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left said house and lot, the same was seized by the United States authorities as abandoned, and the following count thereof, appear on the books of the Freedmen's Bureau, at Huntsville, under the superintendence of Capt Goodfellow, to wit. "The two story Brick Dwelling house, situated in the city of Huntsville, Alabama, on the north side of Holmes Street, and near the north end of Leinburg St, together with the lot and grounds, out-buildings and other appurtenances thereunto belongings being the property of one R.S. Spraggins, above absent within the lines of the enemy, and whose property is seized as abandoned."

Your petitioner states that he was absent from Huntsville, but not for the purpose of bearing arms in, or otherwise aiding or encouraging the rebellion. That he had valuable property in the county