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Apr 8, 2018 · This is the 2nd page – though marked page 3 above – of an Indenture between Spence Monroe and Robert Walker. Spence was the father of President James Monroe and Robert Walker was the well known furniture and cabinet maker who worked in tandem with his older brother, William Walker – Undertaker.
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In 1743 Spence Monroe – father of the future president – apprenticed to Robert Walker to learn the “Trade & Mystery of a Joyner.” Walker also agreed to take Monroe’s slave Muddy as an apprentice as well. Learn more about this object in MESDA’s online collection catalog.
Mar 30, 2020 · In 1743, 16-year-old orphan Spence Monroe signed an apprenticeship indenture with cabinetmaker Robert Walker of King George County, Va. Monroe (the father of future president James Monroe) was born into a family of some means and brought his personal slave, Muddy, into the apprenticeship with him.
Finally, in 1743 Walker expanded his labor force and took as an apprentice Spence Monroe (d. 1774), the recently orphaned son of a prominent Westmoreland County family. Walker agreed to train Monroe and the young man’s slave in the “trade of a Joyner” and to provide Monroe with “a suit of good Devonshire . . .
Jun 11, 2014 · In 1743, Spence Monroe, father of the future president, entered into an indenture with King George County, Virginia, cabinetmaker Robert Walker, who promised to teach not only Monroe, but also his slave, Muddy, “the Trade & Mystery of a Joyner.”
” The original indenture was signed by James Bankhead, Spence Monroe, Robert Walker and Francis Williams “at the court held 2nd March 1743.” It is probable that the Spence Monroe named in this indenture is James Monroe’s father.
As to the statement of Hugh Blair Grigsby that Spence Monroe was a "carpenter," there is proof that he was a "joiner." I found last summer, in the records of King George county, adjoining Westmoreland, the following : " James Walker, son of Major Wil-liam Walker, late of Stafford, binds himself to Spence Monroe to
