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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Mary Austin and being duly sworn deposes as follows.

My name is Mary Austin  I live in the City of Memphis Tenn.  On the night of the 2nd day of May 1866 a party of three white men came to my house broke open the door and robbed me of $10.00 in greenbacks, $5.00 in silver and a watch worth $10.00 said they had money enough to pay for their trouble without burning the "dam nigger shanty"
Mary her X mark Austin

Subscribed and Sworn to before me at Memphis Tenn this the 11th day of May 1866

(signed) M Walsh
Capt and AAAG & PM Freedmen

A true Copy
F.M.H. Kendrick
Capt and Asst Insp Gen'l