Craven County NcArchives Court.....Butler, Arthur April 7, 1764
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Source: Apprentice Bond For Arthur Butler
Written: April 7, 1764

Apprentice Bond for Arthur Butler, 7 April 1764

This Indenture, made the 7th Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand 
Seven Hundred and Sixty four Witnesseth , That John Williams Esq, Presiding 
Chairman of the Inferior Court of Craven County have put and placed Arthur 
Butler—, an Orphan, of [field was left blank, no name given] deceased, aged 
Sixteen Years, an Apprentice to Thomas Swafford — of the Said County with him 
to dwell, reside and serve until he the said Apprentice shall arrive at the 
Age of Twenty one Years, according to the Act of Assembly in the Case made and 
provided; during all which Time the said Apprentice his said Master shall 
faithfully serve in all lawful Business, and orderly and obediently in all 
Things behave himself towards his said Master, for and during the said Term, 
as an Apprentice ought to do. And the said Thomas Swafford doth covenant, 
promise and agree, to and with John Williams Esq and his successors, that he 
the said Thomas Swafford will provide and allow his said Apprentice convenient 
and sufficient Meat, Drink, Lodging and Apparrel, and use his best Endeavours 
to instruct him in the Art and Calling of a Cordwinder and also teach him to 
read and write before the Expiration of his Apprenticeship. IN WITNESS 
whereof, the said John Williams and the said Thomas Swafford have hereunto 
Interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above 
written.

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered }			John Williams {Seal}
in the Presence of            }                 Thomas Swaffer {Seal}

P. N. Conway, CC						 


Additional Comments:
In June of 1768 when Arthur would have been twenty years old (not long before 
he would have been released of his apprenticeship altogether), he made 
complaint to the court that he be discharged from his master, Thomas Swafford, 
and placed with a new master, Charles Roach, who, coincedentally, had also 
been an apprentice of Thomas Swafford (and possibly his stepson, also). It was 
agreed by the Craven County Court in September that the change in 
apprenticeship be granted and that Arthur be allowed to finish out his 
apprenticeship term with Charles Roach, stating that  "it appearing to the 
Court that the said Arthur hath not been treated as an aprentice Ought to be 
and that he be Bound to Charles Roach untill he arrive to Twenty One Years to 
Learn the Shoemakers Trade." (Craven County Court Minutes - Sept 1768)

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