State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County}
Personally appeared before me James A Huston a Justice of the piece for the said County Asseneth Stricklin a resonant of the County and state afore said and made Oath in due forme of Law and sayeth on Oath that the above attatch Record is the old original family Record of her Farther and Mather the said John Alexandore and Susanah Alexandre and that it has bin known as the family Reccord of the famly for meny years and has bin in the pasesion of her Moth every since the dath of the said Joh[n] Alexandar
Swore and subscribed before me May the 1st 1846
State of North carolina
Mecklenburg County}
I hereby Certify that the ponant in this case is of good repputation and is intitled to full creditt on her oath.
Give under my hand and seal May 1st 1846
James A Houston JP
State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County}
I Braley Oates, Clerk of Mecklenburg County Court do hereby certify that James A. Houston whose Signature appears to the within certificates, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified and that said signatures purporting to be his genuine—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Office the 2nd. day of May A.D. 1846—
B. Oates Clerk of
Mecklenberg CoCourt.
