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[[column 1]] Franklin Ellis Marcus Po Elich Leach Joseph Dousenby Daniel Petteny Handy [[Outen?]] James Payne Warren L. Payne Sandy Hogan Simion Hargrove Henry Perry William Payne Richard Ayres Franklin Thomason Henry Green George Simons William Richie Obed Bell Charley Foster Andrew Gilcrease [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] Daniel Adams Charles Adams Isac Arms Elich Saw William Hargrove William Gilcrease Elich Lenard 2 Adam Dar Charley Shoaf Emily Leach Elich Scott John Payne Siras Goss George Staurs Simon Bohanes Howard Lopp Elich Sinare George Bice Georg Crump [[/column 2]] At a meeting called by the Freedmen at Wilsons Greys School House I was requested By the Freedmen to write their names to the foregoing pettion they not being able to write them selves,. They request me to say that they prefer him to any person else [[signature]] S. E. Johnson [[/signature]] Principal Teacher of the Lexington Freedman Scholl
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