第84章 Chapter XXII.(6)

　　（Signed，） HENRY B. NORTHUP.

　　Subscribed and sworn to before me

　　this 20th day of November， 1852，

　　CHARLES HUGHES， J.P.

　　STATE OF NEW-YORK：

　　Washington County， ss

　　Nicholas C. Northup， of the visage of Sandy Hill， insaid county， being duly sworn， doth depose and say， thathe is now fifty-eight years of age， and has known SolomonNorthup， mentioned in the annexed memorial of AnnNorthup， ever since he was born. And this deponent saiththat said Solomon is now about forty-five years old， andwas born in the county of Washington aforesaid， or inthe county of Essex， in said State， and always resided inthe State of New-York until about the year 1841， sincewhich time deponent has not seen him or known wherehe was， until a few weeks since， deponent was informed，and believes truly， that said Solomon was held in slaveryin the State of Louisiana. Deponent further says， thatsaid Solomon was married in the town of Fort Edward，in said county， about twenty-four years ago， and that hiswife and two daughters and one son now reside in thevillage of Glens Falls， county of Warren， in said State ofNew-York. And this deponent swears positively that saidSolomon Northup is a citizen of said State of New-York，and was born free， and from his earliest infancy lived andresided in the counties of Washington， Essex， Warren andSaratoga， in the State of New-York， and that his said wifeand children have never resided out of said counties sincethe time said Solomon was married； that deponent knewthe father of said Solomon Northup； that said father wasa negro named Mintus Northup， and died in the town ofFort Edward， in the county of Washington， State of New-York， on the 22d day of November， A. D. 1829， and wasburied in the grave-yard in Sandy Hill aforesaid； that formore than thirty years before his death he lived in thecounties of Essex， Washington and Rensselaer and Stateof New-York， and left a wife， and two sons， Joseph andthe said Solomon， him surviving； that the mother of saidSolomon was a mulatto woman， and is now dead， anddied， as deponent believes， in Oswego county， New-York，within five or six years past. And this deponent furtherstates， that the mother of the said Solomon Northupwas not a slave at the time of the birth of said SolomonNorthup， and has not been a slave at any time within thelast fifty years.

　　（Signed，） N. C. NORTHUP.

　　Subscribed and sworn before me this 19th day

　　of November， 1852， CHARLES HUGHES， Justice Peace.

　　STATE OF NEW-YORK：

　　Washington County， ss.

　　Orville Clark， of the village of Sandy Hill， in the.county of Washington， State of New-York， being dulysworn， doth depose and say—that he， this deponent， isover fifty years of age； that in the years 1810 and 1811，or most of the time of those years， this deponent residedat Sandy Hill， aforesaid， and at Glens Falls； that thisdeponent then knew Mintus Northup， a black or coloredman； he was then a free man， as this deponent believesand always understood； that the wife of said MintusNorthup， and mother of Solomon， was a free woman；that from the year 1818 until the time of the death of saidMintus Northup， about the year 1829， this deponent wasvery well acquainted with the said Mintus Northup； thathe was a respectable man in the community in which heresided， and was a free man， so taken and esteemed by allhis acquaintances； that this deponent has also been and was acquainted with his son Solomon Northup， from thesaid year 1818 until he left this part of the country， aboutthe year 1840 or 1841； that he married Anne Hampton，daughter of William Hampton， a near neighbor of thisdeponent； that the said Anne， wife of said Solomon，is now living and resides in this vicinity； that the saidMintus Northup and William Hampton were both reputedand esteemed in this community as respectable men.

　　And this deponent saith that the said Mintus Northupand his family， and the said William Hampton and hisfamily， from the earliest recollection and acquaintance ofthis deponent with him （as far back as 1810，） were alwaysreputed， esteemed， and taken to be， and this deponentbelieves， truly so， free citizens of the State of New-York.

　　This deponent knows the said William Hampton， underthe laws of this State， was entitled to vote at our elections，and he believes the said Mintus Northup also was entitledas a free citizen with the property qualification.

　　And this deponent further saith， that the said SolomonNorthup， son of said Mintus， and husband of said AnneHampton， when he left this State， was at the time thereofa free citizen of the State of New-York. And this deponentfurther saith， that said Anne Hampton， wife of SolomonNorthup， is a respectable woman， of good character， andI would believe her statements， and do believe the factsset forth in her memorial to his excellency， the Governor，in relation to her said husband， are true.