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State of Tennessee Dyer County
I W.B. Ward bind myself to pay Tony
Ward a Freedman the sum of one hundred
and twenty five dollars to cut me nine cord
of wood per week for twelve months. I
also find myself to give the said Tony -
I cut flour 20 bushels meal and 300 lbs
of pork, and to pay Tony 75 cts per cord
for all the wood he cuts over the 9 cords 
above mentioned.
I Tony Ward a Freedman do find myself to fill the contract above mentioned.

Tony his X mark Ward
a Freedman

W B Ward

Attest
N Lou Neal
E L Ward
M.W. Robertson