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Before me personally appeared the undersigned James Hunt and being duly sworn deposes as follows My name is James Hunt am a discharged soldier I live in the city of Memphis Town on the night of the 1st of May 1866, three white men came to my house and robbed me of $250.00 in money. I heard them fire three shots in the adjoining house before they came to mine. And the with day I saw a dead body and recognized it as the [crossed out] one that [/crossed out] body of the man that lived in the house before stated, the body was in the house. I think he was killed when I heard the shots fired James his X mark Hunt Subscribed and Sworn to before me at Memphis Tenn this the 10" day of May 1866 Mich'l Walsh Capt & AAAG & PM Freedmen A true copy FWH Kendrick Capt and A.I. General