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0714

Kempsville Princess Anne Co
Octo 12th 1865

To 
Thos P Jackson Esqr
Assistant Superintendent
Freedmans Bureau
State of Virginia

Dear Sir
Your petitioner Willoughby Dozier a Loyal Citizen of the Count of Princess Anne State of Virginia respectfully represents that I am the owner of a certain farm in the County of Princess Anne called New Town which farm was taken possession of by the United States Authorities in the Year 1863 & is now in the possession of the Freedman Bureau. I further represent that my estate of every description in the year 1860 was of less value than $20,000 and has at all times since that period been of less value than $20,000 and that I have taken the Oath of Allegiance to the United States and that I do not come within any of the exceptions mentioned in the proclamation of his excellency Andrew Johnson President Your petitioner respectfully refers to the accompanying certificate for evidence of my having taken the oath of

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