Buckingham County (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
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Preferred citation:

Brunswick County (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Lynchburg (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Brunswick County (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14. Local government records collection, Brunswick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Buckingham (Va.) apprentice indenture binding the son of Betsy Scott, a free woman of color, to Clough Amos, 1812 Dec. 14. Scott's son, Wilson Scott, was apprenticed to Amos to learn "the art and mystery of a waterman in navigating [the] James river."

Biographical / historical:

Buckingham County probably was named either for the English county or for the duke of Buckingham. According to some sources, however, the name came from Archibald Cary's tract of land called Buckingham, on what was then Willis's Creek. It was formed from Albemarle County in 1761.

Records were destroyed by fire in 1869.

Acquisition information:

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Lynchburg.

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Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
2 p.