found a wound immediately behind the left Shoulder which he supposed to have been done by a sharp rock, or a snag in the River ... he believes the body has been dead some two or three weeks

that it was the body of a negro Slave which belonged to Mr John Simmons ... he thought by the name of Jack ... he heard some hands on another boat call the dead body by the name of Allen

heard that a negro man named Allen who belong to Dr. [?] of Lincoln County Georgia had left his masters boat at the foot of the long Shoals