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B.R.F.& A. Lands
Hd. Qrs. Sub Div of Warren
Henderson N.C. Jany 24, 1868

Lieut. Col. Jacob F. Chur
A.A.A. Genl
Raleigh N.C.
Colonel
I have the honor to submit the following report in relation to the letter of Wm. A Eaton to Major Genl. O.O. Howard of the 14th inst referred to me for investigation by order of the Asst Com' of No. Ca. of 21st inst.

I visited the plantation of Mr. Eaton & Mr Johnson on the 26" inst & met & conversed with Mr. Eaton and nearly all the hands on the two plantations. Mr. Eaton is Administrator & Agent of the Johnson Estate & manages it with his own. The hands are twenty five in number, 20 of them having wives & children representing an aggregate of 75 persons.

The statements in Mr. Eatons letter in regard to the failure of the Crop of 1867 are entirely correct all the hands with a single exception are in debt (after crediting them with their share of the crop) from $10 to $80. for provisions alone, how much in addition they owe at the stores I do not know. I do not think they have among