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List of Abandoned Lands in the following Counties comprising 1st Dist of Virginia
Now in the Possession of the "Bureau" of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands"

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| Name of County | Name by which Farm is known | By whom abandoned or owned | Total No Acres | No Acres Cultivated | No Acres Woodland | By Whom Rented | Remarks | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Wm S. Jones | 170 | 3 | 125 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | James, Philips | 300 | 200 | 100 | Freedmen and Robt Wood (white) | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Eliott | 120 | 10 | 20 | Mr. Elliott (white) | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Anderson | 100 | - | 15 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | John Giddings | 30 | 10 | 20 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Bates | 200 | 80 | 60 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   |  | 600 | 200 | 200 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County | "Ceeley" Farm | Wm S. Smith | 650 | 200 | 250 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865  advertised for sale by} |
| Elizabeth City County | "Shields" Farm | Dr Shields | 250 | 100 | 150 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | John Sinclair | 300 | 125 | 60 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Han | 250 | 50 | 160 | -(white man)- | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Hawkins | 200 | 100 | 20 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | William Armistead | 60 | = | = | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | James French | = | = | = | (white man) Now occupied as a Small Pox H | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Day | 200 | 25 | 100 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County | "Elmwood" Farm | Eliza Jones | 270 | 25 | 130 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Watts | 200 | = | 125 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Harriett Hudgins | 400 | 20 | 200 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | John Winder | 700 | 200 | 100 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Albert Jones | 110 | 55 | 55 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | James Bomby | 816 | 216 | 525 | Freedmen and on Govt a/c | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Lewis | 75 | = | 60 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County | "Paris" Farms (2)| Edward Parish | 350 | = | 100 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 Edward & Robert Parish |
| Elizabeth City County |   | William S. Smith | 238 | = | 60 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Parker West | 200 | = | 50 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |"Briar Field" Farm | Baker Lee | 900 | 500 | = | Two Govt Mills | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Jeff Barnes | 12 | = | 12 | (white man) | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Thomas Grey | 30 | 10 | 20 | (white man) | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County | "Vaughn" Farm | Robert Vaughn | 190 | 75 | 75 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | Shepherd | 150 | 50 | 100 | (white man) | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County | "Chesterfield" Farm | Levin Winder | 600 | 200 | 75 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | John Peak | 350 | 150 | 130 | Freedmen | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 |
| Elizabeth City County |   | George Rooker | 850 | 350 | 300 | White man | Seized by order of General Butler, 12th Feby 1865 {Confiscated and advertised for sale but not sold. adjurned pending "Bogus" Mortgage: since discharged} |

These Farms, as a general thing, more known by the names of the owners, and taken up as such

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-18 09:43:59 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-19 19:44:24 It is William Armistead, not Hermistead. We have come across him before in other docs. The "H" has a curly cue to it, which can be mistaken for "He". Also, the writer's capital A is similar to where he wrote "Anderson" Table is formatted correctly and checks out fine on Markdown Preview ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-19 20:07:21