Contract Between T.J. Eppes & Richard Walker, John Walker, et.al.

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Eppes, T.J.

State Archives of Florida, Series L346

1867-01-15

Walker, Richard

Walker, John

Walker, Paul

Walker, Peggy

Walker, Caroline

Walker, Phillis

Walker, Sally

Hooker, Jack

Evans, Allen

Jones, Francis

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[Duplicate] State of Florida County of Jefferson Agreement made between T.J. Eppes of said county and the undersigned freedmen & laborers. The said Eppes hereby hires the said freedmen to work & labor on his plantation for the year A.D. 1867 and agrees to give them the one fourth (1/4) of all the cotton & corn made & housed by them in said year; to give each of them three & one half (3 1/2) pounds of meat & one peck of corn meal per week and to allow them the half of every Saturday to work in their patches. In consideration of the above, said freedmen hereby hire themselves to the said T.J. Eppes to work on his plantation for the year 1867. They agree to obey all his orders implicitly or the orders of his agent; to be industrious & to do all work required of them; to keep fences in repair around the land allotted to them and to assist in keeping in good order the bridge over Gum Swamp leading to the Bellamy field; never to be insolent or impertinent; not to ride his mules & horses; and to feed & attend to the mules assigned them at all times; to behave themselves quietly & peaceably; not to destroy any of his property & to be responsible for all things placed in their charge; and for advances of money or other things they agree to pay him out of their portion of the cotton & corn made by them. Permission is given the said freedmen to raise their hogs on the place, but they must be kept away from the house & not permitted to impose or interfere with any crops on the plantation. Witness our hands & marks this 18th day of January AD 1867. T.J. Eppes Richard Walker [his X mark] [written sideways across the page in red] If any differences shall arise on account of this contract which they cannot mutually settle the same to be submitted to a board of arbitration composed of two reliable citizens and the agent of the B.R.F.&A.L., whose decision shall be final. By order of J.T. Sprague, A.Com. A.B. Grumwell, Bt. Capt. & S.A. Com. B.R.F.&A.L.

John Walker [his X mark] Paul Walker [his X mark] Peggy Walker [her X mark] Caroline Walker [her X mark] Phillis Walker [her X mark] Sally Walker [her X mark] Jack Hooker [his X mark] Allen Evans [his X mark] Frances Jones [her X mark] Signed, read & explained before us William T. Bailey James F. Tucker No. 192 T.J. Eppes & Freedmen Portion of crops Approved May 1st 1867 A.B. Grumwell, Bt. Capt. & S.A. Com. B.R.F.&A.L.