This agreement shows that Chamberlain rented his 65-acre plantation, known
as Park Place, and also his 110-acre plantation, known as the Robertson
Place, both in Cherokee County, to Williams, a refugee from Louisiana,
for the year 1865.
S. C. W Rudyard, the Provost Marshal of Assumption Parish, Louisiana, describes charges against R. C. Martin, including his refusal to sign a loyalty oath and mistreatment of "his Negroes," who have been told that "if they did not obey his overseer's…
W. R. Johnston, superintendent of the Confederate States Chemical Laboratory
in Tyler, Texas, requests corn from Williams and Pugh, Louisiana refugees
living in Cherokee County.