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Indenture of Apprenticeship

The Commonwealth of Kentucky

 

This Indenture made this _29_ day of __April_ one thousand nine hundred and ___eleven__ between __MARY F. MEADOR__________ by W.H. Justice, Clerk of the county court of Allen County, in the State of Kentucky, of one part, and ____W.F. DALTON__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, whoch parents are incapable of bringing them up in moral courses, therefore the Court made the following order, to-wit:

This day came into open court Mrs. LETHIE  C. MEADOR, mother of MARY F. MEADOR 13 years of age, and she being destitute of the necessaries resources to support, the said child and it appears to the court that the said MARY F. MEADOR can be apprenticed to W.F. DALTON and the said mother having consented in open court for said child to be apprenticed as above it is hereby ordered that said articles of entered into by the clerk of this court for said child.

 

Now, therefore, this Indenture Witnesseth, that the said W.H. Justice, clerk of said Court, as above recited, hath put, place and bound, and by these presents, doth put, place and bind the said __Mary F. Meador__ apprentice to and under the said __W.F. Dalton___ with _him_ to dwell, and _him_ to serve, in the condition, duty, and character of an apprentice, until the said __Mary F. Meador___ shall arrive at the age of ___Eighteen___ years, fully to be completed and ended--- that, during all the said period, the said ___Mary F. Meador____shall faithfully serve the said __W.F. Dalton__ master, in all lawful business, according to the best of _her__ wit and ability, and in all things honestly, orderly and obediently demeand and behave __herself__; and the said ___W.F. Dalton___  doth for __his__ heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant and agree with the said ___Mary F. Meador__ that he, the said __W.F. Dalton___ will teach the said _Mary F. Meador__ the trade, art, and business of __farming_ and will find, provide for, and allow to the said ___Mary F. Meador_  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 _her_  with humanity --- that she the said __W.F. Dalton_will  __teach the said Mary F. Meador to read and write.

 

In witness whereof, the said _Mary F. Meador__ by the said W.H. Justice, Clerk as aforesaid, and the said __W.F. Dalton__  have hereunto set their hands and seals, on the day and year first above written

 

/s/ W.F. Dalton

/s/ W.H. Justice clerk

/s/ by Ollie Justice, D.C.