17
Indenture
of Apprenticeship
The
Commonwealth of Kentucky
This Indenture made this _14th_ day of _August one
thousand eight hundred and _sixty-six__ between __GEORGE ANN a free
girl of color who 6 years old the day of
May 1866____ by J.H. COLLINS, Clerk of the county court of Allen
County, in the State of Kentucky, of one part, and __MARY A. BRUCE___ 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 MARY J. BRUCE
it is ordered that GEORGE ANN a free girl of color who was 6
years old the day of
May 1866 be bound as an
apprentice to said MARY J. BRUCE (her
former owner and a suitable
person) until she arrives to the age of eighteen years to be taught the art and
business of House keeping. and that the clerk of this county prepare and enter into suitable Indenture
with said MARY J. BRUCE in behalf of
said girl GEORGE ANN 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 and bound, and
by these presents, doth put, place and bind the said __George Ann ___
apprentice to and under the said _Mary J. Bruce__ with _her_ to
dwell, and __her _ to serve, in the condition, duty, and character of an
apprentice, until the said girl George
Ann___ shall arrive at the age of __Eighteen ___ years, fully to be
completed and ended--- that, during all the said period, the said _girl
George Ann__ shall faithfully serve the said __Mary J. Burce mistress, in all lawful business, according to
the best of __her_ wit and ability, and in all things honestly, orderly
and obediently demean and behave ___herself__; and the said ___Mary J.
Bruce__ doth for __herself___heirs, executors, and administrators,
covenant and agree with the said __J.H. Collins__ that he, the said __Mary
J. Bruce__ will teach the said _girl George Ann__ the trade, art,
and business of __Housewifery__ and will find, provide for, and allow to
the said __George Ann___
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 he the said __M.J. Bruce__will__ at
the end the apprenticeship of said girl Geo Ann
to give her a new good suit of clothes and pay her fifty dollars: Provided
however if the said Mary J. Bruce shall teach said Caroline to read & write then she shall not be
bound to pay sd $50
In witness whereof, the
said _girl George Ann__ by the said J.H. COLLINS, Clerk as aforesaid, and
the said __Mary J. Bruce____ hever
hereunto set their hands and seals, on the day and year first above written
/s/ J.H. Collins Clerk ACC
/s/ M.J. Bruce