Personally appeared William
Wilson who being duly sworn
makes oath and says that
he has known Catharine Harris a
free colored person since the
year 1839 and that she the
said Catharine Harris has been
a resident of the City of St Louis
since the above mentioned period
up to the present time

Sworn to before
me this 1st day
of October AD 1853

his
Wm + Wilson
mark

Wetmore
Notary Public