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NARA 238

State of Miss County of Wayne SS-

Capt C.A. Wikoff-

Dear Sir
at the sejestion of Sargent Devine I took the responcibatey of taking the evadence under oath of the following freedman:

Janas Car
Buck Henry
& John Henry 

Janam Car swares that on the Evaning of the 10 day of January 1868 that he saw Frank Cotton the Prisnar now in custody walking up toards Mr. Caker House I walked around the house and stood in the door and saw Frank tolling off some of Mr Cakers hogs away I started and went down towards the lot to feed the stock and be far I got to the lot I heard a gun go off and then I went and got my gun and told Mr Caker that Frank had shot one of his hogs I then went & saw wher he had shot the hog and and found one them dead I did not see Frank but heard him talking with Mr Caker telling him that he had not

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