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186 Who will attend to this matter Rc'd 21 Aug fow'd 22 1865 (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr H. W. Machew City Point Va Aug 16th, 1865 Asks for possession of house & lot at City Point Virginia Endorsed City Point Va Aug 16 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Capt Barnes Supt Dist of the Nottoway Petersburg Va. Property unoccupied. (Sgd) W Hodges Capt & Asst Supt Petersburg Va Aug 18th 1865 Respectfully returned. Capt Hodges has been provisionally instructed to forward no papers to this office without a thorough investigation and report in the circumstances or cause of the abandonment of property, its condition and present use, the status of the owner or applicant &c. This will be done in this and similar cases before forwarding the application to this office. (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt A.Q.M. &c City Point Va Aug 19th 1865 Respectfully returned to Capt Barnes attention called to oath and parole enclosed which will show the status and also that he is a Resident of Henrico Co. I have been informed that this party has been in the Rebel Army from the beginning until the 6th April 1865, which time he was captured and sent to Pt Lookout Md. It seems that this party was a Resident of Henrico Co. and owned this property here and states in the application that this property here had been rented out for more than fifteen years. The facts stated I find to be correct. It appears that there was a Dwelling House upon the lot which has been destroyed and in its place a small frame building built by the Government. It is now occupied by a family of white people who are not the owners. This property is in charge of this Bureau and the owner has lately returned from prison and asks for possession. Attention invited to application. (Sgd) W Hedges Capt &c (over) 187 Petersburg Va Aug 21st 1865 Respectfully referred to Col O. Brown Asst Comr Attention invited to endorsement Capt W. Hodges Asst Supt F.B. (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt &c Richmond Va Aug 22 1865 Respectfully returned to Capt Stuart Barnes A.Q.M. &c Application of the petition disapproved. (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Rc'd 22 Aug & Rt'd 23 Aug 1865 Wm. P. Porter Petersburg Va Aug 7 1865 Asks that a house and lot at City Point be restored to him. Returned Endorsed Petersburg Va Aug 8th 1865 Respectfully referred to Capt Hedges Asst Supt &c at City Point who will report how this property is used and by whom &c (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt A.Q.M. &c This endorsement entered by mistake [[the endorsement??]] having previously been at this office, look below Refer 2 Book Folio 145 Refer 2. B. 265 Petersburg Va Aug 17 1865 Respectfully returned to Capt Hedges with reference to endorsement of the Asst Commissioner. Capt Hedges will fully investigate the cause of abandonment and return with report to this office. (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt A.Q.M &c City Point Va Aug 19th 1865 Respectfully returned to capt Barnes Mr Porter's daughter was living at City Point and left on account of the shelling of the place by the [[G?]] Boats. All non-contraband having been notified to move. Mr Porter himself has been a resident of Petersburg seven or more years. (Sgd) Wm Hodges Capt & Asst Supt Petersburg Va Aug 21st 1865 Respectfully referred to Col O. Brown attention invited to endorsement of capt Wm Hodges Asst Supt FB (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt A.Q.M. &c Richmond Va Aug 22 1865 Respectfully returned to Capt Stuart Barnes A.Q.M &c was this property abandoned? Legal abandonment of property is when the owner has voluntarily left the same to take up arms or (over)
