1st witness George H. Rabon sworn saith that on the fourth day of September 1849 he the said G. H. Rabon was in the woods and herd his brother Willis Rabon calling hogs and went to him he had called up some hogs one or two of his hogs and fed them and started to tolled them off, after we started off with hogs Abraham Rabon Sen'r, Duke Rabon and Abraham Rabon Jun came to us in the woods near the path between Cooper Branch and Abraham Rabon's plantation and orderd us off and set his dogs on the hogs and cursed me and Brother Willis Rabon, Brother Willis Rabon said to him Abraham Rabon senr that if he did not stop his dogs that he wwould kill them that is Kill the Dogs and he did not stop the Dogs, and Brother Willis struck one of the dogs on the hog and Abraham Rabon replied at the time that Willis Spoke of killin gthe Dog that if he did we will Kill you they all three came at Willis, I saw Abraham Rabon Junr with a Knife drawn in his hand making great speed toward Wilis Rabon nearly in striking distance, I caught Abraham Rabon senr and said to him for Gods sake do not kill him, and he fought me struck me with a stick and Duke Rabon caught me by the legs and threw me down and Kicked me, when I got clear from them two I looked for Willis and I saw him near me standing with blood running down him he said yes Abraham has stabbed me, I then took him on my mare and went some forty yds and he there stoped and got down and there Expired in or near fifteen minutes after from the said stab.