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Agreement With Freedmen

This agreement made and entered into this 12th day of October A.D. 1865 by and between Levy Bacot of Pike County and State of Mississippi of The first part, and the persons hereinafter named and undersigned, Freedmen of the same place, parties hereto of the second part. Witnesseth:

The undersigned laborers on Levy Bacots Plantation hereby agree to work on said Plantation the balance of the year 1865. in consideration of good and wholesome food, clothing, quarters, medical attendance and such other conditions and Privileges, as are required by General Order No. 34. Mead Quarters Department of Mississippi March 23rd 1865, and for the following considerations:

In Testimony Whereof, the said parties have affixed their names to this agreement at [[??hnesville]]. State of Mississippi on the day and date aforesaid.

[[six columned table]]
|  Names  | Age| Sex | Class | Monthly rate of Wages | Interest in Proffits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edmund  | 35 | Male | 1 | Sixty  Dollars to be paid Dec 25"/65 |   |
| Caroline| 35 |Female| 1 | Fifteen Dollars to be paid Jany 1st 1866 |   |
| Charles | 17 | Male | 2 | Fifteen Dollars to be paid Dec 1st 1865 |   |
| Courtney | 15 |Female| 2 | Fifteen Dollars to be paid Jany 1st 1866 |   |
| Sarah  | 28 | [[do?]] | 2 | Twenty Dollars to be paid Jany 1st 1866 |   |
| Matilda | 24 | [[do?]] | 1 | Eight Dollars to be paid Jany 1st 1866 |   |
| Edith  | 18 | [[do?]] | 1 | Twenty Dollars to be paid Jany 1st 1866 |   |
| Greene  | 16 | Male | 2 |  Seventeen Dollars to be paid Jany 1st 1866 |   |
[[/six columned table]]

Dependents
6 Six Boys
7 Seven Girls

Transcription Notes:
check sarah, matilda, and ediths row please i dont know what it says for their sex. I think it is "ditto" . . . the equivalent of " " "?