25
Indenture
of Apprenticeship
The
Commonwealth of Kentucky
This Indenture made this _10th_ day of _December one thousand eight hundred and _Sixty-Six__
between __NEWTON MOORE a free boy of
color who years old the day of
186____ by J.H. COLLINS, Clerk of the county court of Allen County,
in the State of Kentucky, of one part, and _SIMPSON MOORE___ 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:
on motion and at the
request of SIMPSON MOORE it is ordered that JOSEPH aged
years , MELVINAH aged _years the day of
18 and NEWTON aged
years the day of 18 all minors negroes & children of color
be bound to SIMPSON MOORE, who is a son of JAS W. MOORE their former owner the said Simpson being a
suitable person . The boys JOSEPH and NEWTON until they arrive to the age of 21
years to be taught the art and business of farming; And the girl MELVINAH until she arrive to the age of 18 years to be
taught the art and business of House Keeping and that the clerk of the county
court prepare and enter into suitable indenture with said MOORE on behalf of
said children JOSEPH MELVINAH and NEWTON conditioned according to law.
Now, therefore, this
Indenture Witnesseth, that the said J.H.
COLLINS, clerk of said Court, as above recited, hath put, place dna bound, and
by these presents, doth put, place and bind the said __Newton Moore as an___ apprentice to and under
the said _Simpson Moore__ with _him_ to dwell, and __him _
to serve, in the condition, duty, and character of an apprentice, until the said
Newton Moore___ shall arrive at
the age of __Twenty one___ years, fully to be completed and ended--- that,
during all the said period, the said _Newton__ shall faithfully serve
the said __Simpson Moore as his, 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 __Simpson Moore__ doth for
__himself___heirs, executors, and
administrators, covenant and agree with the said __J.H. Collins__ that
he, the said __Simpson Moore__ will teach the said _ Newton__ the
trade, art, and business of __Farming__ and will find, provide for, and
allow to the said __Newton___
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 __Simpson Moore__will__ at
the end of the apprenticeship give said
boy Newton a new good suit of clothes
and pay him One Hundred dollars: Provided however that if the said Moore shall
teach said boy to read & write then
he shall not be bound to pay said one hundred dollars
In witness whereof, the said _Simpson Moore__ by the said J.H. COLLINS,
Clerk as aforesaid, and the said __Simpson Moore____ hever hereunto set
their hands and seals, on the day and year first above written
/s/ J.H. Collins Clerk
Allen county cout
/s/ Simpson Moore