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and also to employ their wives who are not regular hands by paying for such extra labor in the same proportion as he pays for labor of the same grade. One half of the monthly pay to be retained as security for the performance of the contract.

E.W. Wilcox

[[4 columned table]]
| No | Names | Age | Pay pr Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Henry Hyman his x mark | 30 | $120 |
| 2 | Ellen Hyman (Cook) x | 25 | Rations |
| 3 | Jack Lewis his x mark | 51 | $120 |
| 4 | Mary Lewis her x mark | 16 | $50 |
| 5 | Allen Thorpe his x mark | 35 | $120 |
| 6 | Randy Lewis her x mark | 35 | $50 |
| 7 | Charles Lewis his x mark | 8 | Board & clothes |
| 8 | Willis Coble his x mark | 25 | $120 |
| 9 | Silas Parker his x mark | 32 | $120 |
| 10 | Cora Parker her x mark | 12 | $5 |
| 11 | Maria Oldham her x mark | 16 | $50 |
| 12 | Jane Oldham her x mark | 18 | $50 |
| 13 | Phyllis Wilkins her x mark | 30 | $50 |
| 14 | Wright Wilkins his x mark | 12 | $25 [[strikethrough]] Board & clothes [[/strikethrough]] |
| 15 | William Jones his x mark | 25 | $120 |

services to commence March 2nd 1866

Witness
William F Cox
2d Lieut. Veteran Reserve Corps and 
Asst Supt Freedmens Bureau
Sub Dist of Tarboro N.C.

[[right margin]] Contract for Labor
between
E.W. Wilcox
& Freedmen [[/right margin]]