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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of
Tennessee
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M999, Roll 20
"Indentures of Apprenticeship Dec. 1865 - Feb. 1868, Contracts: Jan. 1, 1865 - Jan.
1, 1868"
Freedmen's Bureau Indenture Bonds for Hempstead,
Arkansas
Indentures of apprenticeship were preprinted or hand
written forms giving pertinent data concerning the contractual parties, dates of
apprenticeship, and including a statement of the obligations and responsibilities of each
party.
The State of Arkansas
Hempstead County
To
all whom it may concern
Greeting:
This indenture made and
entered into on this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty Seven at Washington in the County of Hempstead in the State of Arkansas
by and between Fred W. Thibaut second lieutenant United States Army, Superintendent
of Freedmen's, Refugees, etc, and ex officio guardian of one Harriet Norwood, a
freed girl, an orphan minor having no estate for her maintenance and education, aged nine
years, and William G. John of said County of Hempstead in the state of
Arkansas-Witnesseth-
That the said Fred
W. Thibaut, by nature of his authority of such guardian as aforesaid does hereby put,
place and bind out the said Harriet Norwood, minor orphan, as aforesaid to the said
William G. John to learn the art of housekeeping, cooking, washing, ironing and
sewing-from the date hereof until the said Harriet Norwood shall arrive at the age
of eighteen years-during all of which time the said Harriet Norwood shall well and
faithfully serve the said William G. John, and everywhere and at all times obey his
lawful commands. She shall do no damage to the said William G. John, nor willfully suffer
any to be done by others. She shall not waste the goods or property of the said John
nor lend the same to anyone-She shall not contract matrimony during the period for which
she is hereby apprenticed without the knowledge and consent of the said John. She shall
not absent herself from the service of said John; but shall in all things and at all times
behave and conduct herself as a good and faithful apprentice ought to do during the term
aforesaid.
And the said William
G. John on his part, does hereby covenant, promise and agree, to teach and instruct
the said Harriet Norwood or cause her to be taught and instructed in the art or
business of housekeeping, cooking, washing, ironing and sewing; to well and faithfully
provide for the said apprentice sufficient meat, drink, clothing, lodging and all other
necessaries fit and suitable for such apprentice, during the period of time aforesaid.
And the said William
G. John does hereby further covenant and bind himself to teach said apprentice or
cause her to be taught reading, writing and arithmetic to the rule of three inclusive.
In testimony whereof we have
hereto set our hands and affixed our seals at Washington in the County of Hempstead in the
State of Arkansas, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty Seven.
W.
Thibaut {seal}
2nd
Lieut. USA Supt. Freedmen
&
Ex-officio Guardian of said minor
Wm.
G. John {seal}
Nashville
Hempstead,
County, Arkansas
October 10, 1867. Frank Vickers, age 7, bound to Robert
G. Adams, a citizen of Cass County in the State of Missouri, at present residing in
Hempstead, Ark, until the age of 21.
October 16, 1867. Edmond Powell, age 11, bound to Hiram
Powell of Hempstead, Arkansas until the age of 21.
November 6, 1867. Hampton Vickers, age 4, bound to Edward
Cross of Hempstead, Arkansas until the age of 21.
December 16, 1867. Susan Brunson, age 9, bound to Robert
Brunson of Hempstead, Arkansas until the age of 18.
January 18, 1868. Maxie Jordan (orphan girl), age
10, bound to Mrs. Sarah Jordan of Hempstead, Arkansas until the age of 18.
February 24, 1868. Emmett Parram, age 12,
bound to Richard Booker of Hempstead, Arkansas until the age of 21.
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