[sorry about that - this darn thing is so sensitive that if I just touch a key the wrong way, it posts my message before I'm even done writing it. ANYWAY - Don't forget to first read the previous post!!!]:
State of Missouri, County of ST. GENEVIEVE
JOHN BSTE. VALLE aged about 72 years, being duly sworn as the law directs, deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with each & every of them at the date of the said concession were citizens & residents in the then province of UPPER LOUISIANA, and that those who are dead continued citizens & residents till theri death, and that those who are living are still citiaens & residents ot the country. This witness further sayd that he was well acquainted with ZENON TRUDEAU, who was Lt. Gov. of Upper Louisiana at the date of the concession. That he has often seen him write, and that the name & signature to the concession from said ZENON TRUDEAU to the said thirteen concessionees, is in the proper handwriting of the said ZENON TRUDEAU. And this deponent, further, says that the claimants made a common field on the same & actually cultivated the same for several years. (No. 282)
J. BSTE. VALLE
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 17th June, 1833. L.F. LINN, Comm'r.