Indenture  of
Rhoda  Foster
to
Sylvester  Kinney


Indenture of Apprenticeship of Mary A.A. Foster

Examined & Approved Sept 14, 1869 
    T.W. Woollen Judge 8th District

Received for record Sep 27th 1869 at 2 O’clock P.M.
And Recorded in Record of Indentures No. 2 on pages 75-76
C. Bishop R.S.C.


            This indenture witnesseth that whereas  Mary A. A. Foster aged about four years daughter of one  Rhoda Foster  who has abandoned and neglected to support the said Mary and likewise unable to support the said Mary and she being at this time a County charge and supported by the County of Shelby in the State of Indiana in which she is now a resident of Brandywine Township in said County and has been such since her birth, and the said Mary having no legitimate father therefore I,  Morgan Watts  Trustee and Overseer of the Poor in and for said Township of Brandywine in said County of Shelby in the State of Indiana do by these presents bind and hath hereby bound as an apprentice the said Mary A. A. Foster unto one  Sylvester Kinney  who is a bona fide resident of said County, until the said Mary shall arrive at the age of Eighteen years which will be about the 1st day of January A.D. 1893 from the date thereof to learn the business and occupation of Housekeeping and other business incident thereto. And the said Mary by the said Trustee Covenants to serve the said Kinney faithfully.
            And the said Kinney, hereby covenants with the said Watts as such Trustee and the said Mary to teach the said Mary the said business and occupation and to provide her during such apprenticeship with all necessaries proper to her age and condition and to cause her to be taught to read and write and the rules of Arithmetic to the double rules of three inclusive if practicable and at the expiration of said term to furnish the said Mary with one good Bed and Bedding.
            In witness whereof we have hereunto set out hands and seals this 11th day of September AD 1869. Morgan Watts Overseer of the Poor
Sylvester Kinney     (SEAL)    

State of Indiana
Shelby County SS

            Before me  Francis M. Conner  a Notary Public in and for said County this 11th day of September AD 1869 personally came  Morgan Watts  as Trustee and Overseer of the Poor in and for Brandywine Township in said County and Sylvester Kinney and acknowledged the execution of the above Indenture of Apprenticeship for the purpose therein mentioned.
            In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal this 11th day of September AD 1869
Francis M. Conner     Notary Public        


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