Duplin County NcArchives Photo Document.....David M. Pearsall 1866
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Duplin Co., NC
U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 Assistant Commissioner M843 35
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
30 March 1866
David M. PEARSALL

State of North Carolina
Duplin County

Apprentice Indenture

This Indenture, made the 30 day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand 
and eight hundred and sixty six between H. H. FOSTER, Asst. Supr. R. F. & A. L. 
for the County of Duplin & Sampson & State aforesaid of the one part and David 
M. PEARSALL of the other part. Witnessth, That the said H. H. FOSTER doth put, 
place and bind unto the said David M. PEARSALL, 4 said? children (their mother 
being dead and their father refusing to care for them) named Edvy? aged 13, 
Abram aged 10, Jacob aged 7, and Joshua aged 4 years to live after the manner of 
Apprentices and Servants until the said Apprentices shall attain the age of 
twenty one years. And the said David M. PEARSALL doth covenant, promise and 
agree to and with the said H. H. FOSTER that he will teach the said apprentices 
or cause them to be taught and instructed, to read and write: and that he will 
constantly find provide for said Apprentice, during the time aforesaid, 
sufficient diet, washing, lodging, and apparel fit and necessary for Apprentices 
and also all other things necessary, both in sickness and health. In Witness 
whereof, the parties to these presents have interchangeable set their hands and 
seals, the day and year first above written.

H. H. FOSTER (SEAL)
David M. PEARSALL (Seal)



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