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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandonded Lands,
Washington April 19th 1871

SPECIAL ORDERS,} Etract. 
No. 139}

I The commissioner having by authority the Hon Secretary of War, transferred to David Langford Harrison Wecklift Benjamin Tibbs John Cowan Jacob Rowe Gibson J. Doran Gran Johnson John Tolliver and Moses Williams Trustees certain frame (40x26) building situated on land owned by said Trustees. viz, one acre of land on the Danville and Stanford Turnpike road, commencing west side of said pike state to Thomas Barbers land, commencing S 89½ E 68 68/100 polies to Boundary thence with same N 42, W 6 44/100 poles thence N 89½ W 4 42/100 poles thence S ½ W 4 24/100 poles and in S.E. part of Danville Ky, and erected by this Bureau for educational purposes, Col Ben P. Runkle Agent and Disbursing [[strikethrough]] Superintendent of Education for the State [[/strikethrough]] offices Bu RF and A.L. is hereby authorized to drop the same from his returns. In case there is any school furniture, the property of this Bureau, in use for educational purposes in said building, and borne on the returns of Colonel Runkle he is authorized to transfer the same to said Trustees taking duplicate receipts therefor. A properly certified copy of this order and one copy of the receipt taken will be filed by Colonel Runkle with his property returns. 

By order of Brevet Major General O.O. Howard Commissioner.

E. Whittlesey
A.A.A. General.