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Indenture of Apprenticeship

The Commonwealth of Kentucky

 

This Indenture made this _____ day of ______ one thousand nine hundred and ___eleven__ between __JAMES F. MEADOR_________ by W.H. Justice, Clerk of the county court of Allen County, in the State of Kentucky, of one part, and ____A.T. WILSON__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:

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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 __James F. Meador__ apprentice to and under the said __A.T. Wilson___ 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 ___Twenty one___ years, fully to be completed and ended--- that, during all the said period, the said __James F. Meador____shall faithfully serve the said __A.T. Wilson__ 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 ___A,T. Wilson___  doth for __his__ heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant and agree with the said ___James F. Meador__ that he, the said __A.T. Wilson___ will teach the said _James F. Meador__ the trade, art, and business of __farming_ and will find, provide for, and allow to the said ___James F. Meadon_  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 she the said __A.T. Wilson_will  __teach the said James F. Meador to read and write and will give him the benefit of what schooling he can besides teaching him to read & write

 

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