Transcription of John McLaughlin Deposition, Greer vs Given, #1806-001, page 1 and 2

John McLaughlin Deposition:

Agreeable to an order from Bath County September Court- 1806 [illegible] William Dinwiddie [illegible] for the County of Bath have proceeded to take the following deposition

Bath County to wit

John McLaughlin being first duly sworn on the holy Evangelical of allmighty god deposeth and sayeth that some time before the month of May of 1800 the sd deponant was in conversation with Hugh Mcglaughlin who told him the sd dponant he the sd Hugh had a note on John Greer and Thomas Wilson for the sum of seven pounds some odd pence which the sd Greer and Wilson had paid him for but if the [sic] Did not look sharp he would make them pay it over again and the deponant further sayeth that some time in the month of may 1800 bing [sic] at the house of the sd Hugh Mcgloughlin and the sd hugh [sic] looking over some papers this deponant took up one of the papers and on reading the contents of the same he found it to be a note given by the above mentioned Greer and Wilson to the sd Hugh Mcglaughlin for the sum of seven pounds some pence [illeg] Deponant further sayeth that he asked the sd hugh [sic] meglaughlin if that was the note he hard [sic] him speak of Before and he said it was the same note and the sd Hugh McLaughlin then [illeg] said that Jonathan pullin [sic] had a note on him the sd hugh [sic] for the [illeg] of a gun which the sd greer [sic] and Wilson was to [illeg] from sd pullin [sic] which if the [illeg] that note was paid and that it was the last payment of the seven pounds some pence note and that he the sd mcglaughlin had asked greer and wilson for the note pullin had on him which the [illeg] to [illeg] and that sd greer and wilson Did not give him the sd Megloghlin the note pullin had on him but said that it was lost or misplaced so that it Could not Be found at that time and that he the sd Hugh Megloughlin would keep the seven pounds some pence note untill he got the note pullin had on him the sd Hugh McGloughlin for he did not know wheather [sic] it was lost or wheather [illeg] had traded it away [question] by the [Defendant] do you know wheather the note you Read was the one you the [illeg] was Commenced on Between the [Plaintiff] and [Defendant] or not answer I do not know wheather it was or not quest by the [Plaintiff] did you Ever hear any person say the note you Read was the one Robert Given [illeg] to Hugh mcglaughlin Brought suit on against John greer answer on friday 19th of this instant I heard Robert given say he [illeg] it was the same note I the deponant had read that the suit was founded on qust by the [Defendant] what did given say [illeg] him to [illeg] that was the note answer he [assigned] no Reasons neither Did I ask him for any and the Deponant further sayeth not [signed] John Mcglaughlin
taken and and [sic] sworn to Before us at the house of James Hicklin in Bath County
September 27th 1806

[signed] WDinwiddie
[signed] Jas Hicklin