Early Governors' Papers

Jefferson County State Tennessee

December y^e 10,^th 1797 ~

We the subscribers Do hereby Certify that we have for some years past been Acquainted with David Sutherland also some of his Relations who have Allways [sic] During Our Acquaintance Conducted themselves as verry [sic] Honest and Industrous Persons Good Citizens and subject to the laws of their Country Given under Our hands the Day and Year first Above writing

Hanes~ [Clud.?] Hanes L Harman Arthur Williams Benjamin Longacre Tho^s Horton W^m Braselton Aaron Woodward Abraham Woodward [William?] Braselton John Mills Samuel Mills John Mills Junor Ja^s M^cDowell

To John Savers I have Known W^m Sutherland from a small Lad and Never New [sic] any thing but that he was a honest man this from thy friend

W^m Braselton