1854 Jan 17-- State of TN, Mcnairy County. I have on this day proceeded to take the Deposition of William Ussery, a witness for the plaintiff about the age of sixty eight years, at my house and office in the Town of Purdy in obedience of a Commission hereto annexed in the presence of Richard W. Jones to be read as evidence in a suit now pending in the Superior Circuit Court of Richmond Co., NC, Rockingham Courthouse. Wherein Richard W. Jones and others are plaintiffs and Elizabeth Armstrong and others aredefendants and the said Wm. Ussery first being duly sworn to speak the truth and the whole truth as to what he may know of and concerning the matter in dispute between the said parties...saith as follows (to wit,)
Questions by the plaintiff:
Were you acquainted with William Jones and his wife Sarah?
A: I was well acquainted with them in their lifetime, and for many years.
Q: Are they living or dead? If dead, where did they die?
A: They are not living, but are both dead and died in Giles Co., TN.
Q: Do you know whether there was any relationship between them and thelate James Armstrong of Richmond Co., NC?
A; They were related and so claimed to be by both father and motherhaving the same father, but different mothers.
Q: What was the relationship?
A: They were half-brother and sister
Q: Do you know what children Sara Jones, the wife of William Jones, has left surviving her:
A: Elizabeth, Amelia, Mary, Isaac, Synthia, Nancy, Richard and Sarah
Q: Will you please to name them and state who are the husbands of the daughters of Sarah Jones, if any of them are married:
A: Elizabeth married Anderson Griffis. Amelia married Wade Barrett, Mary has been married twice, the first husband by the name of Thomas Wilks. Her present husband is John Terry. Synthia is not married. Nancy is married to B.G. East, Sarah married Stephen G. Cobert.
Q: Do you know who James Armstrong, the brother of Sarah Jones, married?
A: He married Elizabeth Allred and I never heard it disputed or called in question.
Signed: William Ussery And further this deponent sayeth not. I certify that the foregoing Deposition is all my own handwriting, that I am in no wise related to either of the parties. That the same was taken before me on the day at the place and in the presence of the party named Captain Richard W. Jones, one of the plaintiffs, and has not been out of my possession and has not in any wise been added to or changed since it was signed by the said William Ussery, the witness, this the 17th of January 1854. Signed: S.D. Pace, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Menairy and State of Tenessee. Fees for Deposition $1. pd. by Richard W. Jones. Wm. Ussery pd. $.75
