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Apprentice Indenture Documents
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		  APPRENTICESHIP No 1620 (Vol. V, 170)

John     Moss   }   District of Columbia 
	To      }   Washington County to wit 
James Tucker    }   We the Subscribers Justices of the Peace in and for the Said 
	        }   County, by virtue of the Act of assembly entitled a "A supplement
 to the act for the better regulation of apprentices" have bound out an placed by these 
presents do bind out as an apprentice with the consent of his sister John Moss an orphan 
to serve five years from the Seventeenth day of June One thousand and Eight hundred 
and thirty eight unto James Tucker Blacksmith during which time he shall with and only 
behave conduct deem himself in every respect as a good and faithful apprentice ought to 
do toward his Said Master and the Said master James Tucker is to pay his Said Sister 
Jane Moss one half of the said apprentices  wages during his apprenticeship and also to 
teach him the art or trade of Blacksmith and the Sister Jane Moss to find him sufficient 
meat drink , clothes , washing, lodging mending & other necessities  during his 
apprenticeship to cause to be taught to read write and cash up accounts, and in 
Consideration of the Said Sister receiving one half of the Said apprentice pay

	Witness our hands and Seals this 26 day of June 1838-
						Nath Brady      {SEAL}
						EDHB Mattingly  {SEAL}

	To the Register of Wills  }
	for Washington County     }
				Recorded June 30th 1838 -

 

Transcription:

This transcription is from copy of the holographic original from the District of Columbia Indentures of Apprenticeship Volume V, page 169. In transcribing this document, I have retained the original spelling, punctuation use of ampersands dashes and the strikeovers found in the original. My thanks to Mr. Ali Rahmaan, District of Columbia Archivist, for his research, and for finding and graciously providing this copy of the original indenture for transcription. .

John G. Sharp            July 17, 2008

 

Notes

The supplement to District of Columbia Apprentice ship Act ( referred to above) provided the District of Columbia Orphans Court with the power to place "poor orphan children, and the children of drunkard, vagrants and paupers" out as apprentices. Consequently the signatures of parents were not always required although in this case the placing of John Moss appears to have been amicably settled.

John Moss: Blacksmith The 1850 US Census for the District of Columbia Enumerates John Moss as 29 years of age living in the 6th Ward and his occupation is listed for 1850 as "Blacksmith". Elizabeth Moss is 25 the young couple have two children Mary L age 4, John age 4.

Jane Moss enumerates on the 1850 US Census for the District of Columbia as living with her brother Phillip D. Moss she is 36 years of age while Philip is 27 years of age and a school teacher.

The 1860 Census for the District of Columbia enumerates Jane Moss as 46 years of age and notes that she is a "teacher com school" as is her brother Phillip D. Moss 37 years of age. John Moss is living with Jane and Phillip Moss and the absence of Elizabeth Moss probably signifies her death. John Moss has three children Mary L. 15 , John 10 and Pauline 6 years of age.

James Tucker: Master Blacksmith 1786 -1865 James Tucker was buried at the Congressional Cemetery he died 7 August 1865 R 51/145. The 1850 US Census for the District of Columbia enumerates James Tuck as age 64 years of age and lists him as born in England. He lives in the 6th Ward. His wife Genifer Tucker is 58 years of age their daughter Emma Tucker age 25 years of age is living with them.

James Tucker is listed on the 1819 -1820 WNY Pay Roll as Blacksmith at the rate of $ 1.80 per day.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/washdc/wny_payroll1819-1820.html

James Tucker is also listed on the April 1829 Pay Roll for the Washington Navy Yard as Anchor Smith, [Foremen]
at the rate of $ 3.00 per day
http://www.genealogytrails.com/washdc/wny1829.html

The same document lists Striker, William Brown, a slave, of James Tucker who Tucker leased to the Yard at 80 cents per day. John Farrar apprentice listed as James Tucker's apprentice and is paid 52 cents per day.

 

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