Indenture
of Apprenticeship
The
Commonwealth of Kentucky
This Indenture made this _eighth_ day of _February_
one thousand eight hundred and _sixty-nine__ between _MARTHA MANION a
free girl of color who was nine years
old the day of April 1868____
by J.H. COLLINS, Clerk of the county court of Allen County, in the State of
Kentucky, of one part, and __THOMPSON. MANION___ 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 of T. MANION
who was the former owner of MARTHA MANION a girl of color and who has no father
or mother living and her uncle DICK MANION a man of color having been summond filed his consent in writing for said girl to be
thus bound. It iss orderd
by the court that said girl MARTHA be bound as an apprentice to T. MANION her
former owner and a suitable person until she arrives to the age of Eighteen
years to be taught the art and mistery of
Housekeeping in all its varities branches and that the clerk of this court
prepare and enter unto suitable indentures with siad
MANION
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 __ ___ apprentice to and under the
said ________ with _____ to dwell, and ___ to serve, in the condition, duty,
and character of an apprectice, until the said __ ___ shall arrive at the age of
_____ years, fully to be completed and ended--- that, during all the said
period, the said _ __
shall faithfully serve the said __
__ master, in all lawful business, according to the best of ___ wit
and ability, and in all things honestly, orderly and obediently demean and
behave _____; and the said _____ doth
for ____ heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant and agree with
the said _________ that he, the said __ __ will teach the said __ __ the trade, art, and business of
__ __ and will find,
provide for, and allow to the said __ ___ 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 ____ with humanity --- that he the said __ __will___________________________________________________________
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In Witness Wherof, the said
____________________________________ by the said J.H. COLLINS, Clerk as
aforesaid, and the said _______________________________ have hereunto set their
hand and seals, on the day and year first above written
*In longhand:
In Witness where of the
said girl Martha Manion by the said J.H. Collins Clerk as aforesaid and the
said T. Manion have here unto set their hands and seals and year first above
written
/s/ J.H. Collins Clk Allen Co Court
/s/ Thompson Manion