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Deposition of Thomas McCall

Court Records re: Estate of Reuben White

From White, Gifford E., "Documents on Estate of Reuben White"

Typed transcriptions of court records at NC Archives

[pp. 4-5]

State of South Carolina, at house of Thomas Powe, Esq.
Deposition concerning the Last Will and Testament of Reuben White,
At the request of Court of Rowan County, North Carolina

The Deposition of Thomas McCall who being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God sayeth -- That some time before William & Reuben White removed out of this state he (sd deponent) sold Reuben White a Negro wench named Cloe, and in payment he received 47 head of cattle and that Reuben White told him the greatest part of them belonged to William Whites children, which sd Negro wench Reuben White sold to pay for the land whereon Wm White now lives, as Wm White informed him, the he (sd deponent) bought a Stallion horse of Reuben White, and paid him a horse and a Negro girl named Lizet in part and that the said Reuben White puchased the said stallion horse from this deponent again and paid him 700 £ for sd horse, and that he never understood that Wm White had any Estate after he took the Benefit of the Insolvent Act, that he (sd deponent) asked Reuben White what was the reason of his leaving his Wife, and his answer was, that she was a very good Woman, but that she was not agreeable to his humor and that he would not confine himself to any Woman that would not. This deponent further sayeth that after the Death of Reuben White he saw William White who told him that he brother had left a Will and that he (sd William) acted as Executor agreeable to that Will, and further this Deponent saith not.

Sworn to before me this 5th day of January 1778.
Thos Powe

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