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Mr. Davis had no right to replevy the horse from William S. Chambers from the fact that neither Wilson N. Davis nor William S. Chambers ever owned the horse as was proved before me on trial. The only grounds on which squire Campbell in his judgement gave the horse to Wilson N. Davis was that William S. Chambers was a Rebel Isaac Chambers was a negro and Mr. Davis was a poor man and a loyal man and very old. 
Mr. Davis is far from being a poor man owns one among the finest farms in East Tennessee. He lives in splendor and wants nothing. Isaac Chambers is a poor old honest industrious Colored man who farms for the support of himself and a large family. He asks for nothing but his own he had nothing, but his own, and I feel that I have only guaranteed to him his rights and given him proper protection in the course which I have pursued in adjusting the difference between him and Mr. Davis 

Respectfully 

William O. [Siremore?]
Superintendent of Bureau
For Hawkins County Tennessee