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TOTHESHERIFFOFROCKINGHAM
COUNTY.
The following
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��VIRGIUIA
ROCKINGHAM
COUNTYTO I'l1:
IU 'i'HE COUNTYCOURTOF SAID COUNTY:
The jurorn
of the
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th
t erm 1832, upon their
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preser-.t
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upon
counsel
:felony
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a:fores
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a:fore-
no· ney,
Lena
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day
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Charlef:l
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first
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Geor __,:eDowney on the
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tlo further
in
1899
County
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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1820-1971; currently digitized: 1820-1930.
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1899
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Commonwealth v. George Downey and Lena Downey
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Felony
Attempted Murder
Aid and Abet
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Defendant charged with felony attempted murder and felony aiding and abetting.
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Breeden
Downey
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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This series contains all criminal cases heard in Rockingham County from 1820 to 1971. The historical context contained within these records is rich, and one can expect to learn about various aspects concerning the social, cultural, and political climate of the day.
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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JMU Libraries
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1820-1971; currently digitized: 1820-1930.
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Ccr001
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1901
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Commonwealth v. Lena Downey
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Defendant charged with felony attempted murder.
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Felony
Attempted Murder
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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JMU Libraries
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Jennifer Taylor
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PDF
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CCR001_003_018
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Downey
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This indenture made this first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and ninety six and in the twentieth year of the independence of the United States of America
between Samuel McWilliams overseers of the poor in the county Rockingham on the one part
and Mark Newland of the said county of the other part witnesseth that the said Samuel
McWilliams overseer of the poor as aforesaid by virtue of an order of court of the aforesaid
county bearing date the 27th day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six
have put placed and bond by these presents do put place and bind Mary Downey a poor child
whose parents William Downey and Mary Downey are not able to maintain her of age of ten
years the thirteenth day of March last to be an apprentice with him the said Mark Newland as an
apprentice with him the said Mark Newland to dwell from the date of these presents until the
said Mary Downey shall come to the age of eighteen years according to the act of general
assembly in that case made and provided during all which time and term the said Mary Downey
shall the said Mark Newland her said master well and faithfully serve in all such lawful business
as the said Mary Downey shall be put unto by her said master according to the wit power and
ability of her the said Mary Downey. Honestly and obediently in all things shall behave herself
towards her said master. Honestly and orderly towards the rest of the family of the said Mark
Newland. And the said Mark Newland for his part for himself his executors and administrators
doth hereby promise and covenant with the said overseer of the poor and ever of them their every
cessors for the time being said and with the said Mary Downey in the business of sewing,
spinning, and knitting shall teach and instruct or cause to be taught and instructed the best way
and manner that he can and that the said Mark Newland shall also find and allow unto the said
apprentice sufficient meat drink apparel washing lodging and all other things needful or
necessary for an apprentice during the term aforesaid and also the said Mark Newland shall teach
or cause to be taught to the said Mary Downey reading, writing, and common arithmatick
including the rule of three and will moreover pay to the said Mary Downey the sum of twelve
dollars at the expiration of the said term. In witness whereof the parties to these presents
indentures have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day of year above written.
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Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship
Description
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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.
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The Overseers of the Poor of Rockingham County
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JMU Libraries
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1766-1871
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PDF
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Osp003_001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/11">Overseers of the Poor: Minutebooks and Correspondences</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4525"> Overseers of the Poor Finding Aid</a>
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1796
Title
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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Mary Downey to Mark Newland
Description
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sewing, knitting, spinning
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Overseers of the Poor
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JMU Libraries
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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>)
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PDF
Identifier
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Osp003_001_030
Downey
Newland