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or reddish calf, and on the lower part of the shoulder 

 were the letters U. S., formed of white hairs, plainly 

 to be seen by casual observers ; was shown by me to 

 friends and visitors ; and in due time my U. S. heifer 

 had a calf which was marked with U. S. in the same 

 place as her dam ; the letter S. was not so perfectly 

 formed as on the dam, but was too plain to be taken 

 for anything other than the letter S. In the growth 

 of these cattle or cows the letters moved higher upon 

 the shoulder and appeared to elongate, and, in five or 

 six years, the character or form of the letters was lost 

 and appeared only as numerous small white specks or 

 spots. This is the statement in full, which I propose 

 to substantiate by the statement of others sworn to 

 before the proper authorities of this county. 



"JOHNB. POYNTZ." 



" This day appeared John B. Poyntz, who is well 

 known to me, signed the above statements, and made 

 oath that they were true. 



[SEAL.] " C. B. PIEECE, Notary Public." ' 



1 Accompanying this statement were the following affidavits : 



"STATE OF KENTUCKY, 1 

 MASON COUNTY, } Sct - 



" F. H. Bierbower, a resident of Maysville, in the State above writ- 

 ten, being first duly sworn, states that in the summer of 1863, while he 

 was Captain of Company A, of Fortieth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, 

 he pastured some twenty or thirty head of horses on the farm of John 

 B. Poyntz, near the city of Maysville ; the said horses were the prop- 

 erty of the United States, and were distinctly branded on the left fore- 

 shoulder with the letters U. S. ; the affiant further states that cattle 

 were confined at the same time with said horses in the same pasture. 



" F. H. BIERBOWER." 



