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NARA 131

Credit by last years wages unpaid $183.25
His share Cotton 2276 1/2 lbs. @ 9 1/2c $216.27
leaving a balance due said Jonas Boddie of $124.68
or its equivalent of Cotton being 1312 1/2 lbs at 9 1/2c the present market value

That we find that in the case of the following Freedmen
that they have received supplies in value in excess of the value of their portion of the Cotton produced by them, & we award to James Wiley & other Planters on the John Boddie Plantation the whole of the shares of the above named Freedmen in the crop of Cotton.

That as the Freedman Jonas Boddie being indebted to the Planter to the sum of $91.59 & his share in the crop produced is 2276 2 lbs we therefore award to the Planter 964 lbs of the Cotton of the said Jonas Boddie, being a sufficient quantity at the present market price of 9 1/2c per lb to balance his indebtedness

We further find that John C Salter Merchant has furnished the said Plantation with supplies amounting to Four Thousand Seven hundred forty five & 42/100 dollars ($4745.42)

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