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No. 579. SUSAN CAROLINE BEALL AND GREENE AND MOURNING ELIZABETH HILL VS. JAMES E. DUNCAN 18 [Houston County, Georgia, August 17? 1837] Georgia ) Susan Caroline Beall ) 'l'ro,·er & Conversion Green Hill an<l his wife ) In Houston 8uperior Court Mourning Elizabeth vs ) James E. Duncan ) Interrogatories to be exhibited to the Honorable Mirabeau B. Lamar Vice President of the Republic of Texas and the Honorable Benjamin Franklin material witnesses for the plaintiffs in the aforesaid case both of whom reside out of the county of Houston Interrogatory 1st. Do you know the parties? 2nd Were you or either of you ever acquainted with Austin Perkins if yea when were you acquainted with him? 3 State what were the different offices you or either of you held in the Texian Army and WQat offices each of you now hold in the civil Government of Texas. 4th State whether you or eithe; of you ever saw or were acquainted with :Majr Ward's Battalion in the Texian Army, if yea whether you · know Austin Perkins to be in said Battalion 5th State whether said Austin Perkins is now in life or is dead, if dead when & where he died also state the general reputation concerning him in Texas? lf you cannot say he is positively dead, state, your beliefs and your reasons therefor and every other thing in favor of plffs. 1-Did you know the Austin Perkins who was a Legatee named in the last will & Testament of Richard Smith of Houston County, Georgia Deceasecl ?- If yea, State when and where and how you came to lmow him if of your own knowledge?- 2-Was there any Common Report in Texas as to the demise of this particular individual Austin Perkins?- 3- Have not several persons who were reputed to have been :Mas- sacred with Maj. Wards Batalion Since been seen alive?- And do you know from Common Report in Texas or from your own Knowledge that Austin Perkins was l\fassacred in said Batalion or elsewhere in Texas?- 4- Relate all you Know in favour of the defendant?- KELLY & RICE Dfts. attys. f Endorsed: l Houston Superior Court Oetr term 18~7 Susan Caro- line Beall Pt al vs James E. Duncan Original Interrogatories Jno J. Scnrl,orou_gh & Thads G. Holt pro plffs I acknowledge due and le~nl service of the within Interrogatories waiving a copy & notice 1111d allow ''Xo. 51-0 is omitted liN·ause it is n duplirnte of this document, sn,·e thnt Riclrnrd Smith is nnmed as the defendant. An examiner's commission is ap- pended to both documents. Cross Examination- JAMES J. SCARBOROUGH & THADS G. HOLT plffs atty
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