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Liberty Bedford Co
June 28 1865 Va

Col. O. Brown Asst Comr of Freedmans Bua

The application of Saml C White (late of Yorktown Va) aged sixty five years respectfully solicits your attention to the following application for the restoration of his Plantation near Yorktown called "Temple Farm" containing about five hundred acres on which he resided with his family up to the time of the advance of Genl G B Williams said farm is located in a South East direction from the forts less than one mile distance hence it becomes absolutely necessary for the safety of himself and family to leave his [[Strikethrough]] farm as [[/Strikethrough]] farm which lay between, both armies in fact the last paralell of Genl McCleland forts run through said farm.