William G. Nicholson and his wife, Catherine T. Nicholson, desire that fourteen-year-old Annie Nicholson, "a negro child" who is "without near relatives either known to her or your petitioners," live with them. The Nicholsons affirm that "the child has formed a great attachment to these petitioners" and they are "willing & desire to take charge & make all necessary arrangements to give said child a comfortable home & to provide all such neccessaries as are required." The court decides to make Annie an apprentice of the Nicholsons and orders them "to pay to the ward at the expiration of the term of Service the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars in U.S. Currency."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Memphis and Shelby County Archives, Memphis, Tennessee
