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324 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Headquarters Superintendent, Ninth District, Va. Fort Monroe, Va., June 5 1866 Bvt. Brig. Gen. O. Brown Richmond, Va. General I have the honor to request transportation for the following named freedpeople to their former homes, to relieve the Govt. of their support, and to prevent destitution. Katy Washington, 80 years. To Matthews Co. Va. Order 629 Wm. H. Washington, 5 years. To Matthews Co. Va. Order 629 John H. Washington, 8 years To Matthews Co. Va. Order 629 Eliza A Orange, 50 years, To Petersburg, Va. Order 630 Elizabeth James, Adult, Bermuda Hundred. Order 631. Ada Fitchett. 23 years. To Cherry Stone, Eastern Shore, Va. Order 632. Betsy Ball, 18 years. To Cherry Stone, Eastern Shore, Va. Order 632. James Sullivan. 18 years. To Petersburg, Va., Order 633. I am, Sir With Great Respect Your obedient servant S.C. Armstrong Supt 9th Dist. Va.
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Bermuda Hundred was the first administrative division in the English colony of Virginia