Office Prov. Mar. Danville
Montgomery Co. Mo. July 31st 1863

U.S. vs Miss Susan Hughes

Testimony of Miss Kate Boone

I live in Danville and well acquainted with Miss Susan Hughes who is teaching a school in Danville. I saw Miss Hughes on 29 inst - after she had been ordered to take the oath of allegiance and after she had taken the oath and filed it in the clerk's office - at Mr. Winters house in Danville - she said she had been up at Head Quarters but had not taken the oath. She cheered twice for Jeff Davis and the Southern Confederacy and said Price would be along after while. She said she had not taken the oath and would not take it, and that she would teach school too.

Sworn to and subscribed before me July 31st 1863A.G. Stewart Prov. Mar.U.S.

Testimony of Kate Boone, July 31, 1863; Union Provost Marshals file of papers relating to individual citizens (Missouri State Archives microfilm roll F1147, National Archives Microfilm Publication No. 345, roll 136 Hug-Hum).