1793 Daniel Dalton was apprenticed to Josiah Emmitt, windsor chairmaker of Alexandria, Virginia on July 18. [1]
1799 "Josies Emmet, turner; wife Catharine; 2 ch[ildre]n; B&H: Mary Watson, labourer; Daniel Dalton (Dolton) turrer [sic]; Wm. Popejoy, painter S&A: Burle Woodcock Thomas Green Collen Cobbins" were listed in the census of Alexandria Virginia. Ann Dolton, spinster B&H: Susanah Reder (Reader) seempster was in a nearby listing. [2] Another listing reports: "Josiah Emmet and wife; turner; 2 ch[ildre]n; 1 HS [hireling/servant?]; 2 apprentices" were listed in the census of Alexandria Virginia. Ann Dalton, Bd. Susannah Reeder was in a nearby listing. [3]
1800 Josiah Emmit was taxed in Alexandria, Virginia. [4]
Research Notes:
1819 Josiah Emmit Jr. [Clarksville] Chairmaker and gilder. He made Windsor chairs, did house and sign painting, and did gilding. [The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture & Its Makers Through 1850]
[1] Harold B. Gill, Apprentices of Virginia, 1623-1800 (1989), [GoogleBooks].
[2] "Alexandria, Virginia Second Ward, 1799 census," The Virginia Genealogist 4 (1960), 117-124, 163-170, at 56, [AmericanAncestors].
[3] "Alexandria, Virginia Second Ward, 1799 census," The Virginia Genealogist 4 (1960), 117-124, 163-170, at 166, left column, [AmericanAncestors].
[4] "Alexandria 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist 4 (1960), 17-26, at 19, [AmericanAncestors].