State of Tennessee
Smith County                   I Daniel Smith one
                                    of the acting Justices of
the Peace for the County and State aforesaid do
hereby certify that I am well aquainted
with Jemima Williams widow of Tobias
Williams a Pensioner Deceased. That she is
a woman of Respectablity and truth and that
full faith and credit are due and of right
ought to be given to her statement.
I further certify that from old age and bodily
infirmity she cannot travel to the court house
to make this declaration in open court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
this 21st day of November 1837
                  Daniel Smith JP
                  Justice of the Peace for
                  Smith County

Transcriber note:
Small paper insert at the bottom of the page is a Paper from Family Bible
record presented: birth of oldest child William Williams born 9 October 1775.

Transcribed By Mary Knight