On 9 August 1872, a Wilson County Superior Court judge ordered three year-old Adline Benton bound as an apprentice to Harrett Battle until she reached 21 years of age. She was to be trained as a house servant.
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- Adline Benton
- Harriett Battle
United States Indenture and Manumission Records, 1780-1939, database at https://familysearch.org.
This is interesting. I did not know that this type of thing happened so late into the 1800’s. Thank you for sharing.
In essence, it was the foster care of the era.
Only God knew where the parents had been snatched away too….a three year old…my, my, my.
The woman who “apprenticed” Adline was also Black. We can only hope she was kind to the child.