(Following is a copy of the Deposition of Jane Wootten which was taken in connection with a pension application. It is handwritten and I have done my best to transcribe it as written -- for information): "DEPOSITION Case of Jane Wootten, No. 706,459 On this 31st day of October 1900 at Chavies, County of DeKalb, State of Alabama Before me, N. Smith, a special examiner of the Bureau of Pensions, personally appeared Jane Wootten, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to her during this special examination of aforesaid claim for pension, deposes and says: I was married at the home of Nancy Powell. She and her husband Mariner Powell (dec'd) and Bird Cannon who went to Texas whereabouts unknown, were the only persons present outside of the contracting parties and Jim Russell who performed the ceremony. Nancy Powell is the only living witness to our marriage. Bird Cannon must be dead as he was an old man then. In regard to the land, I own only the widow's interest. When I married my mother was dead and my father was married again and I was living with my brother Cyrus Powell (dead). Cyrus did not want me to marry and this is why I was married at Jane (struck through) Nancy Powell's whose husband was a cousin of mine. The soldier died and I had eleven children. We have now living seventy-one grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The rebal (sp) home guards came to our house and arrested the soldier and put him in chains. They first chained him to Milligan Fancett who died in service. They kept the soldier and Fancett chained together at my house with a guard on them for two days until they gathered up some more men. Then when ready to take them away they separated my husband and Fancett and chained him to old man Musgrove and carried them off that way -- To the best of my recollection they carried him off on Friday and he returned home on the following Sunday and at once made his way to the Union lines across the Tenn river in Jackson County, where I joined him and from there we made our way together until we crossed the Ohio river to Indiana. My answers are correctly recorded. (X) Jane Wootten Witness J.J. Wooten (Another witness signature, undecipherable) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of Oct, 1900, and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. /s/ N. C. Smith Special Examiner" (Reproduced at National Archives)"