               Caroline Sawyer and signed by Isaac Sawyer.

30 Nov 1852    Elizabeth MACKEY,     4 yrs  Thomas P. Pugh         House
               free girl of color    8 mos                         Keeper

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