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Deep Creek August 19th 1865 Mr T. P. Jackson Ass't Sup't Freedmans Bureau Sir I have the honor respectfully to ask for the release of my lands from the Freedmans Bureau as I have taken all of the prescribed oaths required by Ex President Lincoln and President Johnson, the former I took at Norfolk on the First of May 1865 the latter at Norfolk on the 6th of June 1865 I have never served actively as a soldier in the Confederate Army although, as an private, I was detailed in the Commissary Department. My lands are my sole dependence and I hope it my be within your power to release them. I am Sir Your Obedient Servant W.W. Silvester