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Gonzales County Deed Book M
Page 590
Jan. 18,
1859

This indenture witnesseth . That James B. Arnold of Lavacca
County Texas hath put and placed and by these presents doth put and
bind out his three children Thursey Adaline Arnold, William Thomas Arnold
and Sarah Isabelle Arnold and the said Thursey A. Arnold doth hereby put
place and bind out herself as an apprentice to S. W. McMillan to learn the
art trade or mystery of R M McMillan his wife the said T A Arnold after
the manner of an apprentice to dwell with and serve the said S W.
McMillan from the day of the date hereof until the fifth day of August
which will be in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred sixty four at which
time the said apprentice if she should be living will be eighteen years of
age and the said William Thomas Arnold doth hereby put place and bind
out himself as and apprentice to S. W. McMillan to learn the art trade or
mystery S. W. McMillan the said William Thomas Arnold after the manner of
an apprentice to dwell with and serve the said S. W. McMillan from the day
of the date hereof until the fourth day of August which will be in the
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and seventy at which time the said
apprentice if he should be living will be twenty years of age and the said
Sarah Isabelle Arnold doth hereby put place and bind out herself as an
apprentice to S. W. McMillan to learn the art trade or mystery of R. M.
McMillan his wife the said Sarah Isabelle Arnold after the manner of
an apprentice to dwell with and serve the said S. W. Mcmillan from the day
of the date hereof until the

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twelfth day of September which will be in the
year of Our Lord eighteen hundred  and seventy two at which time the said
apprentice if she should be living will  be eighteen years of age during which
time or term the said apprentices shall  well and faithfully serve their said
Master keep his secrets and every where at  all times readily obey his lawful
commands they shall do no damage to their said  master nor willfully suffer any
to be done by others and if any to their  knowledge be intended they shall give
their master reasonable notice thereof.  They shall not waste the goods of their
said master nor loan them unlawfully to  any they shall not play at cards dice
or any other unlawful game they shall not  contract Matrimony during the said
term. They shall not haunt or frequent  taverns tipling houses or places of
Gaming . They shall not absent themselves  from the service of the said Master
but in all things and at all times they  shall carry and behave themselves as
good and faithful apprentices ought during  the whole time or term
aforesaid.

And the said S. W. McMillan on his part doth hereby covenant
promise and agree  to teach and instruct the said apprentices or cause them to
be taught and  instructed to read and write and cypher as far as the rule of
three if the said  apprentices be capable to learn and shall well and faithfully
find and provide  for the said apprentices good and sufficient meat drink
clothing lodging and  other necessaries fit and convenient for such apprentices
during the term  aforesaid and at the expiration thereof shall give unto the
said Thursey Adaline  Arnold and Sarah Isabelle Arnold each one feather bed
weighing thirty five  pounds and all their necessary clothing for said bed and
two cows and calves  apiece and to William Thomas

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Arnold two suits of wearing apparel and one horse saddle and bridle valued about
  one hundred dollars.
In testimony whereof the said parties have hereunto
interchangeably set their  hands and seals the Eighteenth day of January in the
year Eighteen hundred fifty  nine
J. B. Arnold (his mark)
S. W.
McMillan
Witness F. Chenault

State of Texas
Gonzales County:
Before me F. Chenault Clerk of the County Court of said county  this day
personally appeared J. B. Arnold and S. W. McMillan whose names appear  to the
above & foregoing instrument of writing. Known to me and acknowledged  that
they Executed the same for the consideration & purposes therein set forth.

To which I certify under my hand and official Seal this 18th January 1859,
F.  Chenault Clr Cl Gonzales

Filed January 18th 1859 2 PM
Recorded
Dec. 10 1859 9 AM

Gonzales County, Texas January the 18 1859
This
indenture withnesseth that James B. Arnold of Lavacca County, Texas hath  put
and placed and by these presents doth put and bind out his two children  James
C. Arnold and Nancy Victoria Arnold and the said James C. Arnold doth  hereby
put place and bind out himself as an apprentice to James Mahan after the  manner
of an apprentice to dwell with and serve the said James Mahan from the  day of
the date hereof until the fourth day of August which will be in the year  of our
Lord Eighteen Sixty Eight after which time the said apprentice if he  should be
living will be twenty years of age and the said Nancy Victoria Arnold  doth

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hereby put place and bind out herself as an apprentice to James
Mahan to learn  the art trade or mystery of Catherine Mahan his wife. The said
Nancy Victoria  after the manner of an apprentice to dwell with and serve the
said James Mahan  from the day of the date hereof until the twentieth day of
July which will be in  the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and seventy at
which time the said  apprentice if she should be living will be eighteen years
of age during which  time or term the said apprentice shall well and faithfully
serve their said  Master keep his secrets and every where at all times readily
obey his lawful  commands they shall do no damage to their said Master nor
willfully suffer any  to be done by others and if any to their knowledge be
intended they shall give  their Master reasonable notice thereof. They shall not
waste the good of their  said master nor lend them unlawfully to any they shall
not play at cards dice or  any other unlawful game they shall not contract
matrimony during the said term  they shall not haunt or frequent taverns,
tipling houses or places of gaming  they shall not absent themselves from the
service of the said Master but in all  things and at all times they shall carry
and behave themselves as good and  faithful apprentices ought during the whole
term aforesaid.

And the said James Mahan on his part doth hereby
covenant promise and agree to  teach and instruct the said apprentices or cause
them to be taught and  instructed to read and write and cypher as far as the
Rule of Three if the said  apprentices be capable to learn and shall well and
faithfully find and provide  for the said apprentices good and
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sufficient meat drink clothing lodging and other
necessaries fit and convenient  for such apprentices during the term aforesaid
and at the expiration thereof  shall give unto the said apprentice James C.
Arnold two suits of wearing apparel  and one horse saddle and bridle valued at
one hundred dollars and to Nancy  Victoria Arnold one feather bed weighing
thirty five pounds and all the  necessary clothing for said bed and two cows and
calves.
In testimony whereof the said parties have hereunto interchangeably
set their  hand and seals the Eighteen day of January in the year Eighteen fifty
nine.

J. B. Arnold (his mark)
James S. Mahan
Witness G. W.
Whitehead

State of Texas
Gonzales County: Before me F. Chenault
Clerk of the County Court of said county  this day personally appeared J. B.
Arnold and James S. Mahan whose names are  signed to the foregoing instrument of
writing known to me & acknowledged that  they Executed the same for the
consideration & purposes therein stated. To which  I certify under my hand
and official seal this 18 January 1859, F. Chenault, Clr  Cl Gl.
Filed
January 18 1859 2 PM, Recorded Jan 10 1859 at 10 AM.

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