Aaron Bass and Samuel Jennings Deposition, 1853

One side of the paper from Aaron Bass, the brother of Obediah Bass. "He volunteered into the service a sound robust and able bodied man, after his discharge from the army his capacity for labor was greatly diminished and his constitution broken down and he continued to sink gradually until entirely disabled."
The reverse side from S. Jennings, a neighbor to Obediah states " he froze his feet by being exposed to the wet and cold weather....his constant suffering and the fact that he never could wear a common sized shoe but only moccasins and cloth on socks..."
Written Dec. 1853-