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I John Carter do solemnly swear that I have delivered all the paper
belonging to the Entry Office of Washington County, which has been in
my porfefsion|profession [sic] since the books belonging to said office was destroyed or
Stolen into William Maclin a commisioner appointed to to receive them
to the best of my knowledge and belief except one file of papers
purporting to the locations, which I have delivered unto his Excellency's
Governors [?], which file I found amongst the papers of [illegible]
Office about this year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five
and believe it did not originally belong to the office, but has been
fraudulently put in. - And I do further swear that I do not
know of any of the papers belonging to said Entry Office to be in
the possession of any other person.

John Carter

Swore to and subscribed
before me Willie Blount one
of the Justices of the Peace
in for the County of Knox
and State of Tennessee this
10^th Day of February 1802
Willie Blount