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To the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Richmond, Va Sir As the husband of Hannah Lewelling I respectfully ask that the tract of land situate in the County of Warwick & State of Virginia containing by estimation Eighty acres bounded North by the lands of Robert Wilson East by the lands of the heirs of William Lee dec'd. South by James River and West by the lands of the heirs of John Jones dec'd. and now upon the Books of your Bureau be restored to me This land is not occupied by any person, & consequently the rights of no one will be infringed by its restoration Very respectfully W.P. Lewelling Husband of Hannah Lewelling Hampton Va Dec 10th 1867