that on the 2 Day of August instane at night that he loged at the Dwelling House of Squir Spenser and some time in the Still time of the night he heard a noys of people Round about the House but saw no person but early in the morning he see Spencer's Cart turned over and a Slay on the top of it and a gallos arected on a Stomp hung up with achane and Several Sticks whipt or wore out a whipping the Stomp and lad a top of it, and further the Deponant Sath thare was much of the Sd

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Spencers fens throne Down and Seural posts puld up and earrat eight or teen Rods and much grane lade open to the common and a number of Cattle Destroying it and two horses in S* Spencers paster hed thar mans and Tals cut and Disvegered and further Sath not.

JEREMIAH GARDNER. August ye 3 A D 1774.

Sworn Before Bensa® Hoven, Jucts pece.

AFFIDAV]1 OF THE REV. BENJ. HOUGH, MAGISTRATE OF CHARLOTTE C0.

City of New York ss: Bexsamiy Hoven of the Township of Scocialborough in the County of Charlotte Esq being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he has resided about eighteen months in the said Township of Socialborough, and being unwilling to enter into any Controversy respecting the Title to the Lands which he possesses, He this Deponent agreed not only with the New York proprietors, but with the persons who.claimed the same under New Hampshire, for their Right or pretensions thereto. That about ten months last past many cruel acts of Outrage & Oppression being committed by the said New Hampshire Claimants, against the persons & properties of such of the Inhabitants as professed a Respect for the Laws & Government, & would not countenance or join in the rash proceedings of the said Rioters ; and these peaceable Inhabitants being in very great Danger both with respect to their property & their persons, & being frequently insulted & abused, this deponent who was then & still is an Anabaptist preacher of the Gospel, in the said County did, at the Request of several of the said peaceable & abused inhabitants, come down to the City of New York and applied to the Governor the Council & General.