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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Alfred Boyd and being duly sworn deposes as follows.

My name is Alfred Boyd. I live in the City of Memphis Ten. On the night of the 2" of May 1866. a party of men came to my house and burned it with all its contents. My loss would amount to $125.00  Two of the men in the party were named McCormick and Simon Easley. Easley lives on Vance Street. There were white men there who made the Colored people protect the property of the Whites while their own was burning.

Alfred Boyd his X mark

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this the 11" day of May 1866
(Signed) M. Walsh
Capt and AAA Genl
and Pro Mar Freedmen

True Copy 
F.M H. Kendrick
Capt & A.I.G.