Title	Labor Contract of Charles H. Tuxbury
Record type	labor contract
Creator	Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Date of creation	1865-09-01
Series	Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description	Freedmen labor contract of Charles H. Tuxbury.
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 70, [Frame 2] [The reel is organized by county, therefore page 2 of 20 indicated the second page in the Rutherford County section on the reel.]
Excerpt from record	"Know all Men by These Presents, That Charles H. Tuxbury of the County of Rutherford, State of Tennessee, held and firmly bound to United States of America in the sum of.75 cents for hundred lbs. Dollars, for the payment of which I bind myself Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly, by these presents, in this Contract: That I am to furnish the persons whose names are subjoined, (freed laborers), Quarters, Fuel, substantial, and health Rations, all necessary Medical Attendance and Supplies in case of sickness, and the amount set opposite their respective names per month, during continuation of this Contract---the laborers to be paid in full before the final disposal of the crop which is to be raised by them on [unnamed] plantation, in the county of Rutherford, State of Tennessee. [chart] This Contract is to commence with this date and close the 30th day of November, 1865. Given, in duplicate, at Chattanooga this first day of September 1865." [signature]
Geographic location	Chattanooga (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Tuxbury, Charles H. McBird, Amanda Howard, Jake Cowan, Alexander Washington, George Boon, Squire Culbreath, Yumis Martin, John Henington, Wash Annus, Joseph Lofty, Dennis Slaughter, Jacob Ducy, Alexander Hani, Hillyard Baker, Ruben Wenison, Anderson Cawen, Edward Hudson, Felix Cato, Daniel Knot, Anderson Barnes, George Jones, Clark Chun, Sandy Scott, William Stow, Moses Goff, James Brown, Washington Thomas, John Carder, Jasper Ford, London Bateman, Charles McCreery, Joe Edwards, Hamton Pruin, Green Thompson, Samuel Hawkins, Syris Mash, Joe Perry, James Green, Chesterfield
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Race relations Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence Agriculture
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. Series T142, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedman's Bureau Records