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Elizabeth City County Va March 21 1866 To General Armstrong Superintendent Freedmen, R. & A.L. The petition of Judith Stores of the town of Hampton in the County of Elizabeth City Respectfully represents That she is the owner in fee of a certain lot of land situated in the town of Hampton bounded and described as follows. "bounded by Queen Street Lake and Peek" That she had possession of the said lot up to June 1865 without molestation at which time she has been informed it was placed on the Books of the Freedmens Bureau That she is in possession of the said lot and now resides thereon She files herewith the following evidences of her title 1st. Certificate from the Clerk of the U.S. district court at Norfolk that the property has not been the subject of any proceedings by way of libel for confiscation marked A. 2nd. Certification of the Clerk of the County Court of Elizabeth City that the records of the County shows her to be the owner of said lot marked B. 3rd. Certificate of her having taken the Amnesty Oath prescribed by the president of the United States by his proclamation dated 29 May 1865 marked C.
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