Duplin County NcArchives Photo Document.....J. Pearsall 1866 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sloan S. Mason http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005225 February 28, 2024, 3:07 pm Source: Freedmen's Bureau Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/photos/documents/jpearsal1502nph.jpg Image file size: 151.5 Kb Transcribed by Sloan Mason slomas7@comcast.net Duplin Co., NC U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 Assistant Commissioner M843 35 The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands 26 March 1866 J. PEARSALL INDENTURE OF APPRENTICESHIP State of North Carolina Duplin County This Indenture made the 26th day of March 1866 between H. H. FOSTER, Asst. R. F. & A. L. for the Counties of Duplin and Sampson Co., N. C. of the one part and J. PEARSALL of the other. Witnesseth that the said H. H. FOSTER doth put place and bind unto the said J. PEARSALL, one orphan named Will, aged nine years to live after the manner of an apprentice and servant until the said apprentice shall attain the age of twenty one years; during at which time the said apprentice his master’s faithfully shall serve, and his lawful commands everywhere obey. And the said J. PEARSALL doth covenant and promise and agree that he will teach and instruct the said apprentice or cause him to be taught or instructed to read and write; and that he will constantly find and provide during the term of aforesaid sufficient diet, washing, lodging and apparel fitting for an apprentice and also all other things necessary both in sickness and health. In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have set their hands and seals to the day and year above written. H. H. FOSTER (Seal) Jere PEARSALL (Seal) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/photos/documents/jpearsal1502nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb