1 20 2 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/d3892565b9a955b1614dfc21234dfc20.pdf 9cac13beff9f1e870ce5e7102ebe6f33 PDF Text Text �� https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/93dc73c654f2cb89125dffce277ee78a.pdf 884181e38a863a2d27df9aa2e112340b PDF Text Text This indenture made this twenty seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen between Aaron Solomon one of the overseers of the poor for the western district of Rockingham County o the one part and John Brillhart Se. of the county aforesaid of the other part witnesseth. That the said overseer of the poor pursuant to an order of the court of the county aforesaid held at the term of the present month, doth, put and bind John Cooper (orphan of Leonard B Cooper) fourteen years old on the first day of March last past to John Brillhart Sen. As an apprentice with him after the manner of an Apprentice to dwell and serve until he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years to learn the art trade and mystery of a cooper. In consideration of which the said Brillhart binds himself to the said Solomon or his successors overseer of the poor to teach or instruct or cause to be taught or instructed the said John Cooper the art and mystery of a cooper during said term. And moreover to find the said John Cooper in good and sufficient clothing, meat, drink, washing and lodging fit and convenient for such an apprentice. And also to teach or cause to be taught the said John Cooper to read English correctly, to write a good fair hand and arithmetic through the single rule of three during said term. And at the end of his service shall pay and satisfy to the said John Cooper twenty dollars that being the freedom dues allowed by the court. And further the said John Brillhart Sen. agrees with the said Solomon to pay or cause to be paid out of his estate to the said John Cooper at the end of his service an additional sum of thirty dollars In witness whereof the overseers of the poor aforesaid hath hereunto set his hand and seal and the said Brillhart hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day above written Signed and sealed in the presence of � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship Description An account of the resource Series III is comprised of Rockingham County Indentures of Apprenticeship, which were formal contracts created by the overseers to bind poor or orphaned children to a "master" with who they would learn a trade. Their term generally lasted until the age of twenty-one for males and eighteen for females. Trades were typically determined by the apprentice's sex as well. Active labor and semi-skilled artisan positions were reserved for males, while females often served their term learning to sew, spin, knit, or domestic labor.<br /><br />For more information on the Overseers of the Poor collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aid</a>" tab in the menu above. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Overseers of the Poor of Rockingham County Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1766-1871 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Osp003_001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/11">Overseers of the Poor: Minutebooks and Correspondences</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4525"> Overseers of the Poor Finding Aid</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1818 Title A name given to the resource Indenture of Apprenticeship, John Cooper to John Brillhart Description An account of the resource Cooper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Overseers of the Poor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Osp003_003_002 Brillhart Cooper https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/0e3ebca1f79bf5a4d6a03ed84f7be383.pdf bc8f6b8beb21bf36716414f8e01985c4 PDF Text Text I' --(f:11 THIS · INDENTURE MADETBE 2.,/ L--4 ~ -%-~ in the year of our Lord 18 Q/4..up,( &.a~,I Between District ,3,,,;,L/,(a/f .;/~I of the one part ancl has placed and bound and by these ~ ,?,-runi,/L fif:v-e~,d with him ·the ~ aforesaid q/ / S ,2 C' 1 ;, r z <.. presents doth place and bind iJ 6'~Af✓:, , ., of the age ~ to be an Apprentice with him the said fa t'-nt/Jd';L'/,/_a,?'✓ said ..lc-JTJ&7J 4'J//2 RL rf to dwell •·uti I dd8 ■f d Hi f'Pl!e Hts , day of baring date the and as an Apprentice Overseer of the Poor of the that the said Overseer of the Poor aforesaid by virtue of an Order of the Court of the County of the other part, witnesseth, ?14-:,.__t-Jf UZ?-V ? ~-??__ in the County of Rockingham ~7 day of / L .e >-rJ 6t,,," in the year L I \ £' / until the said vY ~ c "-/ -Cco--6/Z ~ / shall arrive and come to the age of ~ n ' J. years, according to the Act of the General Assembly m that case made provided, by a_nd during all wh .h time and term the said ,n... aJil v"t.;_-,-z.£-o/" t~/L<',_-- shall the said ~ ll tJ/J / -rt. :/ --n . ~/' / /:J ,y ,,-fl h.-a-1 'f., well and faithfully serve m all such lawful Business as the said sha ll be put unto by £...,,,., r1. ~ ~f £.J of the said ~· for himself r1 .__.,/( ,t ~~ 1/~ o/ the said u:H-t~ /) ; ,,,,- 4-J&r vy a rzU:/ according to tht! Power, Wit and Ability of ,,? ~ ?d ✓:T/u,, ~ t?-~ / ,-,1~oL . k L:1 """7-- l.-<H &~far ,/ .,;1;{ 1 ~/,/ 1;aid honestly and obediently in all things behave towards L-;//,tt-.:1/?r ;_,,y /~., 7; Executors ...,.said 1,,,-- and honestly and orderly towards the rest of the Fami1y And the said ./'c-/2-n0'3-rdt1~ri · and Administ~~tors doth hereby promise and covenant to and with the said Overseer of the Poor and his Successor for the time being, that the said Apprentice ~ .,,.7lf/5 ,,,,;{,·nf'fic shall in the Craft, Mystery and Occupation -wai8h :h11•lu ell'itl- of +a~~~ wr;-'f /.{.~ z•: a_...,, after the best manner th at he can or may tea Gh, instruct and inform or cau se to be taught, instructed and informed, as much as thereunto belongeth or in any wise appertaineth, and that he the said ./d- n /.)~✓;/e7/i~ . shall also find and allow unto the said Apprentice sufficient meat, dr ink, appearel, washing, lodging , and aU other th ings needfu l or meet for an Appre ntice during the term aforesa id : the said .fd-n tljr;P~t sh all teach or cause to be taught to the said ~ Reading, AVvriting, c,-,-7C~r _)-f aforesaid Term . IN WITNES above writ ten. Signed and Sealed in the P re sence of ~ . ;f.d;7:1>t/ 7 ____k / / / .£ - '2 5 / { J"'/t'U C: ~,C ' < / J:fc.a/ c ~~7 And also that (;~ a1;d will moreo ver pay to the said the Sum of S wh ere of the Part ies to these Presen ts ha ve interchangably Doll ars at the Expiration set theirHands of the and Seals the Day and Year /4 ~ ,,,,_ / �vY ev11~ ta,-?CV\-5' ~~tn-t,CJ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship Description An account of the resource Series III is comprised of Rockingham County Indentures of Apprenticeship, which were formal contracts created by the overseers to bind poor or orphaned children to a "master" with who they would learn a trade. Their term generally lasted until the age of twenty-one for males and eighteen for females. Trades were typically determined by the apprentice's sex as well. Active labor and semi-skilled artisan positions were reserved for males, while females often served their term learning to sew, spin, knit, or domestic labor.<br /><br />For more information on the Overseers of the Poor collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aid</a>" tab in the menu above. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Overseers of the Poor of Rockingham County Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1766-1871 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Osp003_001 Relation A related resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/11">Overseers of the Poor: Minutebooks and Correspondences</a> Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4525"> Overseers of the Poor Finding Aid</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1820 Title A name given to the resource Indenture of Apprenticeship, Nancy Cooper to John Brillhart Description An account of the resource housewifery Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Overseers of the Poor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Osp003_003_020 Brillhart Cooper