48State
Gazette,
November 26, 1862.
In Confederate States District for Said District
Confederate States of America
Western District of Texas
No. 1896, Confederate States vs. Robert Carson.
To the Marshal of Said District:--Greetings:
Whereas, Robert Carson has filed his answer to the above entitled cause,
showing that he is indebted to Bryan, Hind, and Bliss in the sum of
$861.06 and $892.42 and having been notified that the said notes are the
property of Benjamin L. Britton and suggesting that the said Benjamin
L. Britton is a citizen of the Confederate State, and a resident of the
State of Arkansas:
You are, therefore, hereby commanded that you cite the said Benjamin
L. Britton (by making publication of this writ, for one month before the
return date thereof, in the State Gazette, a newspaper published in
Austin, Texas) to appear before our honorable District of Texas, at
the city of Austin, on the first Monday in January, 1863, and propound
his claim to the said debt. And then there have this writ, certifying
that you have executed the same.
Witness, the Honorable Thomas J; Devine, Judge of the said court, and
the seal thereof, at the city of Austin, this the 22nd day of November,
A. D. 1862 and of our independence the second.
George W. G. Browne, Clerk District Court, C. S. W. D. of Texas, at
Austin.
I hereby order the publication of this citation as therm directed.
Nov. 22, 1862. J. R. Jefferson, Marshall, W. D. of Texas.
