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Indenture for a miller apprenticeship for Hugh Ogden in Loudoun County, Virginia, C0360, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Purchased from Peter Luke Antiques, Ephemera, Old and Rare Books on March 1, 2013.
Reprocessing completed by Amanda Brent in June 2019. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in June 2019.
"Loudoun County constitutes a part of the 5-million-acre Northern Neck of Virginia Proprietary granted by King Charles II of England to seven noblemen in 1649. This grant, later known as the Fairfax Proprietary, lay between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. Between 1653 and 1730, Westmoreland, Stafford, and Prince William counties were formed within the Proprietary, and in 1742 the remaining land was designated Fairfax County.
"In 1757, by act of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Fairfax County was divided. The western portion was named Loudoun for John Campbell, the fourth earl of Loudoun, a Scottish nobleman who served as commander-in-chief for all British armed forces in North America and titular governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1759. Leesburg has served continuously as the county seat since 1757." Source: Loudoun County website.
Indenture for a miller apprenticeship for Hugh Ogden in Loudoun County, Virginia, created on March 17, 1815. The indenture states that Hugh Ogden, an orphan born circa 1800, will be apprenticed to Peter Bernenderfer, a Loudoun County miller, for seven years. The indenture seemingly proved fruitful for Ogden, as he went on to marry Bernenderfer's daughter, Catherine, and later settled in Massillon, Ohio, working as a miller himself until he died in 1847.
This is a single item collection.
The Special Collections Research Center also holds many other collections on historic Virginia, including the Randolph H. Lytton Historical Virginia collection.
"History of Loudoun County." Loudoun County. https://www.loudoun.gov/174/History (accessed June 24, 2019).
"Hugh Ogden." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39405076/hugh-ogden (accessed June 24, 2019).
"Hugh Ogden." https://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-Ogden/6000000048940240672 (accessed June 24, 2019).
"Indentured Servants." Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/indentured-servants (accessed June 27, 2019).