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State N  Carolina}
Granville County }

An agreement made and entered into between William D Royster of the first part and Lawson Young Sr  Lawson Young jr Joe Kelly Haywood Brane & Zacariah Brane of the second part witnesseth that W.D. Royster for his part agrees to furnish the land four head of horses & mules and the Tools necessary to cultivate the Crops he the said W.D. Royster is to [[back?]] one half the expense of feeding the Team and one half the expense of keeping the Tools in order, and the parties of the second part agree to perform all the labour necessary to cultivate the lands and to have one half of the expense of feeding the Team and one half of keeping the Tools in order. They are to feed and clothe themselves: One half of the Crop of Oats Corn Fodder Tobacco Cotton Peas & Potatoes produced by us is to go to W.D Royster of the first part and the remaining half to be equally divided among the parties of the second part. If either of the parties of the second part leave before all of the crops are gathered they in that case forfeit their entire interest: the lands are to be well cultivated and strictly as W.D Royster shall direct: The parties of the second part agree to pay W.D. Royster twenty four Barrels of corn out of their portion of the crop of Corn, at the end of this year, for their half of corn necessary to feed the Teams witness our hands and seals this 2 Jany 1866.

W.D. Royster  [[circled]]Seal[[/circled]]
Lawson his X mark Young Sr. [[circled]]Seal[[/circled]]
Lawson his X mark Young jr [[circled]] Seal[[/circled]]
Joe his X mark Kelly [[circled]]Seal[[/circled]]
Haywood his X mark Brane [[circled]]Seal[[/circled]]
Zacariah his X mark Brane [[circled]]Seal[[/circled]] 

Witness 
S.S. Royster 

Transcription Notes:
I think the surname may be "Braun" instead of "Brane."