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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 his behalf, do hereby bind Anderson (Abandoned) [[strikethrough]] an orphan, [[/strikethrough]] of the age of eleven years, to A.A. Coleman, with him to live and work as an apprentice until he attains the age of twenty one years, during which time the said Anderson shall obey the lawful commands, and faithfully serve the said A.A. Coleman, and be in all respects subject to his authority and control according to law and his duty as his apprentice. 

And the said A.A. Coleman on his part covenants that he will instruct and teach the said Anderson 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 him Clothes to the value of forty dollars and one hundred dollars in cash. And the said A.A. Coleman 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 19th day of Dec 1865.

A.A. Coleman (SEAL)
John D. Ussery Agt (SEAL)
R F & A L Hardeman Co 
By Jas G.W. Fenwick Ast

Transcription Notes:
Per SI instructions do not indicate [[signature]] changed "find" to "bind"