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Office of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned lands for Robeson Co. Lumberton Sept 2. 1865 This Indenture made and entered into this 2 Sept 1865 between Catharine J Ashley of Robeson Co. and Amos, Edmund Barbara Clara for Self & daughter Lucy, freedmen of the above County. Witness that for and in consideration of the said Catharine J Ashley paying the above mentioned freedmen & women at the following rates in current money Viz To Edmund Eleven dollars & his crop To Amos Eleven dollars & his crop To Clara for Self & daughter Lucy five dollars and her crop To Barbara five dollars and her crop They on their part agree to receive the above amounts for their labor from 27 April 1865 untill date which the said Catharine J Ashley agrees to pay Cathy J Ashley Edmund his x mark Powell Amos his x mark Lemmon Clara her x mark Lemmon for Self & daughter Barbara her x mark Lemmon Approved and witnessed James Sinclair Agt Bureau