| South Carolina |
| Fairfield Dist |
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This day personally appeared before the subscriber D
Lauderdale a Justice of the Peace, Wm A. Whitton and made oath that
he was in the employment of the Confederate States under Capt Thos R
Sharp AQM direction removing Balto & Ohio Railroad Engines and
Materials and to the best of his Knowledge and belief Five impressed
Horses died, viz: one on Leesburg & Piedmont road in August
1861, one in Winchester in February 1862; two at Harrisonburg on
Valley Turnpike in April 1862 and one at Mt Crawford on Valley
Turnpike in April 1862, in the performance of the above service and
owing to their condition from hard labor their ownership could not
be identified.
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| W. A. Whitton |
| Sworn before me this 24th August 1863 |
| D Lauderdale Maj. F. D So. Ca. |
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