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Horry District
In the case of Henry Wallace, he refused to pay his taxes, and the property which it was reported he owned was advertised for sale, but on sale day it was as claimed that the title was not vetted in him and no sale took place. 
The freedpeople generally refused to pay their taxes, giving as their reason, that a delegation had been sent to General Scott, who (they said) told them they were not to pay any tax until they were notified by a person who would be sent around in the same manner, as they were notified of registration.
I saw there was a mistake and sent for John R. Ransom and Henry Wallace the two leading Freedmen, and managers of the Union League. Ransom had paid his taxes.
Wallace had not but said he was willing to if it was right: that the notifications to pay the poll taxes had not been furnished to the League where all the freedpeople could have been easily notified, and that the notices which had been posted on the Court House and in other public places he did not consider sufficient. 
He produced the letter from your office

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