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Sfre gonstttttttowal aauitg. mmcAi. General Jackson's Land Speculation?. Ed non Kentucky* Reporter. Sir—As I was neither brought up nor ed ucated in General Jackson’s school of tulgar I ity, the public need n< ♦ c.vpect me to usuthc i| language common to his pupils and retain ers. My object is to give information to the c ommunity, touching the character, history, and moral litness of an individual, who asks nothing loss at their hands, than the highest oillce within their gift. 1 will therefore nei ther turn to the right hand nor to the left, to bandy epithets with any of his iratios—ne vertheless I will cheerfully answer them, when I think they act under the instruction and influence of the General in denying mat ters of fact heretofore stated hv me. i can- ' not even permit myself to animadvert on the rare production of a “Mr. John G. Anderson, j of Nashville,” republished in-the “Whig and I Banner” of the Ilth Inst, but will take for; granted that he has authority from General Jackson to prenouneo the facts stated in the ; second number of the “Tennesseean” false,' relative to the Duck River land speculation. I rely more espevialh on 1 his contradiction, j as being authorised by ihe General, because \ I understand- Mr. Anderson is »*•(> step-son : ofthosister-in-law of General Jackson, and; a frequent inmate at the lie rmitage; and be- j cause he asserts that he 1:trows the narrative of facts therein stated to be “false” of his! own knowledge. This being tire case I will j tiow introduce some documentary evidence i in support of my former allegations. The pleadings arc made up, and issue'joined— now for the proof. I wish the public to bear in mind the text, j irotn which the inference has been drawn, j l.hut G’ u. Jackson has been guilty of -Trued ' tend corruption*' in relation to this- land spe-1 •dilation—to wit: That he was c: ipiot ,** ! agent and counsel, to foreclose o mortgage. 1 and secure n title to certain lands therein ; named, unless the money was paid. That after doing, and having this business done, j and receiving o very large fee. and after fre quently counselling and telling others that 1 the title was good—lie found out, or suppo sed that ho had discovered (or perhaps knew it from the lirst) that the cotirt had not j.iris diction of the ease;—and that then lie took ; advantage of this, his e:.-.v act. and brought, tip another claim, founded on the sumo grants to this very land-—and endeavored to1 convert the whole of it to his own u>e. and his associates. And let ir be disimollv un derstood, dint if Genera! Jacks-on hvd done tjic business correctly n the first instance, in the foreclosure of the mortgage, there never * would have been any foundation for this se cond claim pretended to be bought from the heirs of David Allison; and if s,,. will j, not be manifest that Genera! Jackson tools, ad vantage of his ov. n wrong, to ruin dur.,o v\ ho had placed confidence in hind That David Ail ison, before die vear l 800, gave a mortgage deed to Nori.m Pit or for P.5,000 fierce of land e:i Duck River, to se cure the payment of ;fo].:’.0O, with inter est, will not denied; Jher* fore the first do cument to which i shall refer is the arbv'es of agreement entered int >, between Norton .Pryor of Philadelphia, end Joseph Ander son of Tennessee, bearing date the 9th May, 1800, and witnessed by \V. C. <f. Claiborne, and William Massey. This instrument gh. os Joseph Andersq^i power, a.' ut.ornev. lit > file, a bill in Chancery for the purpos-. <>•' t'. ire clo sing t?io equity of red. {i.pr.ion, in and upon ihe said mortage.” “It is therefore hereby agreed, by and b;'Uv«wn the said pavlie-, that in o i-e the land > j >i- .ag, d v- afore, said, shall, by virtue of a do tree i’i < dumce ry, be exposed to sale, ( hat then and in that case, ‘lie said Anderson shall purchase- the said laud for the use end mutual b< - (it of the. said Norton l’rvor, and said J/: . Anderson and their It*-irTiure arc o thcr considerations in the agreement, which I need not mention. On the (2d day of October, in the veer <300, General Jackson and.bicj-h Ander son entered into an ngre.-im nf relative to this same mortgage and lands—from which the following is an extract- -W h'-rca -. .! > soph Anderson hath made u speeia! ■ ; re - ment with Norton Pryor *-folic cjjy of J oil dclphia, to cause force! ced !,:■ «-<iuit o| redemption upon ;» mortgage v.'hicii t• said N. Pry* r has upon sundrv true* of Ian.!, which were the propei tv of David AMDon. amounting to cigliry-five the;-sand y>ru ; - ingupon Duck f:iv r, in Pie *t*de <>!' T< ' ncgscc/ “ this )»• vitnesseth. that the said .Joseph Anderson doth agrv ■ to !* ; the said \. Jar Non )k:vi: the. out' fuirdi part of the sah i one half <•}' the « ightV-fjve thou sand aerv-. upon the t r.n-i and roriditi ms which 5h* .-aid Joseph Anderson !-• to have it Irom the raid „\or ton Pry My."’ ( po:i the same day (v ner;d Jackson rece'ved sundry title papers from .To~ep;; A ndcrson^oiin juvi hi* receipt there,for, of which he follo wing \? the closing sentence- —“w hich f acknowledge to have received for the purpose of placing *“into the hands of fh'/crD !<• have a foreclosed given to Norton Pryor by David Allison on the above mentioned land, w hich I promise to do. or cause to !>o done. (Signed WtVRK'V UCKgOiN •* j Agreeably to the foregoing agreement, i and promise, the bill in equity was filed, and ] : proceedings regularly had thereon between ! j A orton Fry or, . . Complainant A i vs. j John Allison, AV ill. Allison, Al- i . exander Allison, Peggy Alli-^ equip, son, Sally Allison, Isabel! L>CCiec,• Allison, and Jane Allison, heirs and devi sees of'Duvid Allison, dec’d—Defendants. T decree was entered upon by “Harry times and John \Ic A airy, Esqs two of the Judges of the Court of United States for the • District oi \v cst Tennessee, at October term, | being the ‘21st day of October 1301.” In! which decree it is set forth, that “in conside ration of the _ mortgage deed and note here with filed, it is decreed and ordered, tliatun- j less toe said defendants do, on or before the i 28th January next, pay unto the complain-I. ant the sum of twenty-ono thousand eight hundred dollars, with interest,*’ Aic. “d;c • satd defendants and their heirs, anti all other persons claiming by, from or under them, shall be thenceforth barred am! foreclosed, of ami from ah right oi equity oi redemption.** 1 he decree then specifically mentions seven teen grants of 5000 acres each, in ail 35,000 acre.-—and then goes on to direct the mar *' h > d!, that in case of failure in the dmeadanis i topriy the del.f, interest and co:1, “after giv-1 ingsixty days previous notice thereof in the! Tennessee Gazette, to make sale of *t!ie be-! loro mentioned tract or tract? of land. eon- ! tain mg in the whole 35,000 acre?, in t lie j j town of Nashville, at the Court House, at :, public auction, for ready money,” rfre. I have not at hand the return of the Mar-j pimh s sale in onedicncc to the before recited decree; but reference to that return will i piuvowr, lormer ^aicmrnf on this point cor-; rcot. Tlic following extract of a letter from1 Genera! Jackson to Joseph Anderson, dated i -Oth May, 1802, will also prove it—'•The! conveyance to Norton Pryor shall be made j by (he Marshal! agreeable to the numbers in 1 his letter mentioned. Number 3.1 agreeable ! toyoi r iUter.and number J-f that adjoins it. j, f siiail lia»o convoyed to mo and mv order. J 'l he Ballance to yourself, and when we moot we sbail accomodate the Ballancc due me.11 i “The land sold lor fifteen hundred and fifty i dollars—The above and within is a rough ! statement, of the business relative to thPhinu , sold under the decease of Norton River in • conformity with our agreement (Signed) ANDREW JACKSON.** | If the foregoing recapitulation, ended the ’ history of this unpleasant transaction, my P 1,1 never would have been employed to tell it (•> the world. But when I feel conscious! luat; cenes of unjulty folbved, in which Men oral Jackron bore a conspicuous past: and ’..hen I see thousands of my fellow citizens j bowing down, and proclaiming him a fit per son to preside over these l/died States— ought I to remain silent? Every feeling of! patriotism rays. No. x Bi lyre proceeding any farther. I ask, if ; nereis any rancid or honest man who will j say that General .Jackson could voluntarily, end honestly, place himself in a situation to • ■' ■:’r*. ai! iiis energy and influence, to do a w .y ;he effect oi the foregoing decree and suh’. tr> tiie prcjuuicc of Pryor and Anderson, and tlios.’ who had bought under them; <*s- j, pycally when lie had advised such purchases? 1 jV W'.ll any person say, that a Lawyer and A g.’ut is under no moral obligation to his cm-; plover, or cheat—but in justice may appropri- j ate a!! the proceeds of the matter in contro-i, versy to his own us: ? Surely nr.:. Was not General Jackson the Agent and Attorney of' dry or and Andcrscw? I answer omphatical-' i), y*.s.—" iten-wiiv was our Court Docket' crowded with suits in the General's name to! up -et tlieir claim? ■wont the years 1 fJOG-7 an 1 3, Alexander ' < ml law, the tatiu r-u.-iaw of .fudge Anderson,: and James Putt'*:: and Andrew Krwin he-! cam" largely interested in these lands,—the j former :>y parch;: e from Prvoraud Anderson.*! v «>!'>riei Crwin,o:»e of these individuals, be-j tore fns pnreha-if, had consulted .Tonkin j hiteside, as well as General Jackson, in re-j fore nee to llio titles, and was assured by both ! om! it was good, i am aware that this fact lias been comr over led bv bi r. Whiteside as' to liirnsc!f, but with wimt truth I think we! shall see in the sequel. Jt was also about j liiis time that many other individuals consul-j t,,d both General Jackson and Jenkiu White-! <]<[■' about the title to those lands, but before ! f infroduc« their testimony, 1 think it proper! to?, .mv why if became necessary for ihr.m •o rei- r Jo these consultations. !n the year 1J12, after innocent pnr- ■ chasers .'aid b on in possession of dm mJs ■ for five or six years; and niter tho land had ! n'Toum four-fold more. valuable, General! •b.CnPon pi of ended that be had discovered ! ] ‘ no legal proefv 4 could run to sell lands • ?iot relinquished by the Indians; or when nci-', •h'.r of the parties lived in tim s1ate_;ii-i ■iioegn sm-ij lands iniglsl have bci ri .granled., i .uni within the chartered limits of a state. •r‘uch was the situation of the lands above! i de-Tiibed. Tn the menfb of August ae find the General m the state of Georgia.,!] wheedling the heirs of David Allison out°olii these seme lands. The Deed of purr lumc by1, Gepcral Jackson from those heir*, bears date j j 3d Av pist 1312. And as a consideration it! i js staiod, “lliat said David Allison was!) | largely indebted to said A. Jackson in his life! ! ar,<^ dicfl so indebted; and of the stun ■ • 1 V.\c hundred dollar3 to them in l and paid* < by the suit! A. Jackson, at or before the seal »ng and delivery ol these presents,” “do bar f.H?Ae ,Tgn’ Uullfer an,,s«‘ over, unto Mn ; JaCiSOI\ aU. ll:e,r title, claim and interest, either m law or equity, ih and to all lands, tenements and hereditaments or ! other estate whatsoever within the limits ,>f -v. >aid ..tatc of Tennessee, which were hoi-: den or claimed by said David Allison, either .grants, entries, or conveyances of any i itin.1, or in any other manner whatsoever, and / hqwhes of Redt-mptinn, or other equi table claims for land, or any interest in, or ' proceeding born lands, tenements or here-! Inumoiits, and also to sell all land warrants mat certincatcs for lost lands, or lands that ; mmnot oo idcrUihcd,” clc. signed bv all the licirs of David Allison. j , t hdanv person ever rend such sweeping pauses, anc such caution to keep out of view t.i? real quantity of hind, and other claims ■a. i to be he.*I bv the deceased, in any other . Aik* for the pitiful sum of g.jOO, anda is stated by one of the heirs that e k'en. l,V\l sum was ^ver pad) besides some ; stale old nameless debts. Mho groundwork of the “fraud” mil, bmold the superstructure. Soon alter 'd''1 ^‘"neral was called to coin • lanti a detachment .of men from Tennessee •ior the defence of the lower country;’* and V ; P^b'Umablelha! having now buckled on i.s - laita-v Armour, ho couid not attend in :»erscui to this weighty mutter. O, perhaps l,s m)’“ lcs5l1 tal,;“ls wero not sufficient to .any him through such a suit—nor was his ?ur>s0 strong enough to pay the nonev called or in this ‘Equity of Redemption.’ 'He this is it may, on t’rc 9th day of January, 1815, ill ter the troops were organised ar.d in camps ' tiear .yashville, and only a few days before l iii General s tiled to Natcho^a partner snip was formed between himself and James i Jackson, a very wealthy merchant, and H>c before mentioned Jonh;in IVhifcidc, who| was stud to ho the greatest lamHawver in1 Lie state, ny w»iich agreement and partner-' dap, the (Jcimrul let eacli of them into an i muni share oi Ins purehu-e from the heirs of "iV<1 \ ,S?£- • Tho 8Pc‘cia> part to be ac t'd by Mr. Wtnts.de as declared in the a- \ /rcement, was to “commence and prosecuto ’ 1,1 s,ults action- either at law or in cuai-l :y. that may bo require for the’recovery or security of said lauds,” Ac. After stating 1 :he duty to bo pc. immed by each partner, iiid the obligation they were under to each >ti:cr. the instrument goes on to say, that ‘‘j . <*:l<-bson further CovonenLs, Ac. to tnd uuth the said James Jackson, an l Jen-i Y‘} ’* hitsuT. that he will car. v one ercml 'iur.1 pam of uii tnc lands, land warrants and jha r property assigned m him, that mav • n* secured, re oyorud or redeemed, to nuid . Jac.\son, his heir s, A c. .and one other equal iltird part o! all said lands. land warrants. A<\ to s:d ! Jcnkiit AWluf -idcA A c. Th.e articles a aeicenicnt irom u hich lac iofcgomp c*x Liaris arc tiK';!. was sign •! by the confede rate- on the said 9th January, 101A—and iv;*n:\--.c-1 !*y 1-1. S. Had and .S. Cantrell, jr.— •oge-d in the Register’s Office, Davidson L’e. Hook J—pa ire 39*>. V. • have now scon fir a tod, nod »e;ulv tt>1 ' -***-. * -n i:e d vlcriceio-ss he.ids of more than ’ ‘.u- .i iiu.ro.i : !i<'C! nt pyroha-ers, a power of op.pc ire. wealth and talent; j urn ;;'l ;>» those pi.vcimsers wore brought into J!!s ‘h.emnr.i by the previous iwt of (ieneral .<u i. !.;-!i How tearful was the odds, indhow appalling to the lathers of families, uany heart.-; in Tennessee can testify; and perhaps some *■ f these victim; v/erc then' ■unrolling t<. I lie* defence of their country. 1 ' liav said that tb-is*, dilemma was bioimht ipoii mo innocent purchasers, by the pro-' nous act < ! General Jackson himstH. In' yqii.g this I do not positively assert tliat the! ue.n :;dcommitted an intcmional fraud inihe ' ii st ms'inec, when die equity of redemption ivas foreclosed: but I. do say, that the effect va-: the same as ii he had—because he had been relied on. ami had pronounced tlicbu-' dnc.'is well done. Aoither do I say that all tn • pmchasers consulted General Jackson before; they bought of this land; but it is a u.ct that some ot tno most prominent per ;ons had consulted .him, and no doubt com municated the information to others. Header, suppose you were to employ a lawyer, and pay him a very large fee, to1 >; mg suit for the recovery of a tract of land, i’he business progressed and judgment final-1 y rendered in your favour—your lawyer1 hen told you that the title was good, and haf you might settle on it, or sell and make vananty dec’s. You tire not acquainted vilh the technical niceties of the law, and mit faith end credit in the honor and judg ment of your counsel. You settle on the! and yourself, and sell part to others; after -oars of labour and toil, in which time the ’•nd has become ten times more valuable, j ■ ‘ :u :\i\. r tiien thinks Ii<; has discovered 1 hat t!io business was at first wrong done—-! ;ocs to your former adversary (without ap prising you of the facts) and buys up the hum that he had once defeated—comes j >nck aud brings suit against you, and those! <■> whom yon had sold—Would you think he vas an honest man? Or would you think in vvusu fit person to be President of the§e; mited States? Such you will discover was ■ho conduct of General Jackson. I acknowledge that I am not prepared to nvo a correct history of the first nets of this' W'*iw;{'e;?,bui it V ill bo Sufficient testate,* ■Till ■ —i——UBQ ' that in the year 1813, they commenced some kind oi suit, for the recovery of this land— and soon found out thut they had taken a wrong start; for in July, 1814, they com menced the business de /tovo^and tiled bills m Equity in the naineol A. Jackson, against every known settler on tlic land (except one.) 1 lie following extracts are taken from one of those Bills, to wit. “Your orator, Andrew Jackson, of Da vidson county, in said circuit, respectfully represents to your honors, that on the 27tli day of June, 1793, 85,000 acres of land ly ing in what was the Territory South of the Kiter Ohio, new state ot Tennessee, on the (nice torksol Duck Diver, in what is now Bedford County,-was granted by the state of Xurih Carolina to John Gray Blount and Thomas Blount, by seventeen patents for .'•'MO acres each, hearing flute the same day and yi . r, which patents describe the respec ti\e tracts ns .follows:” Then is added a complete description of the land—after-; wards the orator proceeds: “And the same ’°hn Gray Blount and Thomas Blount ai-' v. ..is, on iiie yin uay oi October, 179 1. 1 sold and by indenture ol bargain and sale,! conveyed said 85,009 acres of land to Da- I vid .Allison, then of the city of'Philadelphia j —vour orutor further shews, that suid Da- j '. id Allison afterwards, on the; first day, 1795, i bi ;ng indebted (o one Norton Pryor of the j said city in the sum of $21 ,S00, gave his note ol that date, to said Pryor for the payment of said sum, 90 days after date; and the bet- : ter to secure the payment of said sum suid 1 David Allison by indenture ofbarguin and j sale, bearing date the same day and year, \ bargained, sold and conveyed to suid Pryor, j his heir- and assigns, in fee, said 05,000 a-' cres, so granted to said J. G. Blount and T. Blount.” We have already seen this orator j engaged in foreclosing thy Equity of re demption on the above Mortgage deed, for j Norton Prj-or—now he i.s swearing for him-! sell. But tnc lhli also suvs—"Your orator ! further represents, that by so ■:ia agreement, or assignment from suid Norton Pryor lo.Jo-j seph Anderson, Esq. of Jefferson County,! Tennessee, said Anderson set up u claim to! a part of said 05,000 acres of land included ! in patents number 213, 232, 330, and parts '; of said four tracts are now claimed hr Wil burn Finch” ifcc. And is it General Jackson who intimates that the claim of Judge An- j derson is a mystery to him? How could tills j man ever charge ‘.‘bargain anil corruption” on Mr. Clay, when he is so deeply involved I himself? * - j V. e will now attend to the answer o'er', part ol the defendants to Gen. Jackson's; hills in Equity, and see wlu.t they say or. this 1 matter. Andrew Erwin, one of the lute i hrm of Patton and Erwin, after stating at1 large the nature of his title as derived from; N orton Pryor and Judge Anderson, repre sents, “that while the defendant, A. Hr win,' was in Tennessee acting us the agent of Norton Pryor, and before the said lands were conveyed to these Defendants, or suid pur chase made—ho was informed and advised by Jenkin Whitside, Esq. that he believed the title of the said Norton P.-vor a good ti- j tic to tne land acquired as a tore said n.udor i said mortgage, decree ami sale. And at or about tlie same time ho was informed by compl’t. A. Jackson, that lie considered the said title in Ah Pryor as good a title as any in the state—.said Jackson informed him at that time, that he had heard of John G. Blount having some equitable claim from the heirs ol said David Allison for the whole1 of said 8.'>,000 acres, but that he claimed uj part under a similar title to that of Pryor: j that he had sold and made general warrun-l tee deeds, and would continue to sell the ba lance which he owned in the same manner ' —And that said Jackson then informed him that the mortgage had been obsolete for more than seven years, which would bar an ; equity of redemption, and that the statute' of limitations would be a bar, that no writ of error could be then brought to reverse the ' Decree—and that there was no danger of. Norton Pryor’s title. And the said Jackson I then encouraged this respondent to pm—' chase the said lands lrom said Pr\wr, and af ter I did purchase con inued to assert his confidence. "Whereupon this respondent. A. Erwin, for himself and .las. Patton, con tracted for the same ns ubove sol forth, and obtained said deed therefor.” The following is extracted from the an swer of Stephen Booth, one of the Defen-j dants: “Some time in the year 1809 this; Defendant went to the residence of Com plainant in Davidson county, to purchase' from him a part of one of the tracts of land which he had bought at the Marshall's mile,1 alluded to in the answer of Patton and F.r- j win. That part Complainant hud promised to convoy to a female relation, who would1 not consent for it to be sold to Defendant on his arrival there. Complainant seemed much irritated at hor refusal to sell, as lie had before promised it to Defendant, and proposed to the latter to let him have part of the same tract where one Gotfee lived—i Defendant said he would look at that land, i but it was probable he would not like; it that he hat! bccti offered some land which pleased j him very well by Alex. Outlaw, claiming un der Anderson, but that he had been afraid to j purchase it, us he had heard that Outlaw was insolvent, and there were fears with some, respecting the title; that he wished Complai nant would inform him whether he cAuld !>e 1 satciubuyingtliatland. Coniplainantanswcy* jcc .at *,e would be perfectly safe in parchn. 1 'sl,,o that. Outlaw's or Anderson’s title was a* good as any in the state, that there was no cm »t ol the title. 1 his expression, or tliG same m substance, was several times repea I a‘ltJ *norn to by Complainant He said tuattie business had been conducted by him. it;,at ^ had the management of the foreclo i s.neol the Equity of Redemption, and that no know it wits correctly done.” “He wont : homo, endeavoured to ‘'purchase from Oub myv, and failing in that, afterwards purchased •sum six hundred and twenty-two acres, from suiu Patton and Erwin.” t U*Sfate oj Tennessee. Bedford county. agreeably to a bill filed in the fourth Cif euit, Andrew Jackson vs. John Whitehead 'ind otners: John Whitehead doth solemnly swear, that m April or Mat 1806, I mot wit A Andrew Jackson and asked him who ther he know the titlo to the land on Duck. Liver, claimed formerlv by John G. and Tbo* mas Blount, but then owned by Alexander Yut'a'v trorn a derived from Joseph An eerson, was a good one: upon which he was answered by the said A. Jackson that it Was as good a one as any in the state, and if that eiaim would not hold, none in the state would Ami upon the faith of the representation of the said A. Jackson, that the title was a good one, I purchased four hundred acres of A Icxauctcr Outlaw, ipomctimc in April or May of the same year, a few days after the con versation with the said A. Jackson (but that. ^ • ,r'c 100 acres et it by a cJuiryi pj F • Dixons) and that 1 have hau peacea ble possession of said lurid, ever since_And after I hud purchased the above named land, the said A. Jackson was at niy house where he gave me the assurances ol the goodness ol the title to said land. (Signed JOHN WfUTEiJEAD.” Sworn and subscribed before us this 1 ITlt Sept. 1319. NOBLE I,, MAJORS. j. JOHN SCOTT, s. r\ , , '‘'^ta ■ °f Tit tints see. Bedford caav.V'f "This 17th day of April, i023, personal 1\ appeared before me. M- D. Mate-hell, justice oi the peace for said county, Henry Conway, and made oath that, cither in the, year 1806 or 7, he called tin Jenkiu Whiter side at Nashville, and enquired of him, as to Cul. Alexander Outlaw’s title to the land* granted to John G. and Thomas Blount, about the three forks of Back River—whiel\ Outlaw held under Joseph Anderson, who Odd under the Marshak's 6a)c ca £<,»^, y.usury of Norton Fry'or s t-.j-.Hcv the Decree oi t.he Federal Court, some years previous lo that time. Said Jenkins assur ed iiun that Outlaw’.-, title was perfectly sale, as good as any m the State, and he believ** ed one of the best in the State; and as n proof oi his opinion, lie said he- had made, himsclt largely interested in part of said claims, having bought 2.500 acres of it. If\ consequence of which advice, I rhd purchase 1,250 at:Cs from Outlaw,at two dollars per acre or thereabouts: which Was then a fuiF {nice for good titles. After l had bought, I tiiim;y.i tiie year i308 or 9,1 rode in cohipu* nv with Gon. Jackson umi die late Col. Ben* Bradford, from Jefferson to near Bonnet. Finith's, and on the way Gen. Jackson sta* bh;d the title under the Marshall's Sale to Anderson, Error anu himself, were as sole, as any titles in the State, and it was impos sible it could ever be sot aside. II CON WAV.” >3Worp to ami subscribed before mo M. I). MITCHELL, j. r. George Strong, another Defendant, cor roborates the statement of Booth and White* heai*, anri Benjamin Bradford and Win. No.r vihe corroborate the oaths of Col. A. Krv/ifi and ii. ( oil way, and il it becomes neeei>s s-iry their statements on oath can be prodiV ce l. 1 will now add an extract from the certificate of Alexander Allison, one of thy heirs of David Allison, relative to the Gene* rai’s purchase. l-(Jrorgin, Grew county* ‘ I certify, that in flic year 1012 J was in formed by my brother Wm, Allison, that mv d ceased brother David Allison had left corir shlernble lands in Tennessee, which might }»ossibly be recovered, and that Gen. An drew Jackson of Tennessee had offered to procure and recover said lands*upon being let in>o nn interest iu the same, equally with myself and brotlicrs;nnd that in order to.do this it was necessary for me with my bro thers to sign an instrument in writing to Gera J., operating as I then thought ns a power of Attorney, authorizing him to transact the bu siness. It. was my understanding at that time, that Gen. J. was to do the business^ aud on the final settlement of if, that Gcp. J. was to come in for an equal interest with me. and my brothers in the land secured.” '•I nder this impression I put mv name to the instrument, with my brothers. At the time of doing so I was not informed by my brothcY \\ ihiam, or any other person, that my brrt. fher David had died in debt to Gen. J. ip any sums whatsoever—neither did I then know, nor tor a. long t ime afterwards, that my brother David in Ins life time had mort gaged tin* lands in Tennessee lo Norton Pryor, or that surh lands had been foreclo sed, or the lauds sold.—Nor did I then un derstand or know; that mv brother David AJ lison had made, a \\ ill disposing of his pro perty.—I further shite, that I never ^decided