FRANKLIN COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Deposition of Caleb Bell - WARD Family
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Contributor's Note:  This info was found at the Archives in Raleigh, NC, in a 
file on Craven County, Letters to the clerk.  I know nothing more about it 
other than this one letter.  Sorry about the wording and grammar but I typed 
it just as I saw it as best I could read.
 
4 MAY 1837
FROM: MR. BRYAN
 
     In pursueance of the annexed commission to me directed from the Honorable 
the court of Chancey at Winchester in the state of Tennessee I have caused to 
come before me at the court house in the town of Newbern in the County of 
Craven in the State of North Carolina on the fourth day of May 1837 Caleb Bell 
aged about 28 years a witness in behalf of the complaintants in a certain 
matter of controversy in said court pending bewteen Charles L. Ward and others 
complaintants and George W. Thompson and others complaintants, who being first 
sworn on the Holy Evangelist to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing 
but the truth deposeth as follows, that he knew David Ward of Carteret County 
in the State of North Carolina, that he is dead, that he left the following 
named persons his only children viz; Comfort the wife of William T. Bell, Sen, 
Abigal the wife of Colo. John H. Hill, Hope the wife of David Birden, William 
L. Ward, Hannah Ward, Alice the wife of John T. Jones, Elizabeth Ward and 
Rufus Ward.

     Caleb Bell further deposeth that he knew William Ward of the town of 
NewBern, that he was the brother of David Ward dec’d that said William Ward is 
dead and that he left the following named persons his only children viz; 
Charles Ward, Sarah Ward, William W. Ward, Cicero Ward and Julia Ward and 
further this deponent saith not.