Vachel
Kurk's - 1803
Brooke County,
VA Apprentice
Indenture-
This
indenture
witnesseth
that Vachel
KURK of Brooke
County and
State of
Virginia hath
put and placed
himself as an
apprentice and
doth by these
presents bind
and engage
himself as an
apprentice,
unto Brice
VIERS of the
County and
State
aforesaid to
learn the art,
trade and
mystery of a
tanner and
currier.
The
said Vache
KIRK after the
manner of an
apprentice is
to dwell with
and serve the
said Brice
VIERS from the
day hereof
till the
twenty first
day January in
the year of
the Lord one
thousand eight
hundred and
four, during
all such term
of time the
said
apprentice,
his said
master
faithfully
shall serve,
his secrets
keep and all
his lawful
commands
readly
everywhere
obey, he shall
do no damage
to his said
master nor see
it done by
others without
telling or
giving him
notice
thereof, he
shall not
waist his said
maters goods
nor lend them
unlawfully to
others, at
cards or dice
orany other
unlawful game
he shall not
play,
Fornication he
shall not
commit nor
matrimony
contract for
and during
said time;
Taverns,
aleshouses or
any unlawful
assembly he
shall not
haunt or
frequent, from
the service of
his said
master he
shall not
absent himself
unnecessarily
without his
leave, but in
all things
behave himself
as a true and
faithful
apprentice
ought to do
during the
whole term of
the time
aforesaid.
......................
And
the said Brice
VIERS on his
part doth by
these presents
promise,
covenant and
agree to teach
and instruct
said
apprentice, or
cause him to
be taught and
instructed in
the art, trade
and calling of
a tanner and
currier,
according to
the best way
or means he
can do, and
also shall
well and
faithfully
provide for
said aprentice
good and
sufficient,
meat, drink,
washing,
lodging and
wearing
apparel as is
fitting and
necessary for
such an
apprentice
during the
term
aforesaid. And
the said
Master is also
to send said
apprentice to
Scholl
(school) six
months of the
above time.
In
testimony
whereof the
said parties
have
interchangeably
hereunto set
their hands
and seals this
twenty first
day of April,
in the year of
our Lord One
Thousand Eight
Hundred and
(Three).
Abstracted
by Julia A.
Krutilla from
the Brooke
Co., VA/WV
Courthouse,
Wellsburg, WV
Deed Book 2,
page 195.
