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This Contract made this 12th day of March 1864 between
Jno H. McClellan and Jno W Shipp Employer and

Hartwell Owen       52                   
Virginia Owen       40                  
Sarah Agnes Owen    15              
Anthony Owen        12                   
Jno Brown            7                    
Rose Brown           3                    
Catherine Tucker    40             
Agnes Rivers        90
Rebecca Brown       40
[[strikethrough]] Mary Brown 19 [[/strikethrough]] 
William Brown       14
Tom Brown            5
Rubin Brown          1
[[strikethrough]] Malin da Moore 16 [[/strikethrough]]

Freed Laborers
Witnesseth: that said McClellan and Shipp agrees to employ said laborers on his plantation from the 12th day of March 1864. to the day of    1864. on the terms prescribed in the Code of Rules and Regulations for leasing abandoned property and hiring freed-men, and the said laborers agree to be diligent and faithful hands while in his employ; it being understood and agreed that this Contract is subject to the provisions of said code, by which all parties hereto agree to be governed.
J. Hall McClellan
J. W. Shipp

In presence of                   }
Jno Phillips Lt Col, 64th Regt   }
U.S. Infty Col'd and Supt Freedmen W. T. 

Hartwell Owen      52                   
Virginia Owen      40                   
Sarah Agnes Owen   15  
Anthony Owen       12                   
Jno Brown           7                    
Rose Brown          3                    
Catherine Tucker   40     
Agnes Rivers       90
Rebecca Brown      40
[[strikethrough]] Mary Brown 19 [[/strikethrough]]
William Brown      14
Tom Brown           5
Rubin Brown         1
[[strikethrough]] Malinda Moore 16 [[/strikethrough]]