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THIS IS A DUPLICATE OF PAGE 334 SUGGESTED IT BE NOT FINISHED AND DELETED BY SI


Record of Complaints For the Month Ending Sept 30th 1867

[[5 Columned Table]]
| No | Names | Complaint against whom | Nature of Complaints | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|

| 1 | Emilie Wise |James Wheeler | Compt state that her grandaughter [[granddaughter]] six years of age is at Wheelers, that she is not bound to him and says she is able to support her. She desires to have the child given to her | The child Susie being bound to James Wheeler by the proper authorities. The case was dismissed |

| 2 | John McLaughlin | W. Riley | Compt. states that Riley has the children of his half sister, which are not bound to him. That he is going to Texas and intends taking the children with him he requests that they be turned over to him. Deft. stated that the grandfather of the children lives near his plantation which children he is perfectly willing should live with him | The case was adjusted by the children remaining in Defts charge until the meeting of next court when they will be apprenticed |

| 3| Thornton Crossley | F.D. Lewis | Complt. states that his contract was not fulfilled, that he had been wronged out of part of his wages by land being charged to him which was not in the contract. Deft. states that no land was charged as alledged.| The Contracts and other papers were examined showing that Thornton Crossly had received his rightful share of the crop and that no land had ever been charged. |


| 4 | Peter O. Dennis | David Wood | Complt. stats David Wood Deft. set his dogs on my hogs and tried to kill them. He ordered me to keep them in a pen or he would kill them he also called me a Black son of a Bitch. Deft. state that he is manager on the plantation and that he ordered Dennis to put the hogs up, but he refused saying he would keep them where he pleased. I did not call him a son of a bitch, the hogs were some that he picked up in the woods. | The case was referred to the civil authorities for its action |

| 5 | Wesley Page | John McNeeley | Complt. states that John McNeeley is not willing to feed my children and are always [[?]] with him. he told me he did not want to keep me any more. Deft. states that Page is not willing to work and runs away very often that no contract existed between Wesley Page and myself | The case was decided by three referees being appointed who will decide what share of the crop or its equivalent Wesley Page is entitled to, he leaving the plantation. |

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Duplicate of page 334.