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Know All Men By These Presents:

THAT I, JOHN D. USSERY, Agent R.F. & A.L. for Hardeman County, State of Tennessee, and in her behalf, do hereby bind Hannah Powell an orphan, of the age of six years, to N. J. Powell with him to live and work as an apprentice until she attains the age of eighteen years, during which time the said H. Powell shall obey the lawful commands, and faithfully serve the said N.J. Powell and be in all respects subject to his authority and control according to law and his duty as his apprentice.
And the said N. J. Powell on his part covenants that he will instruct and teach the said H. Powell in the trade and occupation of farming and to read, write and cypher to simple proportion, or cause the same to be done, if the said apprentice have sufficient capacity, and he will also constantly have sufficient diet, lodging, washing, and apparel for said minor and all other necessaries suited to an apprentice, both in sickness and in health, and also to take care of his morals, and treat him with humanity, and at the end of his apprenticeship will give her clothes to the value of twenty five dollars and seventy five dollars in money
And the said N. J. Powell also binds himself that he will not remove the said apprentice from the County of Hardeman without having first obtained the consent of the apprentice and the Government Agent for said County.
WITNESS my hand and seal, this 22 day of January 1866.

N J Powell (SEAL)
John D. Ussery Supt RF & AL (SEAL)
By J. G. W Fenwick Ast

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on page 208 shows Needham J Powell as almost full name 
Is it NJ Powell or WJ Powell? (its W. J. Powell on page 201 which is the cover for this page)
NJ Powell according to signature (left as N J Powell because it looks like an N not a W)

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