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II. To the second Intg he says-
Ans.- I have never examined the negroes particularly
but I know them when I see them. I have known the
greater part of said negroes for several years past.
I have lived during that time, in the same neighborhood,
and have seen them frequently; they have the appearance
of healthy negroes, and I know nothing to the contrary:
I would call them a likely family of negroes. I know
not whether the ages are correct as set down in the
said Interrogatory. I am a poor judge o fthe value of
such property, and am not able to give a correct
statement of the value of the said negroes

III. To the third Intg he says:
Ans. I do not know, of my own knowledge, of
any births among said negroes since the date na-
med, but I have heard of some children being born
among them since that time.

IV. To the fourth Intg. he says.
Ans.- Said slaves have been on the complain-
ants plantation for six or eight years past, except
such as have been born at a later period. - About
the first of March 1844, I was going to church and
called at the dwelling house of Addison Ellis,
in Pickens County, which is about a mile or a mile
and a quarter from the dwelling house of the
complainant. There were several persons at the
house. After staying there a while, I asked some
of them if they were not ready to go on to Church.
Mr. Turnipseed requested me not to start just then, but
to wait and see Mr. Cunningham (the Complainant)

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