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the clerk of said Court, that the lot is now unoccupied and it's restoration will not in any manner affect the freedmen under the protection of the Bureau, and that the parties interested have taken the required oaths except Nancy Rudd who is an infant of tender years and prays to be represented in this application by Sarah Covington her guardian.  They would also state that this application has been delayed through no fault of theirs, but being absent in remote  parts of the state they have been unable to look after their interests here.
Your applicants therefore pray that the said lot of land be restored to them and that they may be placed in immediate possession thereof, and this they will ever pray.
Very Respectfully - 
Sarah Covington
W D Rudd