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I further state and aver that I will report the fact to the nearest Camp of Instruction Commandant of Conscripts of said State or to the Enrolling Officer of my County or District so soon as I cease to be employed as above stated,

I therefore pray to be detailed as a Blacksmith & Wagon maker under the law authorizing the detail of certain persons on account of public benefit and necessity,

My Post office is Saunders Creek Simpson Co Miss August 4^th, 1864,

S J Harper

The State of Mississippi
Simpson County

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Personally appeared before me the undersigned Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County S. J Harper who being by me first duly sworn deposes and says on oath that the allegations & Statements made and contained in the above appication for detail are true Sworn to & Subscribed before me this the 4^th day of August 1864 Witness my hand & Seal of office

P. L. Nenderhall Clerk

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S J Harper

The State of Mississippi in
Simpson County

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Personally appeared before me the undersigned Probate Clerk of said County A A Rogers and John Peacock to me well known and whom I hereby certify to be men of veractiy and credibility who being by me first duly sworn depose & say on oath that the allegations and Statements made and contained in the above application for detail of S. J. Harper are true to the best of their knowledge & belief.

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this the 4^th day of August 1864 Witness my hand & seal of office

John Peacock
A. A. Rogers