Abstract:
The following were depositions concerning the disputed election of James Harper and James B. Whitfield for the Lenoir County, NC 1840 Senate seat.-----
Deposition of S. B. Carraway;
Deposition of Shadrack E. Loftin;
Deposition of James Jones: had brothers Aretas Jones, Jr and George Jones;
Deposition of John Davis, Sheriff: Bright Harper and Warren Harper were brothers. Deaver family and Carter family had white father. Mentions Abram Tyler, David King, Sarah Thompson, Ned Carter;
Deposition of Jesse Jackson;
Deposition of George F. Kornegay: Mentions Warren McCoy;
Deposition of Redding Jarrell;
Deposition of James M. Davis: Mentions Warren McCoy;
Deposition of John L. Hill: Mentions Levi Powell and William Tull;
Deposition of Jesse Vause: Mentions Reuben Wetherington, Levi Powell, John Mewbern, John West, Sr.;
Deposition of Robert Wiggins: Mentions Samuel H. Coward (son of Edward Coward), Tully Moseley;
Deposition of Needham Waters: Mentions John Waters (son of Daniel Waters), Joel Waters;
Deposition of Melcher Rhem: Mentions Fred West, John A. B. Watson, James Daughety, Daniel Daughety, Joseph Rhem, William Carlton;
Deposition of Jacob Parrott;
Deposition of Lewis C. Desmond: Mentions Levi Mewborn, John Mewborn, James Harper, William Carlton, William Clinton Cox, Jesse Wiggins, Lemuel Hartsfield;
Deposition of John Sutton;
Deposition of Isaac Chestnutt: mentions Stephen Phillips;
Deposition of Green Jones: Mentions Warren Taylor, William Clark, J. B. Whitfield;
Deposition of Joseph H. Lyon: Mentions Warren Taylor, William Clark;
Deposition of Columbus C. Dunn: Mentions Stephen Phillips;
Deposition of Joel Hines, Sr.: Mentions Edward Carter (grandfather of John Deaver) descended from Indians on his father’s side and Carter’s mother was a white woman; David King, Ned Carter;
Deposition of B. Coleman: Imly N. Miller (son of Phillip Miller).