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Bureau of Refugees, Freemen and Abandoned Lands
William Jones Asst Superintendent - Sub District Oxford
July 7 1866
Shatts Greenwood (colored) Plaintiff
v.s.
William Greenwood (white) Defendant
Complaint: Plaintiff claims pay for labor rendered Defendant in 1866
Shatts Greenwood (Plaintiff) being duly sworn states as following To wit - That he was formally a slave of Defendant and that he worked for Defendant from the 1st of May until the 25th of December 1863: as a field hand. Also that he and six others worked as field hands that Defendant paid him ($6.00) Six dollars for his labor and (2) Two pairs of shoes at $3.00 per pair and also one barrel of corn and one suit of winter clothes and one [[crossed out]] [[crossed out]] extra shirt and one summer unit of clothes and one pair shoes and that he and the rest of the negroes had a patch of potatoes and also where Defendants potatoes were all eat up, Defendant boys went over to the negroes patch and took away a good share of them and all he received was a barrel holding about a bushel of potatoes at the end of potato digging.
For the Defense
Thomas Littlefield being duly sworn states as follows To Wit: that he measured Defendants corn that was raised on Defendant Plantation and found to to be about forty ruffles long corn.
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Case Continued
William Daniels being duly sworn states as following To Wit: that he was present at Defendants house on or about the 16th of June 1866. Where Plaintiff came and claimed some articles that were due him from Defendant and he was under the impression at the time that it was a final settlement from what he heard and saw and also that Plaintiff character is not very good.
Affidavit of Washington Barnett (Freedman) made in the case of Shatts Greenwood (colored) v.s. W.B. Greenwood.
I heard the settlement between Shatts and Mr Greenwood for Shatts services after the surrender last year Shatts said if Mr Greenwood would give him the corn that was in the barn, six dollars which he (Shatts) owned Mr Greenwood and six dollars more together with winter clothing and shoes he Shatts would be heartedly satisfied. I did not see Shatts take the corn out of the barn but I know he organized it to Mr Thomas store and sold it for. I helped him shell it and he gave me the nubbins for my chickens. Shatts had no money at Christmas until he went into the house to see Mr Greenwood. When he came out he had money and gave two dollars to Aunt Patsy (colored) to pay for the washing. I know he had no money before he went in the house I was living at Mr Greenwoods at the time and stayed in the same house with Shatts. I never heard of Shatts getting money from any one else and am satisfied that Mr Greenwood paid Shatts that moneys. I know Shatts got his winter coat for I saw it delivered to him.
(signed) Washington x(his mark)Barnett
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