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their Clothes. they agreed to the proposition and want to work, duering the year he Cogburn fixed up an instrument and persuaded these Boys to sign it he taken this instrument to Troy and had these Boys bound to him until they ware twenty one years old after he came home from Troy. he told the Boys they had Bound themselves to him. but he would release them at the end of the year. then they appeared to Stay Satisfied. but at the end of the year. they wanted a Settlement. then he told them they ware Bound to him until they ware twentyon. they told him they would not Stay. and went off; one Came to my house whare his mother was. the other went to his mothers. then Cogburn went and Swore out a Warrant. and had them arested for leaving him as apprentices they came to me. and wanted me to go with them to Troy and have them released from the Binding. I did So. the Court released them immediatly. then Cogburn Seeing he was at his Rows End. Swore out the above named Writ. thes Boys ages when he had them bound to him Sam Dunkin 19. George Bonner 20. both with families. well Sam is at my hous and has been all the year. George is at Bonners, and has been all the time.