Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988 Page: 47
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This Indenture made the eighteenth day of January in the Year
one Thousand eight hundred and twenty three, Witnesseth, that
Peyton Bland now in his eighth year, for divers good causes and
considerations and with the advice and consent of his mother
Elizabeth Smith, has bound and put himself servant to benjamin
Fork of the State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Landry, to do
common plantation work - and to dwell and continue with the said
Benjamin Fork, his executors or administrators until he the
said Peyton Bland shall arrive at the full age of twenty one
years - during the whole of which period he shall well and
faithfully serve his said master, and not depart his service
without his consent - also to obey all lawful commands of the
Master - In consideration whereof he the said Master promises and
binds himself that he will during the whole term of said servi-
tude, find and provide for the said Peyton Bland, good and suf-
ficient meat, drink, washing, lodging, and wearing apparel, and
medical aid in case of sickness. - And he further obligates and
binds himself, his heirs, to teach, or cause said Peyton BlanU
to be taught, to read and write the English language and to
cypher as far as the Rule of three, and at the expiration of
the term of servitude, to give the said Peyton Bland a horse,
saddle and bridle and twenty dollars in cash.
In testimony whereof the parties have hereunto signed and af-
fixed their seals in presence of the subscribing witnesses and
before James Ray, Notary Public In ad for the aforesaid Pari:;h
for the office of the Parish Judge thereof the day and year
first above written and in the forty seventh year of the year
of the Independence of the United States.
his
/s/ Peyton bland
mark (seal)
,'s ' Elizaeth S. Bland (seal)
/s/ Benjamin Fork (seal)
Witnesses:
/s/ Asa Fereman /s/ Isaac Forman /s/ James Ray
Notary Public
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988, periodical, January 1988; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth312864/m1/58/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Orange County Historical Society.