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Indenture of Apprenticeship

The Commonwealth of Kentucky

 

This Indenture made this _29_ day of ___Jany_ one thousand eight hundred and ___1902__ between __the infant WILLIAM THOMAS JENT_________ by D.A. Oliver, Clerk of the county court of Allen County, in the State of Kentucky, of one part, and ____W.J. FOSTER     of the other part;

 

Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly, the Judge of said Court is empowered to bind out orphans and poor children, which parents are incapable of bringing them up in moral courses, therefore the Court made the following order, to-wit:

Upon motion of PATSEY  ELLEN JENT Mother of  WM. THOS JENT and by her consent It is ordered that said WM. THOS JENT aged 6 years be & he is hereby apprenticed to the said W.J. FOSTER until he shall arrive at the age of 21 years old & said FOSTER appear in open court & accepted said Trust & took the oath & entered into Bond with the commonwealth according law

 

Now, therefore, this Indenture Witnesseth, that the said D.A. Oliver, clerk of said Court, as above recited, hath put, place and bound, and by these presents, doth put, place and bind the said ___Wm. Thos Jent__ apprentice to and under the said __W.J. Foster___ with _him_ to dwell, and _him_ to serve, in the condition, duty, and character of an apprentice, until the said __Wm. T. Jent___ shall arrive at the age of ___21___ years, fully to be completed and ended--- that, during all the said period, the said ___Vernon Cline____shall faithfully serve the said __Wm. T. Jent__ master, in all lawful business, according to the best of _his__ wit and ability, and in all things honestly, orderly and obediently demean and behave __himself__; and the said ___W.J. Foster___  doth for __his__ heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant and agree with the said ___Wm. T. Jent__ that he, the said __W.J. Foster___ will teach the said __Wm. T. Jent__ the trade, art, and business of __Farming_ and will find, provide for, and allow to the said ___Wm. T. Jent_  sufficient diet, wearing apparel, washing, lodging, proper medical attention, and all other things usually allowed to apprentices by good and just masters, and will treat _him_  with humanity --- that he the said __W.J. Foster_will  __also teach the said Wm. Thos Jent  to read and write the english language but if the siad W.J. Foster shall fail to teach said Wm. T. Jent to read and write then he is to pay him $100 upon his removal at the age 21 years

 

In witness whereof, the said _Wm. Thos Jent__ by the said R.B. Justice, Clerk as aforesaid, and the said __W.J. Foster__  have hereunto set their hands and seals, on the day and year first above written

 

/s/ Wm. Thomas Jent

/s/ D.A. Oliver clk

/s/ W.J. Foster