DEPOSITION OF JOHN McDANIEL

1.	MY NAME IS JOHN McDANIEL , I AM 67 YEARS OLD MY RESEDINCE IS IN GREEN COUNTY , ARK. I HAVE LIVEDTHERE 36 YEARS MY OCCUPATION IS THAT OF A FARMER.
2.	I AM THE CLAIMANT
3.	I WAS BORN IN MADISON COUNTY KENTUCKY
4.	I WAS RESIDING IN GREEN CO. ARK WHERE I NOW RESIDE , MY BUSINESS WAS FARMING , I FARMED ALL THROUGH THE WAR , I NEVER MISSED A CROP . I DID NOT CHANGE MY RESIDENCE OR OCCUPATION DURING THE WAR.
5.	I SYMPATHIZED WITH THE NORTHERN SIDE
6.	NO SIR
7.	YES SIR: AND ALWAYS DID SO.
8.	I DON'T KNOW THAT I DID PARTICULAR
9.	NO SIR
10.	NO SIR
11.	NO SIR NOT AFTER I QUIT PAYING TAXES
12.	I WAS UNION , I VOTED FOR THE UNION
13.	I KEPT PRETTY WELL QUIET
14.	I HEARD OF A HEAP OF BATTLES , BUT BUT DON'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT THEM
15.	NONE THAT I KNEW OF
16.	NO SIR
17.	I DON'T KNOW I CAN'T SAY , THEY WERE ALL AFRAID TO TO LEAD MUCH , THE UNION MEN WERE , BEN ISHMEAL , WILLIAM HUGGINS , MONROE JONES , ISHMEAL MOVED TO ILLINOIS AT THE TIME OF THE WAR HE IS LIVING AT GREENSBORO CRAIGHEAD COUNTY NOW. THAT IS HIS POST OFFICE , OBIDIAH NEWSOME , AND A. L. SHORT ?? AN ALSO UNION MEN , I HAVE CALLED THEM TO TESTIFY TO MY LOYALTY
18.	NO SIR I WAS AFRAID , I MADE PEACE WITH THEM BOTH
19.	NO SIR
20.	YES SIR ; THEY TOOK MY CORN , AND MEAT , IN 1863 KITCHENS