TN State Library & Archives Confederate Collection - Accession No. 929

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Jefferson County     }  Personally appeared the following named persons, citizens of said County, and made oath in due form of law that the amounts of salt set oposite [sic] their several names, is the least amount of salt necessary for present use to salt their meat, to be loaded into three waggons [sic], _____ waggons of J. B. Dyke, waggoneer(?) _____ _____ _____ _____ following:

J. B. Dyke 9 in family 1-1/3 sacks, 3 bushels each or 150 lbs.
James Hale 13 in family 2 sacks, 150 lbs each
B. B. Tally 8 in family 1 sack, 150 lbs each
Wid. E. Tally 11 in family 1-2/3 sacks, 150 lbs each
J. M. Felkner 10 in family 1 sack, 150 lbs each
Wm Felkner [blank] in family 1-1/3 sacks, 150 lbs each
Saml Felkner 2 in family 1 sack, 150 lbs each
A. M. Felkner 6 in family 1 sack, 150 lbs each
Alexander Felkner 10 in family 1 sack, 150 lbs each
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11-1/3 or 34 bushels

Second waggon [sic] Joel Milton waggoner [sic] 20 bushels as follows

Joel Milton 8 in family 2/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Saml Alexander 7 in family 2/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Wid. M. Hale 6 in family 2/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Wid. M. McDaniel 6 in family 2/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Cebern Quin 6 in family 1 sack, 3 bushels each
Thomas Shepherd 3 in family 1/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Wm McClister 10 in family 11 sack, 3 bushels each
Wm T. Smith 4 in family 2/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Henry Smith 5 in family 1/3 sack, 3 bushels each
Geo. W. Courtney 7 in family 2/3 sack, 3 bushels each
    6-2/3 sacks or 20 bushels

Third waggon [sic] David McClister waggoner [sic] [blank] bushels as follows

David McClister 6 in family 1 sack, 150 lbs each
James A. Smith 6 in family 2/3 sack, 150 lbs each
A. J. Prior (?)

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10 in family

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1 sack, 150 lbs each

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Steven Timmons[?]

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3 in family 1/3 sack, 150 lbs each

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Amount brought over

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  1-2/3 sacks, 150 lbs each
David McDaniel 6 in family 1/3 sack, 150 lbs each
Thomas Lynch 5 in family 1/3 sack, 150 lbs each
Wm Hurt 6 in family 2/3 sack, 150 lbs each
R. P. Sharp 14 in family 3 sacks, 150 lbs each
T. J. Fout 13 in family 2-2/3 sack, 150 lbs each
T. J. Fout & R. P. Sharp for setting 40 leeves[?]   10 sack, 150 lbs each
    18-2/3 sack, 150 lbs each

I certify that the above named persons are heads of families, that I am personally acquainted with all of them and that all reside in Jefferson County Tennessee and I believe the amount of salt set down to each will be a scanty amount for present use, and that all have been qualified to said amounts except three or four, and they were represented.  Nov. 19th 1862

L E Leeper
Chairman of the County
Court of Jefferson County

Messrs Jaques McClung & Co.

On the receipt of the money sufficient to pay for 140 bushels of salt which is the above amounts you will deliver to David McClister the bearer of these lines, the said salt to be loaded in three waggons [sic] for the benefit of the above named citizens, Nov 19th 1862

L E Leeper
Chairman of the County Court
of Jefferson County