Mary Smith sworn says: I am the mother of dec'd Rosa Magdalene Smith. I left home this morning about 8 o'clock. Left Rosa here. I went to Capt. Bowden's. I left her, her grown sister, and her sister's child. about 10 o'clock the news came to me that Rosa was dead. I came home and found her lying in the yard just as she now lies. She was dead when I came, and had become cold. Her clothes were entirely burnt off. I expected her sister to take her with her to the cotton patch. Her sister's name is Ollie Clark.... When I cam back from Dr. Little's there was very little fire in the fire place. I did not want to leave a fire adn did not make it up.... Her sister Ollie went to pick cotton about three fourths of a mile from here. Mary her mark Smith

Ollie Clark sworn says: I live here with my mother, Mary Smith. A short while after mother left home this morning I left too and went to the cotton patch beyond Mr. L[?]'s. I left Rosa and my baby here. I thought it was too cold for them in the cotton patch. I expected to come back for them when it got warmer. After I had been there for some time I heard that Rosa was dead. When I left the house I covered up the coals in the fire place. Ollie her mark Clark

Henrietta Wilkie sworn says: I live very near this place. I heard that Rosa was burnt to death and ran down here. I think I was the first person who came to the child after its death. When I came she was lying just as she is now. She was dead and her clothes burnt off. There were small pieces of burnt clothing scattered all over the house and at the door outside. The little child was sitting in the door crying. It is not old enough to talk. There were a few coals in the fire place. They looked as they had been dragged out towards the hearth. There was a little chair sitting within about one foot of the coals. The coals looked like there had been some small sticks put on the fire which had burnt [?] Henrietta Wilkie