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Know all Men by These Presents, That I Jacob Hill of the county of Madison State of Tennessee am held and firmly bound to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in the sum of  Dollars, for the payment of which I bind myself heirs, executors and administrators, firmly, by these presents, in this CONTRACT; That I am to furnish the persons, whose names are subjoined, freed laborers, Quarters, Fuel, substantial and healthy Rations, [[strikethrough]] all necessary Medical Attendence and Supplies in case of sickness, [[/strikethrough]] and the amount set opposite their respective names [[strikethrough]] per month [[/strikethrough]], during the continuation of this Contract - the laborers to be paid in full before the final disposal of the crop which is to be raised by them on my plantation, in the County of Madison State of Tennessee

The said Washington, Booker, and Ned, the heads of the three Respective families of Freed men in this contract agree to do any work that I may require of them in keeping up my plantation and cultivate the crop by my direction and if any one of the aforesaid Freed laborers neglect or refuse to work and loose time he shall forfeit to me at the rate of one dollar per day which if the other hands by extra exertion shall cultivate the crop well or gather it in due time the said forfeit of one dollar per day shall go to the other hands who have attended to their work faithfully  For which the aforesaid Washington, Booker, and Ned, are to have one third of the cotton and corn and one fourth of the wheat made and gathered by them they are to sow & put in a crop of wheat equal to the present crop on my plantation

[[4 Columned table]]
| NO. | NAMES. | Age. | Rate of pay per mo | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| { 1 | Washington | 28 |   |
| { 2 | Margaret | 25 |   |
| { 3 | Charley | 10 |   |
| { 4 | Jennie | 8 |   |
| { 5 | William | 6 |   |
| { 6 | Jeff | 4 |   |
| { 7 | Eddie | 1 |   |

| { 8 | Booker | 50 |   |
| { 9 | Elsinora | 40 |   |
| { 10 | Abram | 16 |   |
| { 11 | Carter | 14 |   |
| { 12 | Abert | 12 |   |
| { 13 | Linda | 10 |   |
| { 14 | Booker | 8 |   |
| { 15 | Vina | 5 |   |

| { | Ned | 34 |   |
| { | [[strikethrough]] Frances [[/strikethrough]] | 24 |   |
| { | [[strikethrough]] Mary [[/strikethrough]] | 1 |   |

This Contract is to commence with the year 1866 and close with the year 1866
Given in duplicate at Jackson this 12 day of Jan 1866

Witness. David Lacy
L S Hill

Samuel Evans
1st Lt Supt of Dist

Jacob Hill
Booker x
Ned x
Washington x

[[strikethrough]] Supt. of Dist. [[/strikethrough]] 

Registered at Jackson Tenn Jan 13 1866
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