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and Elisha Battle furthers agrees that he will industriously Act as foreman for the said Odom and use his best endeavors to promote the Interest of the said Odom

[[4 column table]]
[[name]] | Age | $ | cts

Elisha Battle | 30 | 13 | 33 1/3

Samuel Cooper | 21 | 11 | 66 1/3

David Bellamy | 21 | 10 | 83

Shaderae Watson Daughter [[strikethrough]] Jane, Watson [[/strikethrough]] Jane her X mark Watson | 18 | 5 | 00

" " [[dittos for Shaderae Watson]] son [[strikethrough]] William Watson [[/strikethrough]] | 13 | 3 | 33 1/3

[[/table]]

And the said Odom further agrees to furnish the undersigned Elisha Battle & [[strikethrough]] Shaderae Watson [[/strikethrough]] with a house for each of their families the present year & each a garden & corn & potatoe Patch. and further agree to give Elisha Battle as mutch time as half of every other Saturday during the year.

[[signature]] Henry E. Odom [[/signature]]

Elisha his X mark Battle
Samuel his X mark Cooper
David his X mark Bellamy
Shaderae his X mark Watson

Witness
[[signature]] Thos S Maner [[/signature]]

[[signature]] G. W. Hammond [[/signature]] witness for D. Bellamy

Henry E Odom
with Freedmen

January 1. 1866

Transcription Notes:
I'm pretty sure it's Thos S Maner (not Mann), based on other documents in this series. -- Beth