Freedman's Bureau 1965 Documents

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Buckingham, Virginia, United States

Freedman's Bureau April of 1965 Documents.

• Contract of Employment between Marcus C Elcan and Freedman's Bureau.^[1]

Know all men by these present That I M.C. Elcan and the undersign laborers, both of the county of Buckingham County do mutually agree and find ourselves to be required by the following writings. It is being the following between Mr. M.C. Elcan and laborers they are to work for him from the fourth day of April eighteen hundred sixty five to the twenty fifth day of December eighteen hundred sixty five upon the following terms named. for one third of the wheat that are made after reserving seed which was sixty three bushels, one third of oats that are made after reserving seed which was one hundred thirty five bushels, one third of the corn, one third of the [?] seven crops, one half of the sweet potatoes, one half of the peas, one half of the watermelons, one half of the corn, & fodder I get from [?].

signed: M.C. Elcan

First Name	Age	Birth Year	Sex	Residence
Issac Brown			Male	Buckingham, Virginia. Samuel, Father's Will
Collins Davenport	46	1824	Male	Buckingham, Virginia
David Davenport	50	1815	Male	Buckingham, Virginia
Harrison Brumley			Male	Buckingham, Virginia
Archer Brown			Male	Buckingham, Virginia.
Peter Brown			Male	Buckingham, Virginia
Patience Brown			Female	Buckingham, Virginia
Caroline Smith	40	1825	Female	Buckingham, Virginia
Callie Young			Female	Buckingham, Virginia
Lucy Washington			Female	Buckingham, Virginia
Lucy Ann Langhorn			Female	Buckingham, Virginia
Annie Smith	15	1850	Female	Buckingham, Virginia
Mary Haskins	27	1838	Female	Buckingham, Virginia

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Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878, NARA Series Number:: M1913; NARA Reel Number:: 62; NARA Record Group Number:: 105; NARA - https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/546294:62309?tid=&pid=&queryId=55d6f948eae2457bd5cfd1a560cddc78&_phsrc=uHH2778&_phstart=successSource