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The apprenticeship of Adline Benton.

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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United States Indenture and Manumission Records, 1780-1939, database at https://familysearch.org.

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