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Personally appeared before me this day Henry Willis, (col'd) and having been duly sworn deposed as follows:

My name is Henry Willis. I live in Robertson County, six miles from Springfield on the Franklin road, on Thomas Willis' plantation. On or about Thursday the 21st of October 1866. Three men came to my Mother's house and called her out to the fence, she being so scared she did not go farther than the door. They commenced cursing her, and used the most obscene language. One of them asked her if she had connection with a man lately, she said she was not in the habit of doing it. He then said God damn you I will make you do it. He then placed two pistols across the fence and drew a third pistol to shoot her. he did not fire but leaped across the fence, and drawing a sling shot, struck her upon the right arm disabling her. They then left and went to a shoe maker's store in order to get shoes, but none being there they took a coat from it. They broke the door down. On Sunday following about the 17th inst. at 9 o'clock at night three men came to Mother's house, Knocked