Onslow County NcArchives Photo Document.....John B. Martin 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 11, 2024, 2:04 pm Source: Freedmen's Bureau Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/onslow/photos/documents/johnbmar1489nph.jpg Image file size: 107.0 Kb Transcribed by Sloan Mason slomas7@comcast.net Onslow Co., NC U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 Assistant Commissioner M843 35 The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands 4 June 1866 John B. MARTIN State of North Carolina This Indenture, made the Fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Six between Harvey COX, Chairman of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, of the County of Onslow and State aforesaid, on behalf of the Justices of the said county, an their successors, of the one part, and John B. MARTIN of the other part. Witnesseth, That the said Harvey COX in pursuance an order of said County Court, made the fourth day of June and according to the directions of an act of Assembly in that case made and provided, doth put, place and bind unto the said John B. MARTIN an Orphan, now of the age of five years, with the said John B. MARTIN to live after the manner of an APPRENTICE and SERVANT, until the said Apprentice shall attain to the age of Twenty one years. And the said John B. MARTIN doth covenant, promise, and agree, to and with the said Harvey COX that he will teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, the said Isaac LANGLEY the art, trade, mystery and employment of Farming and teach, or cause to be taught, said Isaac LANGLEY to Read and write; and that he will constantly find and provide for said apprentice, during the term aforesaid, sufficient diet, clothes, lodging, and accommodations, fit and necessary for an apprentice; and also - other things necessary, bot in sickness and health. In witness whereof, the parties to these presents, have interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written. A. J. JOHNSTON, Clk. Harvey COX J. B. MARTIN I, A. J. JOHNSTON, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Onslow County do Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of Indentures now on file in Clerks Office this 20 July 1866. I further certify that the Seal of Office has been destroyed. A. J. JOHNSTON, C. C. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/onslow/photos/documents/johnbmar1489nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb