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State of Georgia}
Taliaferro County}

Personally appeared before me M. L. Jones a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Sofia Chapman wife of Burrel Chapman of said County who on oath saith that she asked permishon of Mrs Nancy Reynolds to visit her daughter at Thomas Haldens  Mrs Nancy Reynolds replied that she could not go by hir permishon but that she could ask Mr John W Reynolds on seeing her he replied that he did not care if I went and never returned this was on Thursday or Friday Morning after the agt of the Bureau came over and red our duty as to our contract and the law concerning our duty and advised me to carry my contract out with out further trouble stating to me if I did not that he would have to punish me on my return home I was sent to him and he then find me five day imprisonment it being after he had Red & exlaind 

Sworn to and subscribed before me 
this May 25th 1866
Miceyah L Jones JP &
Agt of the B.R.F.& A.L
for Taliaferro County
State of Geo 

Sofia Chapman hir x mark

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]