South Carolina}1
Chesterfield District} Personally came Sarah Ann Freeman before me and made oath that soon after the death of Mrs. Mary Davis wife of C. W. Davis She this depondent <sic> was requested to take charge of an infant child (a daughter) of said Mary Davis, then named Mary Eliza, then about two weeks old,-depondent <sic> consented to do so and on taking the child in her charge found it in a very critical sate of health and filled with sores, but by careful treatment and nursing it recovered and is still alive– depondent <sic> took charge of the infant on the 6th day of March 1863 and carefully attended to it finding clothes &c until the 1st day of March 1865, during which time she was put to considerable trouble and bestowed all necessary care and attention to the said infant to secure her health and comfort.-
Sworn before me} her
March 30th 1867} Sarah Ann X Freeman
Hugh Craig Sen mark
O.C.D.
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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ : Viewed January 2012), images, "Carroll W. Davis, Probate File #66," images 23-158; actual document is Image 34 of 482, South Carolina Archives and History.
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