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Page 1 Proceedings of Freedmen's Court convened at Wilson's Landing Charles City Co. Va. per Cir. Order H'd Qur's Ass't. Com. Bureau R.F.& A.L. State of Va, Richmond Sept 27' 1866. Wilsons Landing Va. May 2d. 1866 10 A.M. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Capt. J.H. Remington V.R.C. Ass't Sup't. Bureau R.F.& A.L. (The whites and freedmen having failed to elect persons to represent their interests) Case 1. Charles W. Taylor V's. Wat Ellyson} Action for recovery of debt for board, twenty two dollars ($22.00) claimed as due. It appears that the Defendant with others cultivated a piece of land for the Plaintiff on shares, in the Spring and Summer of 1865. - That before the crop was secured the Defendant was taken sick and remained in the hands of the Plaintiff until March 1866 being four (4) months beyond the time (Viz: until the crop was secured) which the Plaintiff was bound by the agreement to support the Defendant, - that the Defendant received his share of the crop and agreed to pay, by manual labor, for the surplus time, but had become
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