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Articles of agreement between R A Moorman of the one part and Clem of the other part witnesseth that Moorman agrees to furnish Forty acres of Land and one Horse and feed for the same & all the necessary tools to cultivate said Land. Clem on his part agrees to cultivate Sixteen acres of said Land in corn and Twenty four acres in cotton and gather the same. After it is gathered Moorman agrees to divide the corn and cotton equally between Clem and himself. Clem furthermore agrees to cut Moormans wheat, help him pail in his garden and [[strikethrough]] make the [[/strikethrough]] help him make the necessary repairs to his fences, free of cost. for the true performance of which we hereunto affix our names the 1st day of January 1857. Attest T.P. Pulliam RA Moorman J.G.W. Fenwick. Clem Heicks '40 year Susan Heicks 40 year Jo Heicks 16 Neal Heicks 11 Albert Heicks 6 Eliott Heicks 1 month Approved January 3rd 1866 John D. Ussery agt R. F. & A. L. Hardeman Co. by Jas. G.W. Fenniwick ast
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note the difference in years. they affixed their signatures in 1857 and it was approved in 1866