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State of Miss
Yazoo County
June 28 1865

Springhill Place

This agreement made and entered into this the (28) day of June 1865 between J.D. McCormack of the first part and Jacob and his wife and five children from twelve yr to four days old and Lotsy and one girl child 11 yrs old Harriet and two children one 9 yrs and the other 3 yrs old Elsie (Harriet daughter) and one child eighteen months old Adeline 60 yrs old and Henrietta 70 yrs old of the second part Witnesseth that the above named laborers have this day hired themselves to the said J.D. McCormack til the 1st day of January 1866 and the said J.D. McCormack agrees to feed cloth and pay the Drs bill of the said laborers and allows each one half of each Saturday and as much ground as he or she can cultivate in his or her time