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No. 71 
Office of Superintendent of freedmen,
Charleston, S.C., March 25th 1865.
In accordance with Major General Sherman's Order, No. 15, permission is hereby granted to Chas Dawson to take possession of and occupy forty acres of land, situated in St. Johns Colleton Parish, Island of Johns and being a part of what was formerly known as Jarvis plantation. 

By order of
BREVET MAJOR GENERAL RUFUS SAXTON.
Gilbert Pillsbury 
Gov. and General Superintendent of Freedmen.