Sumter County, Alabama	Deed Book A, p. 491
October 14th 1835	State of Alabama
			County of Sumter
			Town of Gainesville
	Be it remembered that on the fifth day of August AD 1835 Thomas Ware and Charles Buchanon both of said county
personally appeared before me Christopher C. Scott Notary Public duly commissioned by the governor of the State of Alabama
duly qualified and sworn according to law and dwelling in the town of Gainesville aforesaid and upon oath deposed and said
that they these affiants both residence within the late Choctaw country ced-ed to the United States by the treaty of Dancing
Rabbit Creek made the 27th of September AD 1830 for a number of years before said treaty; that during all said period they
have been well acquainted with Moses Tom   That said Moses Tom is the first son of old Tom and old Sally his wife both of
whom were blacks old Tom purchased his own freedom from old Ben James a white man who had a Choctaw wife and lived and died
in the Choctaw nation and old Tom after having also purchased his wife from the said Ben James she the said Sally was
emancipated at his death by his the said old Toms last will and testament That when these affiants became [acquainted] with
the said Moses Tom he the said Moses was married to a choctaw full blood called ?Ohoyo? and he has ever since to the present
time lived with lived with the said ?Ohoyo? and had had by the said full blood choc-taw woman ?Ohoyo? the following named
children all of whom are now living with him on Toms Creek in about five miles of the town of Gainesville aforesaid.  To wit
  Rebeca Tom born 10th day June 1816 Lizas [?] Tom born 5th March 1820  Watt Tom born 1st January 1822  Solomon Tom born
28th February 1826  Bynon ? Tom born June 20th 1828  Amos Tom born 1st day of March 1830 Saint Clair (or Sing Clear) Tom
born 2nd February 1832 and Letty Tom  July 21st 1834  The first and last named being females the others male children?further
these affiants say not
Sworn to and subscribed			Thomas Ware
before me in my office			Charles Buchanon
		Ton Gainesville aforesaid
		This day and year above written
		In testimonium veritates [sic]
		I have set my signature	
		and affixed my Notarial seal of office
					Christopher C. Scott
					Notary Public
Delivered Cynon Tom
			Oct  31 . 48