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0004 County of Elizabeth City State of Virginia This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for the said county, Wm S Jones, who made oath that he is well acquainted with Mr Wm Ham and has been for many years; and that he is not worth twenty thousand Dollars & is not in any of the exceptial classes of President Johnson's proclamation of May 29th 1865 Given under my hand this 2nd day of December 1865 [[Sml?]] [[Livey?]], J.P.
Transcription Notes:
I can't make out the name, "Lame Lives" is probably wrong but that's exactly what it looks in cursive.
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