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Barbour County Alabama Sept 1st 1865 To Brig Genl Wager Swayne Asst Commissioner Bureau Refugees, Freedmen &c [[stamp]] Sir The undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in Beat no 6 in Barbour County & state of Alabama, do hereby signify by acceptance of the office as Agent of said Bureau for the administration of Justice in said cases as may come under my Jurisdiction as provided for in section 7 Genl order No 7 as referred to in your order dated at Montgomery Ala August 4 1865 & hereby agree to discharge faithfully the duties thereof- Have the kindness to send me instructions, which you can forward to Eufaula Ala care of J Hardman Justice of the Peace, where I can receive them Witness my hand on the day and year above written Jos A Salisbury J.P.