Department of Texas
District of San Felipe de Austin
Before me Stephen F. Austin Judge of the Colony on the Brazos
River in said Department personally apeared William Pryor who
was summoned at the request of Leonard Duboys to give testimony
relative to the Negro Gabriel and said Pryor being duly sworn,
deposeth and sayeth, that some time in the month of January last
Nicholas Trammel was at deponents house on the Brazos River
near this place and at that time the said Trammel told this Deponent
that the Negro called Gabriel who was in dispute between him said
Trammel and Maria Louise Veillon at Nacogdoches was then in his
said Trammel's possession and was at his House on the Angelina
Deponent further saieth that he has never seen said Negro since
he saw him in Nacogdoches at the time of the Law suit with said
Maria Louisa Veillon relative to said Negro, and never heard that
he was brought to this Colony by any person.
San Felipe de Austin 16th May 1825
Wm Pryor
Sworn and subscribed to before me
Stephen F. Austin [Rubric] Judge
Witness
Samuel M Williams Secy