[*D426*] [*D426 Hire of Nigor Slave*] January 4 1865 Pay $400 for the hire of a nigor slave named Turner which nigor is to be clothed in the usual manner of hireling. with the exception of a blanket. (It is understood by the ___ that should the said negro servant be taken within by the enemy or the Confederate Authorities, the amt or the [hire,] time [for which the true] lost shall be deducted from the hire, for the true payment of which sum we of silver jointly and ____ our joint & several heirs, witness our hand ad seal the 4th day of January 1865 Hazel Williams 400 On or before the 15t day of January 1866 we promise to pay Jane E Dearing her heirs or assigns the just and full sum of four hundred dollars in current funds - it being for the hire of a niger slave named Turner which negro is to be clothed in the usual manner of hirelings with the exception of a blanket (It is understood by the parties that should the said negro'es services be taken either by the enemy or the Confederate authorities, the amt of the time lost, shall be deducted from the hire ) For the true payment of which sum we bind ourselves jointly & severally Our joint & several heirs, Witness our hands & seals this 4th day of Jany 1865 H. T. G. N. Williams [*Seal*] [*DE484*] Note Hazel Williams [?] Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.