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Bureau R.F. and A. Lands
Hd qrs. Sub. Asst. Com'r. 10th. Sub. Dist. Va.,
Alexandria, Va. May 6th, 1867.

Bvt. Brig. O. Brown
Asst. Com'r, Va.,
General;
     I have the honor to submit the following report, in the case of Mrs Harriet Williams, vs., Mrs. Dixon, referred to me by your endorsement of May 4th. 1867, on letter of Wm. A. Duncan Depty. U.S. Marshall, requesting the interference of the Bureau in said case.
     The property in question, was the maiden property of Mrs. Dixon, it had been occupied by Mrs Harriet Williams as a tenement, for a number of years before the war, during the war, and the absence of Mrs Dixon in 1864, the property was sold by the U.S. Tax Commissioners, for non-payment of taxes, and was purchased by Harriet for $ 10 00/100. On the return of Mrs Dixon, she applied under the law to redeem the property from tax sale, and she did redeem it, in Oct. 1865, and received, and now holds the U.S. Tax Commissioner's certificate of redemption. Harriet applied to Judge Underwood of the U.S. District Court, to allow her an appeal from the decision of the Commmissioners' allowing the redemption. (over)