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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Francis Jones and being duly sworn deposes as follows

My name is Francis Jones I live in the City of Memphis Tenn in the portion of the City called Chelsea on second near Green St on the night of the 2" day of May 1866 a party of white men came to the house of Fanny a colored woman where I was living, they were shooting at every person they Saw. one shot took effect in My Jaw they also shot and wounded a man in the [[strikethrough]] face [/strikethrough]] shoulder Named "Tom they shot him "because he would not tell where another man went to whom they were after

Francis's her X mark Jones
Subscribed and Sworn to before 
me at Memphis Tenn this the 
14" day of May 1866
(Signed) Michl Walsh.
Capt and AAAG
and PM Freedmen

A true Copy 
F.M.H. Kendrick 
Capt and A I Genl