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Records of the Assistant
Commissioner for the State of North Carolina
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1870
National Archives Microfilm Publication M843 Roll 35
"Indentures Sept. 1865 - Aug. 1867"
A list of Colored Apprentices that have been
indentured in the County Court of Cleveland County since May 1865
Underaged children who were not or could not be supported
by their parents or were orphans were apprenticed by Freedmen's Bureau officals to persons
who would be responsible for their upbringing and welfare.
| Year |
Term |
Masters Names |
Apprentices Names |
| 1866 - May |
(7) |
Eliza Weber |
Mary McAfee |
| " |
(8) |
J. W. Tracy |
Sarah Jane Watts |
| " - Aug. |
(11) |
Elisha McBrayer |
Joe McBrayer |
| " |
(11) |
Elisha McBrayer |
Edmund Birchett |
| " |
(11) |
Elisha McBrayer |
Henry Birchett |
| " |
(11) |
Elisha McBrayer |
Susa Birchett |
| " - Nov. |
(7) |
Samuel Posten |
Harris Posten |
| " |
(7) |
James London |
Cephas Grigg |
| " |
(7) |
Daniel Posten |
Horace Posten |
| " |
(9) |
Elijah Eskridge |
Albert Eskridge |
| " |
(10) |
L. N. Durham |
Will Culver |
| " |
(10) |
L. N. Durham |
Fanny Culver |
| " |
(10) |
Tom McSwain |
Jerry McSwain |
| 1867 - Feb. |
(4) |
W. J. T. Miller |
Martin Miller |
| " |
(4) |
David Evans |
Julian Cline (female) |
| " |
(5) |
J. G. Webb |
Hilliary Thompson |
| " |
(7) |
R. M. Roark |
Rufus Suford |
| " - May |
(6) |
J. W. Tracy |
Rhoda & Donna Bordley |
| " |
(8) |
F. L. Hoke |
Lucy Bordley |
| " - August |
(5) |
D. Whisnant |
Dick Hall |
| " |
(5) |
James A. Wray |
Charlotte Hall |
| " |
(9) |
W. W. Green |
L. B. F. Green |
| " |
(9) |
W. W. Green |
Riley W. Green |
North Carolina
Cleveland County
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
list contains the names of all colored children that have been indentured by the County
Court for the County aforesaid.
S. Williams, Clk.
Per M. F. Williams, D. C.
D. Whisnant Chm. County Court
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