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0141 Whitwell Va April23rd 1866 Capt JF Wilcox Dear Sir At a meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for Pittsylvania County held at the Poor House today, in answer to the several interrogatories propounded thereto the following order was passed, That the Overseers of the poor, if in their opinion the case seems a proper one to be assisted, the overseer in his district, may dispose of such coloured person, provided they have no relatives, as is usual with the whites, and that nothing is to be allowed for their maintenance outside of the poor house. A true Copy By order of the Board Wm. P. Guerant Clk