June Term 1843
On motion and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court
that Shadrick Cox, Catherine Cox, Nancy Feriby Cox children
of Hiram Cox Dec. are being raised in a manner that is
unbecoming for white children. It is therefor ordered by
the court that the sheriff have before this court at the
next term is the said children to be bound out as the law
directs and that the clerk of this county certify the same
to the sheriff.
July Term 1843
In pursuance of a former order of this Court Making it the
duty of the Sheriff to bring the children of Hiram Cox
deceased to Court for the purpose of having them bound. The
children were presented in open Court and it is was
considered by the Court that they would bind Shadrick Cox a
boy about thirteen years of age and said boy was bound to
William Smith who entered and acknowledged his bond, also
I.B. Cox his securities acknowledge the bond in the sum of
two thousand & fifty dollars conditioned that the William
Smith teach the said orphan the art and mystery of a farmer
and to give him six months schooling in the summer and fall
seasons sometime about the eighteenth or nineteenth year of
his age and when he arrives at full age furnish him with a
horse, saddle & bridle worth Seventy five dollars, one good
suit of Jeans, Cloak & fur hat, one good pair of shoes & 2
pair of stockings and during his apprenticeship to furnish
him a sufficiency of food, washing and clothing suitable to
an apprentice.
The Court also proceeded to bind Harmon Cox a boy about the
age of fifteen and said Harmon Cox was bound to Johnathan
B. Cox, who appeared in open Court together with him, his
security entered into and acknowledged their bond in the
penal sum of two hundred & fifty dollars conditioned as
follows (viz.) that the said Johnathan B. Cox learn the
said orphan the art and Mystery of a farmer and to give him
six months' schooling in the summer & fall seasons sometime
about the eighteenth or nineteenth year of his age and when
he arrives at full age, furnish him with a horse and saddle
& bridle worth seventy five dollars, one good suit of
Jeans, Cloak & fur hat, one good One good pair of shoes & 2
pairs of stockings and during his apprenticeship to furnish
him a sufficiency of food washing & clothing suitable to an
apprentice.1
Sources:
- Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States Apr 1836—Jan 1948 Court Minutes pages 59,67
