This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County above written The Hble: John Owen of the said county who being first duly sworn according to Law testafies and says—That being on a visit to the state of mississipi a short time since he was requested by the Widow of Col. Thomas Brown (Mrs Lucy Brown) to call on her son residing in that state for any papers in his possession belonging to Col: Brown or which would aid in establishing her right to a Pension for the services of her husband in the War of the Revolution, and I testafy that the accompanying paper much mutilated bearing the signature of R: Caswell was found among the papers of Col Thos: Brown now in the possession of his son and executor Thos Brown now of the state of mississipi and placed by him in my hands on the commission of his father—and I also testafy that the said paper has been in my possession up to the present time—and that it has undergon no alteration since it was placed in my hands—In conclusion I can testafy that the entery made in the family Bible which is now appended to the Declaration of Mrs Brown is in the proper hand writing of Col Thos: Brown—