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State of Tennessee
Lauderdale COUNTY.

This Indenture, made at Memphis Tenn this 28 day of December 1865 between Mai A.T.Reeve for and in behalf of Gilley a freed colored orphan, now 6 years of age, of the one part, and Hiram Parker a planter of Lauderdale county Tennessee of the other, witnesseth: 

That the said Mai A.J. Reeve Superintendent R.F. & A.L., does bind out and apprentice to the said Heram Parker the said orphan Gilley to be taught to labor and perform such work as is customary on a farm or plantation, and to live with and serve the said Heram Parker as an apprentice from the date hereof till the said orphan shall arrive at the age of 18 years; during all of which time the said orphan through her lawful guardian the said Mai A.T.Reeve doth covenant with the said Heram Parker to demean herself well and faithfully as an apprentice, obeying fully the commands of the said Heram Parker or his lawful agent, and in all respects to behave herself as a faithful apprentice ; neither neglecting nor leaving his business without the permission of the said Heram Parker.

And for and in Consideration of the service faithfully performed as aforesaid by the said orphan the said Heram Parker of the second part, doth covenant and agree to instruct, or cause to be instructed, the said orphan in the art or business of a laborer or farmer, and also to read and write the English language and to cipher as far as the rule of three ; and also to provide and furnish the said orphan with comfortable clothing, wholesome food and drink and all other necessaries in sickness and health ; and also, at the expiration of the term of service to allow and give said orphan the sum of OneHundred dollars in current money and one new suit of clothes; and the said Heram Parker agrees that the said orphan shall not be removed out of the [[?]] in which he is bound without the consent of his guardian.

It is further Agreed by the contracting parties that if, on complaint to the guardia, it shall appear that said orphan or apprentice is ill used or not taught as provided for above, said guardian shall remove and bind said orphan to such other person as he shall deem fit.

And for the faithful Observance of the aforesaid obligations on the part of Heram Parker of the second part, he, the said Heram Parker and his surety Prisley J. Glass acknowledge themselves, their heirs, executors, etc., held and bound into the said Mai A.T.Reeve for the use of said orphan in the sum of one thousand dollars.