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Know all Men by These Presents, That I S.H. Gill of the County of Madison, State of Tenn held and firmly bound to the United States of America in the sum of Three hundred 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, and the amount set opposite their respective names per month, 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 Tenn 
We, the undersigned, free laborers, agree to work faithfully for the said S.H. Gill obeying all his instructions, in good faith, and in event we leave his service before the expiration of this Contract, provided we are not driven off or maltreated, we are to forfeit all wages at the time of so leaving.

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| NO. | NAMES. | AGE. | RATE OF PAY per month. Dols. | RATE OF PAY per month. Cts. | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Willis his x mark DeBerry | 35 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Ari Tony DeBerry | 14 | 2 | 00 | 
| 3 | Henry his x mark Cunningham | 22 | 12 | 50 |
| 4 | Tom his x mark Cunningham | 20 | 11⅔ | 00 |
| 5 | Lewis his x mark Brice | 29 | 10 | 41⅔  | 
| 6 | George his x mark Cunningham | 28 | 12 | 50 |
| 7 | Mike his x mark Deberry | 13 | 2 | 00 | 
| 8 | [[strikethrough]] Eva Jane her x mark Taylor | 30 | 6 | 36 [[/strikethrough]] | 

This Contract is to commence with this date and close with the year. 1867
Given, in duplicate at Jackson this [[strikethrough]] 27 [[/strikethrough]] 1st day of [[strikethrough]] Oct [[/strikethrough]] Jany 1867
S.H. Gill
G.E. Green
Supt. of Dist.

WITNESS, Henry his x mark Cunningham
Tom his x mark Cunningham

Registered at Jackson, Tenn. Jany 1 1867

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