\"Richmond County Court 7th of August 1738
\"Balderton not to be allowed the money mentioned in his Indenture
\"It appearing to this Court that Ebenezer Balderton, Servant to Landon Carter, Gent. does not understand the Trade for which he was bound and sent into this Country for. It is therefore ordered that the four pounds mentioned in the said Indenture which he was to have when he is free be not allowed him.\" (1)
(1) Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio, Richmond County, Virginia Orders 1737-1738 (McLean, Virginia: The Antient Press, 2000), 93, citing Richmond County, Virginia Order Book 10, 1732-1739:646.