Dear Sir:
Since you were at our place, as I promised you to do, I have seen my brother John, with whom I have conversed on the subject of his making a deed to the late King Follett, of certain lands in Caldwell County, in this State, in payment to said Follett, of a certain debt then owing by me to him, Follett, &c. My brother distinctly and perfectly recollects having made and delivered to Follett, a deed of the land above mentioned, and that he, Follett, ae received and accepted the same, as he said at the time, in accordance with his previous contract with myself;
at the time of receiving said deed, delivered to my brother, my note of hand which he had formerly held as evidence of my indebtedness to him, Follett. This note I have long since paid, and am neither legally or morally indebted to any one in the transaction.
Whether this deed was ever recorded, my brother does not know, as that was no part of his business to attend to; but he recollects, that some time after making said deed, he was enquired of by some one from Liberty - and he thinks either Arthur, Samuels, or Miller, - but cannot, at this distance of time say positively who, respecting Follett's right or title to said land, and whether good, &c. My brother informed the individual making said enquiry, that he, my brother, entered said land, and made a deed to Follett, and that Follett's title was good.
My brother is of opinion, though he does not know it to be a fact, that Follett must [p. 1] have put this deed into the hands of the Committee that were appointed to settle up business after the church left, and that they, this committee, disposed of this land to some person in Liberty. He that the fact of giving the deed into the hands of said committee, had escaped the recollection of Follett. Though of these conjectures he has no further evidence, than the enquiry before stated as to Follett's title; but of the fact of having made and delivered a deed, as above stated, he has no hesitancy [sic] in avering [sic].
Respectfully, your old friend and Ob't. Serv't.[,] D. W.
