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List of Abandoned Lands in Northampton County - 

[[4 columned table]]
| Description | Owner | Assessed Value | Remarks - | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| "Pocohontas" 199 3/4 acres 2 miles East of Court House | Miers W. Fisher | $5,992.50- | Payment of taxes to be demanded of Mr Fisher before changing tax to United States it being reported that he has an order of Court for the restitution of this Property - | 
| "Deep Branch" 419 2/3 acres 2 miles North of Court House | Miers W. Fisher | $5,665.50 | Also, Several tracts of land belonging to M Fisher have never been seized & only the tax on these lands must be charged | 
| "Townsfield" 660 1/2 acres 7 miles South of Court House | Miers W. Fisher | $10,568.00- |   | 
| "Woodbury" 268 1/2 acres 1 1/2 miles South of C.H. | Miers W. Fisher | $3,356.25- |   | 

The above is a correct list with remarks - of the Abandoned Lands belonging to Mr Miers W Fisher as taken from the list furnished to my predecessors by Mr Edward Hartley Asst Special Agt Treasury Dept. June - 1865 - "Townsfield" has been ordered to be restored which is the only tract concerning which I have received any Orders - 
Edwin A Evans
Capt 3d Pa Arty Asst Sup. R.F. & A Lands 

Eastville Va
Sept 28, 1865 -