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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