Apprenticeship Records

Will of Mary Holmes (Craven County) – 1824 and Apprentice Bond for Richard Holmes (UPDATED)
UPDATE 09/01/2026 – This article was originally published May 9, 2018, but I have found a great deal more information…
The John Gray Blount Mysteries, Part 2: The Legacy and the Assumed Name
For this installment, we turn to the third volume of the collection. In this book, there are several letters relating…
Did you know all of these new records were at FamilySearch? I’ve got all of the links right here!
FamilySearch has been steadily putting a ton of North Carolina records on their site that aren't yet easy to access…
Researching Apprentice Records
When researching one’s genealogy, an often neglected resource is a county’s apprenticeship bonds. At times, children apprenticed out were poor…
Charles BUTLER Apprentice Bond
From Craven County, North Carolina Court Minutes Book VI (1764-1771) by Weynette Parks Haun p. 78 (July 1767) [397]-38 Ordered…
Arthur BUTLER Apprenticeship Records (1764-1768)
Apprentice Bond for Arthur Butler to Thomas Swaffer(Swafford), 7 April 1764 This Indenture, made the 7th Day of April in…
Apprentice Bonds for Free People of Color in Craven County, North Carolina (1769-1820)
I originally published this list at CoastalCarolinaIndians.com due to the fact that Indians were sometimes listed in census records as "Other…