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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 Rutherford
County, Tennessee
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.
This Indenture, made the 18th
day of January Eighteen Hundred and 66, between Edwin Crouch, of the age of 15
years on the 1st day of January last, of Rutherford, of the County of
Rutherton, State of Tennessee, of one part, and George Daniel of the County of
Rutherton State of Tennessee, of the other part, witnesseth that the said Edwin Crouch
by and with the consent of the said A. P. Nicks, Supt. D Co., his guardian signified by
his signature affixed to this indenture, and by free will and consent of the said Riley
Collin hath placed and bound himself apprentice to the said George Daniel to learn
the trade or business of Household & Farming and with the said George Daniel to
dwell, continue and serve from the date hereof until the said Edwin Crouch shall
have attained the age of twenty-one years, which will be on the 1st day of
January Eighteen Hundred and 73: during all of which time the said apprentice shall well
and faithfully serve his said master, keep his secrets and obey his lawful commands. He
shall do no damage to his master, nor willfully suffer it to be done by others, and if any
to his knowledge is intended he shall give his master immediate notice thereof. He shall
not play at cards, dice, or any unlawful game. He shall not contract matrimony during said
term, nor absent himself from the service of his said master, nor haunt or frequent
taverns, tippling houses, nor gaming houses; but in all things and at all times demean and
conduct himself as a good and faithful apprentice towards his said master during the whole
time aforesaid.
And the said George Daniel covenants and
agrees with the said A. P. Nicks Supt. B.R.F. & A. L. that he will teach and instruct
the said Edwin Crouch or cause him to be taught and instructed in the best and most
complete way and manner that he can in the trade or business of Household & Farming
with all things belonging thereto: and that he will find and allow to the said apprentice
good and suitable meat, drink, washing, lodging, suitable apparel for working and holy
days, and all other things fit, convenient and proper for an apprentice during the term
aforesaid.
And will also teach to the said apprentice, or cause
to be taught, within said term, to read and write and the ground rules of Arithmetic and
the Rule of Three, and at the expiration of said term will give unto the said Edwin
Crouch two new suits of clothes suitable to his condition and twenty dollars in
money.
In Witness Whereof we have
hereunto, and to duplicate thereof, set our bonds and seals the day and year first above
written.
Witness:
Mr. H. A. Kenon
Edwin
Crouch {seal}
John
Seay {seal}
Emilene
Daniel for George {seal}
March 9, 1866. Dock Duffer, age 14 on the 4th of
July last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to H. P. Keeble of Rutherford
County with the consent of his mother, Louisa Duffer, until the age of 21.
March 19, 1866. Solomon Mathis, age 15, of the
County of Franklin, bound to Moses March of the County of Rutherford until the age
of 21.
April 16, 1866. Andrew Bentley, age 7 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to J. J. Lawing of
Rutherford County until the age of 21.
April 16, 1866. William Willis, age 11 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to J. J. Lawing of
Rutherford County until the age of 21.
April 26, 1866. Rebecca Florida, age 9 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to J. E. Morrison of
Rutherford County until the age of 18.
April 24, 1866. Frank Jones, age 6 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to F. C. Holdren of
Rutherford County until the age of 21.
April 24, 1866. George Washington, age 12 on the 1st
of January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to John H. Adkinson of
Rutherford County until the age of 21.
May 4, 1866. Melvin Daniels, age 12 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, bound to Richard Daniel of
Rutherford until the age of 21.
May 10, 1866. Frank Lytle, age 13 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, to John Lewis Hall of
Rutherford until the age of 21.
May 11, 1866. Rosa Spence, age 9 on the 1st of
January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, to John Spence until the
age of 19.
May 19, 1866. Amanda Elizabeth Tyler, age 10
on the 1st of January last, of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, to Coleman Goodlaw
of Rutherford County until the age of 19.
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