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| 3 | About twenty families about two hundred Freedmen in all on this Farm occupying the huts left by the soldiers have put in small crops of corn &c and entirely self supporting.
| 4 | On this farm two white men immediately after the evacuation moved and put in a small crop they have been allowed to remain as tenants of this office and to pay the Bureau one quarter of the crop.
| 8 | About 100 Freedmen are on this farm about fifty are self- supporting and are cultivating the land this farm was abandoned by the owner to engage in the rebellion and left in charge of his servants with a portion of stock tools &c on it, theowner is now in Canada and apparently hass no desireor intention to return.

| 11 | On this plantation are a large number of Govt Barracks and huts about fifty freedmen are occupying the building and are self-supporting by being employed in this Bureau.

| 12 | About fifty freedmen with their families are occupying the Govt Barracks and huts and are self-supporting by cutting wood from the old barracks for the Bureau.

| 13 | On this farm are ten families occupying the Govt barracks who are self supporting.

Transcription Notes:
There were a few words that I had difficulty translating and am not sure if I followed all the formatting rules. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-18 21:58:23