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55 } in the foregoing Commission do hereby Certify that
Deposition of } Samuel Meredeth And William B Hogan di depose as
Nancy Jones } as Shown in their foregoing depositions, that they were by
Me duly Sworn, And that they Subscribed the Same in my
presence on the day and yeare therein mentioned,
September 4^~ 1840. } Jno C Simpson Commission

Desposition of, } The State of Alabama } In presence of the annexed Commission
Nancy Jones } Franklin County } to me directed by the Register of the
Chancery Court at Moulton, I have Caused to Come before me
on the afternoon of the fourth day of September 1840
at the residence of John Hogan Esqr in the County of
Franklin, Mr^s Nancy Jones, Wiotness on the part of the Compla=
=iant in a Cause now pending in the Chancery Court for
the Sixth Chancery District at Moulton in the County of Laurence
State of Alabama in which William S Hoskins is Compla=
=iant And John W Jones and others are defendants, on
the part of Complainant in Said Case, Mr.s Nancy Jones
being duly Sworn answer as follows.
Question 1^st.. Did you execute a deed of gift to William S Hoskins
of which the enclosed Marked B. Upon its back is a Copy. If
So, under what Circumstances was it executed, were you
at that time Contemplating a marriage with Any one,
And if So, with whom, And did you impart your intention of
executing Said deed to your Contemplated husband?
Answer, "I did execute a deed of which the one now Shown to
me, marked B upon its back, And herein enclosed is a Copy,
at that time I had only one Child living, my Son William S
Hoskins, who was unprovided for by and patrimony from his
Fathers Estate, his guardian having Squandered his estate,
and having been instrumental in the Selection of his Guardian
I felt Solicitous to make provision for him, at the time of
the execution of Said deed, and Some time before I was being