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They are nonetheless valuable to genealogists because they establish the existence of young people who might otherwise go undetected in the more conventional genealogical sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1821 to 1889\u003c\/i\u003e marks the third and concluding volume in Dr. Alan N. Miller's series of extractions (begun in 2000) of Tennessee apprenticeship records. Just as he did for the 29 counties of East Tennessee and 35 counties of Middle Tennessee, Dr. Miller has sifted through the apprenticeship records of West Tennessee and brought them within the reach of the genealogy researcher. This third volume contains over 4,000 apprenticeship records scattered among the minutes of the county courts for West Tennessee. These records span the period 1821 to 1889 and list in tabular form the apprenticeships created in the following 19 Tennessee counties: Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Shelby, Tipton, and Weakley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Miller extracted data for this volume from county court minutes on microfilm obtained from the Tennessee State Archives, the Dallas Public Library, and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He has arranged the records by county and thereunder chronologically. For each record he gives the name of the apprentice, a date (either the date of the original bond or indenture or a subsequent date), age at apprenticeship, name of the master, and miscellaneous information ranging from the name of the mother or a sibling, race, cause of apprenticeship (e.g., orphan), his\/her trade, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan N. 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Included are court payments, construction permits, civil suits, business license applications, criminal cases, wills, estates, inventories, livestock brands, and names of jurors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince this book contains the complete transcript of daily court activities, the historian or researcher obtains a clear picture of day-to-day activities in pioneer Madison County, Tennessee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e** During the Great Depression in the early 1900s, many Americans were given a \"job\" by the United States Government to support their family. One such \"job\" was transcribing early court, family, Bible, and cemetery records as well as other local records. Original versions were typed on onion skin paper with \"x\" number of carbon copies. Although the State Archives owns the vast majority of 'first' or typed copy, carbons have circulated for years but are now scattered. Often the typing is not the best and is difficult to read but these valuable records still constitute one of the best sources of information for Tennessee Counties. In many cases, these are all that remain of the original as many county records have been lost. 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(((legal talk))) ... it is therefore considered by the court that the defendant make his peace with the state by the payment of five dollars fine and that the plaintiff recover of the defendant her fine aforesaid together with her cost by her about her suit in this behalf expended and the defendant be take, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWPA Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, 278 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788490798\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-TN0598\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40644238475382,"sku":"101-TN0598","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-tn0598-1500px.png?v=1777305690"},{"product_id":"101e-tn0553","title":"Madison County, Tennessee Marriages, Volume 2, 1838-1847","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompiled by WPA Workers, this publication contains Madison County, Tennessee marrages from 1838 through 1847. 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