Contract Between Mrs. S. J. Raysor & Charles Pane, Grantison Scott, et.al.

Freedmen's Bureau Labor Records

Sharecropper Contracts

Labor Contracts

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Raysor, Mrs. S.J.

State Archives of Florida, Series L346

1867

Pane, Charles

Scott, Grantison

Scott, Adam

Scott, Bob

Scott, Turner

U., Joshua

contracts

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Agreement entered into between Mrs. S. J. Rayson and the freedmen upon her plantation for the year 1867. This agreement entered into this between Mrs. S. J. Rayson of Jefferson County, State of Florida, of the one part. Charles Pierce, Grantison Scott, Adam Scott, Rob Scott, Turner Scott, Joshua Utesy, and of the other part witnesseth: That the said laborers are to receive, on the 25th day of December one thousand eight-hundred and sixty-seven, one third part of all the crops made on the place after they have gathered it and made it ready for market, including one third park of the pork made on the place. In consideration of which they are to work kindly and faithfully the usual number of hours each of the six days of the week. And to obey all orders given them by the said Mrs. S. J. Rayson and in no case make use of the mules or other movable property on the place without her direct permission. If any of the laborers shall quit the crops before they have been completed, they shall forfeit all their interest in it. All lost time shall be charged at fifty cents per day and the laborers are to receive one half of it. Charles Pierce [his X mark] Grantison Scott [his X mark] Adam Scott [his X mark] Rob Scott [his X mark] Turner Scott [his X mark] Joshua Utesy [his X mark] R. D. Johnson witness

No. 157 Contract Mrs. S. J. Rayson and Freedmen Portion of Crops Approved March 22, 1867 A.B. Grumwell Bt. Capt. & A. Com. B.R.F. & A.L.