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Apprentice Indenture Releases
Tobias Matthews

Furnished by : John Sharp ©

Apprenticeship No. 270 (Vol. 1, 222) Elizabeth Dempsie } Whereas a negro boy names Tobias Matthews, son of negro Basal release of } was hereafter bound by the Orphans Court of Washington Tobias Matthews }County in the District of Columbia to the later John Dempsie deceased to serve until he attained the Age of twenty one Now I Elizabeth Dempsie widow and executrix of the late John Dempsie, do hereby relinquish and renounce all claim to the services of the said Tobias and declare him fully discharged from said apprenticeship with full liberty for his said mother to receive and provide for him in such manner as she may deem proper Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of November in the year 1809 . Witness Jos Smith Elizabeth Dempsie {SEAL} Recorded the 8th day of November 1809

Note: After extensive review of the available documentation including Dorothy Provine's District off Columbia Indentures of Apprenticeship 1801- 1893, I was unable to find any other records for Elizabeth Dempise or Tobias Mathews. From the evidence of this indenture release, itself, it appears that Elizabeth Dempsie as a widow was unable to provide for the training of Tobias Matthews

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