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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
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