COLLECTION NAME:
Contract transferring temporary service of indentured servant Peyton Cook
Record
Identifier:
C0364B01F01
Title:
Contract transferring temporary service of indentured servant Peyton Cook
Creator:
Brown, John W.
Date:
1860-01-14
Description:
Contract transferring temporary service of indentured servant Peyton Cook. In the contract, Cook's master R.B. Sherrard agrees to lend Cook into the services of John W. Brown and W.D. Brown of Winchester, Virginia for a period of just under a year. The Browns agree to return Cook to Sherrard, who resides in Bloomery, Virginia (now West Virginia) on December 25, 1860 with a host of new clothes and items provided to him in the interim in order to keep him comfortable, as well as to pay Cook's taxes.
Subject:
Indentured servants
Geographic Area:
Virginia
Genre/Form:
contracts
Type:
Text
Format:
Paper
Collection:
Contract transferring temporary service of indentured servant Peyton Cook
Physical Location:
Folder 1
Rights Statement:
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.