State of Kentucky
Mercer County,

{Revenue Stamp}J W C
N P
20 June 1864

W. T. Cahill a citizen of HarrodsburgMercer County Ky states on oath that he was present when John Patterson, the person named in Jno. D Hales Petition to Govr Bramlette was recruited by said Hale, and when he joined the Company which Capt Hale was raising for the 2d Ky heavy artillery & afterwards transferred to 4th Ky Mounted Infantry and witness saw said Patterson sworn in at the time as a United states Soldier,- This was all done about three weeks before the charge of rescuing him by Capt Hale was made, & before the Indictment against s^d Hale, and he ^Patterson^ was a regular member of said Company at the time the charge of rescuing him was made- He further states that s^d Capt. Jno. D Hale a few days after the occurance & charge of rescue delivered over said John Patterson to the civil authorities of Mercer County & that

said Patterson is now under bond for his appearance in the Mercer Circuit Court with good surety, to answer the charge against him —

W. T. Cahill

Sworn to before me by W. T. Cahill this 20^th June 1864.

J W CardwellN P
Mercer Co Ky

Mercer County

L. M. Donovan states on oath that he knows the statements of the foregoing affidavit of W. T. Cahill are true —

L M Donivan

Sworn to before me by L M Donivan this 20 June 1864

J. W. Cardwell N P.
Mercer Co Ky

{Revenue Stamp}J W C
N. P.
20 June 1864

Cahills Affidavit

Affidavits of W. T. Cahill & M. L. Donivan