Craven County Apprentices, 1800-1801.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
On 10 March 1800, Samuel Willis, a free Negro aged 19 years, son of Dorcas Moore, was bound to Francis Lowthrop, Esq., as a mariner.
On 9 June 1800, Jean Louis Baptiste Harman, a free mulatto orphan aged 14 years, was bound to Thomas Marshall as a Merchant.
On 8 September 1800, David Moore, a free Negro boy aged 11 years, was bound to Ebenezer Slade as a cooper.
On 8 December 1800, David Moore, a free Negro boy aged 10 years, was bound to John Moore as a cooper.
On 10 March 1801, Jerry Powers, a Negro boy aged 18 years last December, was bound to Thomas Oliver, of New Bern, as a baker.
On 8 June 1801, Polly Hagle, a free mulatto girl aged 13 years in March last, was bound to Elizabeth Bartlett of New Bern as a spinster.
On 17 September 1801, Sally Henry, a free Negro girl aged 7 years, was bound to Richard Forbes, of New Bern, as a spinster.
On 17 September 1801, Rhoda Dove, a free person of color aged 13 years, was bound to William Dudley as a spinster.
On 17 September 1801, Ferebe Lewis, a free Negro girl aged [blank], was bound to Richard Forbes of New Bern, as a spinster.
On 14 December 1801, Ricor Carter, a free person of color aged 7 years, was bound to Abel Carter as a cooper, and Mary Carter, a free person of color aged 9 years, bound to Abel Carter as a spinster.
On 14 December 1801, Nancy Carter, a free person of color aged 8 years, was bound to Benjamin Mitchell as a spinster.
On 14 December 1801, John Carter, Leonard Carter and William Carter, free persons of color aged 7, 7 and 15 years, were bound to Isaac Perkins as a cooper. William Godett, a free person of color aged 12 years, was also bound that day to Isaac Perkins as a cooper.
On 14 December 1801, William Parker, orphan aged about 14 years, was bound to Jacob Cook, mariner of New Bern, as a mariner.
On 14 December 1801, Stephen Dove, free person of color aged 12 years, was bound to Frederick Jones as a cooper.
On 15 December 1801, Ezekiel Chance, “a certain person of colour” aged 4 years, was bound to John Jones, Esq., of New Bern, as a cooper. On the same day, Proseply Chance, aged 6 years, and Betsy Chance, aged 2 years, were bound to John Jones, Esq., of New Bern, as spinsters.
On 15 December 1801, Hannah Carter, a free person of color aged 10 years, was bound to Abel Moore as a spinster.
On 15 December 1801, Nelly Lindsay, a free person of color aged 2 years, was bound to Thomas Lovick as a spinster.
On 16 December 1801, John Dove, a free person of color aged 12 years, was bound to William Jones as a cooper.
On 18 December 1801, James Lewis, a free person of color aged 11 years, was bound to Henry Butler, mariner of New Bern, as a mariner.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 
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