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authority in relation to certain Houses and lot situation in this City on Pine Street - which are held by the Freedmens Bureau as abandoned Property “belonging to Mrs Stern” Said affidavits will show, that the property actually belongs to Stern Bros being purchased with their money and was intended for them but only in consequence of circumstances deeded to Mrs Sybilla Stern then of Natchez Miss.

This Property is neither confiscated - nor was it ever actually abandoned. Mrs Stern owned property in Lawrence County Miss and removed from Natchez to Brookhaven in 1862 to take care thereof. The property taken here as “abandoned” had never been without somebody living in


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Partial word 'petent' starting page was continuation of "com" on previous page - transcribed full word on previous page per guidelines