was burned burnt an armed company of twelve men rode up to ’s house in County, where I resided, They enquired for , I told them where he had gone, They said their object was to drive the mob from the , and that I must go. I replied that I could not that I had no way to get off, and that my family were barefooted; they replied that made no difference I must go, and said if I was not gone by next morning sun-rising they would take my life. They told Mrs [Flora Storm] Raglin she must put out, that there she could not stay, and that had better never show himself there, that they would take his life if they ever set their eyes on him— Next morning by the assistance of friends we did start leaving most of our property there. Since then I have returned and found the houses burnt & the property gone, consisting of household stuff & 29 bee-gums. The company above mentioned enquired for guns, and got down & took one gun from the house belonging to one Joseph Littlefield— They further said that they had been driven as long as they were a going to, that they had got strong enough now to defend themselves, that they intended to do it by the sword, that they were at the defiance of any set of men that could come against them & that they now intended to make it a war of extermination— The following of the Defts. were in that company viz , , & I think from his appearance, that Maurice [Morris] Phelps was there but may be mistaken. appeared to be captain or commander of the company as he did [p. [12]]