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State of Tennessee
Madison County.

This indenture made at Jackson Tenn this 21st day of December 1865, between Lt Samuel Evans for an in behalf of Betty Bomar a freed colored orphan, now 8 years of age, of the one part, and Calvin C Bomar a planter of Madison county Tennessee of the other, witnesseth:
That the said Lt Samuel Evans Superintendent R.F & A. L., does bind out and apprentice to the said C.C. Bomar the said orphan Betty Bomar 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 C C Bomar 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 Lt Samuel Evans doth covenant with the said C.C. Bomar to demean herself well and faithfully as an apprentice, obeying fully the commands of the said C C Bomar 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 C.C. Bomar

And for and in the consideration of the service faithfully performed as aforesaid by the said orphan the said C C Bomar 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 al 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 Fifty dollars in current money and one new suit of clothes; and the said C C Bomar agrees that the said orphan shall not be removed out of the State in which she is bound without the consent of his guardian.
It is further agreed by the contracting parties that if on complaint to the guardian it shall appear the 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 Betty Bomar of the second part, he, the said C C Bomar and his surety James M Pyles acknowledge themselves, their heirs, exec-