People named: Nicholas Brown, Sam Bacon, William Bacon
Following is a labor contract found in the U.S. Freedmen’s Bureau records of Liberty County, Georgia. (See citation at the end for full details of source.)
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Approved this 28th day Jany / 67
E. Yulee
Agent B R F & AL
An agreement between Nicolas Brown of Walthourville Liberty Co. Georgia of the one part and Sam Bacon of McIntosh Co. and said State on the other part.
Witnesseth that the said Nicholas Brown of the first part hereby agrees to allow the said Sam Bacon of the second part the privilege of planting two thirds of the open land belonging to him in McIntosh County for one year ending January 1st 1868 also the use of a part of the dwelling house situated on said Lands, with a sufficiency of pine wood off of said Lands for House & Cooking purposes.
For and in consideration that the said Sam Bacon will give him the said Nicholas Brown by the first day of December next six hundred pounds weight of good cotton in the seed or the value of it in United States currency at ten cents per pound and the said Sam Bacon further agreed to put up two third of the fence now wanting on said Lands or to pay for so doing the value thereof.
In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto affixed their names this 28th day of January 1867.
Nicholas Brown
Sam Bacon [signed by mark]
In presence of
E. Yulee
Contract of N. Brown and Sam Bacon
Approved this 28th day Jany / 67
E. Yulee
Agent B R F & AL
An agreement between Nicolas Brown of Walthourville Liberty Co. Georgia of the one part and William Bacon of McIntosh Co. and said State on the other part.
Witnesseth that the said Nicholas Brown of the first part hereby agrees to allow the said William Bacon of the second part the privilege of planting a third of the open land belonging to him in McIntosh County for one year ending January 1st 1868 also the use of a part of the dwelling house situated on said Lands, with a sufficiency of pine wood off of said Lands for House & Cooking purposes.
For and in consideration that the said William Bacon will give him the said Nicholas Brown by the first day of December next three hundred pounds weight of good cotton in the seed or the value of it in United States currency at ten cents per pound and the said William Bacon further agreed to put a third of the fence now wanting on said Lands or to pay for so doing the value thereof.
In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto affixed their names this 28th day of January 1867.
Nicholas Brown
William Bacon [signed by mark]
In presence of
E. Yulee
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Records of the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Field Office Records for Georgia, Liberty County, Labor Contract between Nicholas Brown and Sam Bacon & William Bacon; digital database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62309/images/004139868_00259), U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Records, 1865-1878 -> Records of the Field Offices -> M1903 > 83, images 138-143; citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M1903, Roll 83.