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& sent my wagons out to move them to Fort Valley I moved for of them on that day The next day Mr Howard met my wagons and turned them back & sent me a note that he had hiered the hands & was going to Macon the next day to have them forst to remain He sent his brother to [[strikethrough]]something[[/strikethrough]] Macon & one of the hands went to Macon & Mr Howard & the Freedmen met at the Bearurow & both made a statement of this case & shode their contracts and the agent of the Freedmans beaurow desidid that the contract was not binding on the hands & give them a statement in writing to that afect that they had a wright to hier to who they pleased. when the boy returned he told me if I wouldent bring them down her they would hier to some one els they was determon not to live with Mr Howard. I then brought them down Mr. Howard. Then went to the agent of Crafford County and got a order for the boys to return and brought it to this county and the agent approved it. he then came out to my Place & I was