Indenture of
Louisa Houser
to
Lewis Cook
Received for record June 16th 1856
12 O’clock P.M.
Recorded in Book No. 2 page 15
James Milleson
Recorder for Shelby County
This indenture witnesseth that
Byrum Harrell, Lewis Fesenbec & Joseph
D. Lacy, Township Trustees, and Overseers of the Poor, in and for
Brandywine Township in the County of Shelby and State of Indiana hath put and
placed and by these presents doth put and bind out Louisa Houser
(infant daughter of Peter Houser) aged seven years and two months whose
parents have abandoned, neglected and are unable to support her, to Lewis
Cook. The said Louisa Houser to dwell with and serve the said Louis Cook,
after the manner of a female apprentice, from the day of the date hereof until
the first day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and sixty seven, at which
time the said Louisa if she still be living, will be eighteen years of age.
During all which time the said Louisa shall well and faithfully serve her said
master and his wife; keep their secrets, and every where at all times readily
obey their lawful commands; she shall do no damage to her said master nor to
his wife or family, nor wilfully suffer any to be done by others, and if any
to her knowledge be intended, she shall give them reasonable notice thereof,
she shall not waste the goods of her said master nor his wife, or unlawfully
lend them to others; but shall in all things, and at all times conduct herself
in a proper and becoming manner during the whole term aforesaid. And the said
Louis Cook, on his part, doth hereby covenant and agree to teach and instruct
the said Louisa, or cause her to be taught and instructed to read and write
and cypher as far as the double rule of three inclusive, if practicable, and
well and faithfully to find and provide for the said Louisa, good and
sufficient meat, drink and clothing and lodging, and other necessaries fit and
convenient for the said Louisa, during the time aforesaid. In testimony
whereof the said parties have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and
seals the ___ day of 1856
Ludwig Cook Ludwig Fessenbec
J.D. Lacey Byrum Harrell
(SEAL)
State of Indiana
Shelby County SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and
for said County, Byrum Harrell, Lewis Fesenbec & Joseph D. Lacy Overseers
of the poor in and for Brandywine Township in said County, and Louis Cook
above named, and severally acknowledged the foregoing indenture to be their
Voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of June 1856.
James B. Holmes Justice (SEAL)
Transcribed by Barb Huff
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