Carteret County NcArchives Photo Document.....Henry Waters, Sr. 1866
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Carteret Co., NC
U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 Assistant Commissioner M843 35
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
24 May 1866 
Henry WATTERS, Sr.

BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN & ABANDONED LANDS
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
INDENTURE OF APPRENTICESHIP

State of North Carolina
Carteret County

This Indenture made the 24th day of May 1866 between Richard DILLON, Capt. 
V.R.C. & R. F. & A. L. of the one part and Henry WATTERS of County & State 
aforesaid of the other part;  Witnesseth that the said Richard DILLON, Capt. 
etc. doth put place and bind unto the said Henry WATTERS, an orphan named Ester 
WHEAT,  aged ten years, And the said Henry WATTERS doth covenant and promise and 
agree to pay to the said orphan Ester WHEAT the sum of ($25) Twenty five 
dollars, on the expiration of her apprenticeship, and the aid orphan Ester WHEAT 
is hereby bound to live after the manner of an apprentice and servant until the 
said apprentice shall attain the age of eighteen years; during all which time 
the said apprentice her master faithfully shall serve,  and his lawful commands 
everywhere obey. And the said Henry WATTERS, Sr. doth covenant and promise and 
agree that he will teach and instruct the said apprentice or cause her 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.

Richard DILLON (Seal)
Capt. V.R.C. & Apt. Supt. R. F. & A. L.
Henry WATERS, Sr. (Seal) 

(Duplicate) 
John NIKLES?




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