Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-17

to the same matter, which Dir, johnson
wishes placed before the public.
I The State Of Ohio, Fagetts County co.
Before me- Thomas d. McElwnin, No.
tafy Public, in aud for said county Of Fay
cite and state aforesaid, personally came
the uhdersigned, Ella Powell, who being
FIST duly sworn according TO law, depo-
ses aud says thnt she is the same Ella
Powell whose name has been 30 frequently
used by various pprties IN reference 10 GER
tain proceedings 10 Hnbeas Corpus 10 the
counties Of Ross and Fayette, insHl State
Of Ohio, and she says that she denies ever
having told any person ~ any time or
place, that Elijah johnson was the father
Of her youngest, or either OIL hcr children,
and she further says that ElJah johnson
Is not the fathcr Of either Of said children,
and she further says that Mr. Elijah john.
son never said an improper word 10, or did
an improper act 10 or with this afiiant,
but on the contrary this aitiant says that
during the sixteen years aud over that she
lived with Mr.. johnson, he treated her ike
q father and friend, and that she has al
ways, and does now, feel toward, and re-
gard Mr.. johnson as her friend and father
to her; and afiant further says that she
docs not now desire tO. nor intend TO make
any claim against Mr.. Elijah johnson for
any amount whatever in any way or man
nef whatever, and that although by the
persuasion of others, she did consent at
one time to bring suit against Mr.. John
aon fof'he wages, she now thinks that in
! consideration Of the many years she lived
with him, the trouble and expense afiant
has been to him during the time she lived
with Mr.. johnson, that now to make a
claim for any sum Of money Whatever
against him, would he ungrateful on her
part, and for that reason she does not de-
sire or intend to do it; but that on. the con
trary she prefers to have all matters con-
nected with said services and all other
matters of whatever kind, to the generOs-
ity Of Mr. johnson, that he may be free to
act toward me as though were his dauRh-
ter indeed. as have always been in feeling
And this afliaut further says that on
Tuesday, Mardh 6tb, A. D. 1870, one Jer-
emiah Shelton, in the city Of Chillcothe,
county of Ross, and State Of Ohio, pre-
cured the affidavit of this atfiiant to be
made to contain statements, and that on
said day the reason she denied in her af
fidayit that said Shelton never said any
thing to her about going to his said Shell
TOMS house to live, was beceuse one Of the
persons who seemed to be interested in get
ting her affidavit for said Shelton, asked
her not to tell what Shelton had said TO
her in the conversation referred to in Mrs.
Upps' affidavit, and because Of said re-
quest she did not tell it, but denied it in
her affidavit then made, and that another
person who told her not to tell it was said
jeremiah Shelton, and on said day said
jeremiah Shelton paid to this atfiant a
sum of money, the amount of which she
does not care to tell. And affiant further
says that on reflection she does now re-
member of having a conversation with one
Elizabeth Upr, which was in substance
the same as sworn to by Mrs. Upp, in her
affidavit heretofore published over the sig
nature of said Mrs. Upp AMI Elijah John
son, but that at the time she made the af
fidavit atthe request of jeremiah Shelton,
said conversation with Mrs. Upp had
wholly escaped her recollection, but now
affiant has distinct recollection Of hay
ing said conversation, and making the
stltem,nSs contained in the affidavit o.
Mrs. Upp above referred TO.
.,9---a--------.-- ELLA Po WELL.
Signed by said Ella Powell in my pres
enes, and sworn to before me by her, thi
! 18th day of March, A. ID. 1870.
Witness my hand and Netarial Seal, tn
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