Freeman Pettus
versus
John C Reed
Sir Take notice that pursuant to the order of the Honble Superior
Court of this Colony I shall on the Tenth day of September and on
the following day at the house of William G, Doyle Esqr of Lawrence
County in the State of Alabama a Justice of the peace in and for
said State proceed to take the deposition of Martin Sims and of
William Sims of said County before the said Wm. G Doyle and
that on the 10 day of October next I shall also proceed to take the
depositions of Mrs Price and of ------ Newell of Bayou Coti in the
State of Louisiana at the house of the said Mrs------Price at Bayou
Coti afd before some officer properly authorised to take the same on
which occasions you can attend if you think proper
And take notice that said deposition will be adduced in Evidence
on the part of the pff on the Trial of the issue in this matter at the
Term of the sd Supr Court of this Colony to be held in the Town of
San felipe de Austin on the 1 Monday in feby 1828— San felepe do
Austin 21 May (1827)
Freeman Pettus
Source
Eugene Barker, ed., Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1919: The Austin Papers , (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924), 3 vols., Vol 1, Part 2, pp. 1642-1643