Title	Labor Contract of Charles H. Tuxbury
Record type	labor contract
Creator	Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, 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 (No. 2). The roll is organized by county, therefore page 3 of 20 indicated the third page in the Rutherford County section on the roll.
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 70, [Frame 3]
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 the United States of America in the sum of seventy five cents for hundred lbs, for the payment of which I bind myself Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly by these presents, in this Contract: That I him to furnish the persons whose names are subjoined, (freed laborers,) Quarters, fuel, and the amount set opposite their respective names per lb wt, during the continuation of this Contract---the laborers to be paid in full before the final disposal of the in the county of Rutherford, State of Tennessee. [chart] This Contract is to commence with this date and close the 30th day of Nov 1865. Given, in duplicate, at Chattanooga this first day of Sept 1865. [signature]"
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.) Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Tuxbury, Charles H. Douglas, Milley Battle, Levi Stallion, Andrew Battle, Young Burney, John Rofs, John Garr, William Thomas, Jack Henry, Daniel Morrison, Abe Davis, Scisero Drew, William Awe, Elonzo Cook, Alexander Culoun, Nelson Cothan, James Walker, Jackson Arnold, Elick Rankens, George Watkins, Joe Acres, James
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Agriculture 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
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