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Land report for the "District of the Nottoway.

1865
July, 31.

[[9 columned table]] 
|   | Location | No of Acres | Former owner | Abdnd or Confsctd | Condition | No of Buildings | How used. | Remarks. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|   | City of Petersburgh on Scyamore St. | One | J Ragland | Abandoned | Good | two tenements | Offices and Quarters for Supt Dist of Nottoway. | Quarters and Office for Commisary Subst also Quarters for Teachers Freedmens Schools are provided in these buildings, but is partially burned, by the Rebel Govt for Smelting and shot works. |
|   | City of Petersburgh | Two and a half | Rebel Govt. | Seized | Good | One | Storage old metal. | This building is entirely useless it was formerly used | 
| Land | Outside City of Petersburgh | One | Mr McDelwaine | Abandoned | Good | none | Refugees & Freedmen Homes |   |  
| Land | Point of Rocks north bank Appomatox. | Five hundred | - Stratchan | Abandoned | Good | unknown | Farm for Freedmen Hospt & Orphan Asylum | Forty acres of this Farm are under cultivation. |  
| Lands | Dinwiddie. | Five hundred | - - Davis | Abandoned | Good | none | Farm for Freedmen | Twenty acres of this Farm are under cultivation. | 
|   | Farmville | Unknown | Rebel Govt | Seized | - | unknown | Hospital purposes. |   | 
| Land | City Point | Four fifty four and a half. | E Comer. | Abandoned | Good | unknown | Govt & Freedmen Hospt | Hospitals and Barrack for Military Post |  
|   | City Point | One and three quarters | E Comer. | Abandoned | Good | One | Freedmens Bureau | Cottage House for quarters Asst Supt F.B. | 
| Land | City Point | One | E Comer. | Abandoned | Good | none | Unknown |   |  
| Land | City Point | Unknown | E Comer. | Abandoned | Good | none | Wharf property |   | 
|   | City Point | One | Amn Wood. | Abandoned | Good | One | School for Freedmen |   | 
|   | City Point | Two | Saml Cook | Abandoned | Good | One | Commisary Subst |   | 
|   | City Point | Two | Thos Williams | Abandoned | Good | One | Unknown. |   | 
| Land |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |


There is also at City Point about 1500 Acres of land in possession of this Bureau used for different purposes the owners of which are unknown as the records of that County are lost and destroyed

I certify that the above is a correct report. 

Stuart Barnes
Capt & A.Q.M.
Supt Dist of the Nottoway

Transcription Notes:
[[stat?]] could be [[shot]] ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-19 17:25:09 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-22 07:54:09 -[[table]] is not used to indicate the end of the table. The pipe syntax is sufficent to indicate the end of the table in Markdown. -I believe the word is "shot", which fits in the context of smelting (i.e. lead shot ammunition)