Salt Allowances in 1862
During the Confederate Occupation
TN State Library & Archives Confederate Collection - Accession No. 929

State of Tennessee }
Jefferson County     }  Personally appeared the following named persons, citizens of said County, and made oath in due form of law that the amounts of salt set oposite [sic] their several names, is the least amount of salt necessary for present use to salt their meat, to be loaded into three waggons [sic], _____ waggons of J. B. Dyke, waggoneer(?) _____ _____ _____ _____ following:

Second waggon [sic] Joel Milton waggoner [sic] 20 bushels as follows

Third waggon [sic] David McClister waggoner [sic] [blank] bushels as follows

I certify that the above named persons are heads of families, that I am personally acquainted with all of them and that all reside in Jefferson County Tennessee and I believe the amount of salt set down to each will be a scanty amount for present use, and that all have been qualified to said amounts except three or four, and they were represented.  Nov. 19th 1862

L E Leeper
Chairman of the County
Court of Jefferson County

Messrs Jaques McClung & Co.

On the receipt of the money sufficient to pay for 140 bushels of salt which is the above amounts you will deliver to David McClister the bearer of these lines, the said salt to be loaded in three waggons [sic] for the benefit of the above named citizens, Nov 19th 1862

L E Leeper
Chairman of the County Court
of Jefferson County