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	ex was born in ?snnsuee close to Miaphis. I reae~ber a.•in‘ the

Yankeis. I we. ~st too littls to he vsry 8Cft1‘ed of th.~. They had their gune ~it they didn‘ t bother ii. i waa born a alav. My moth.r sookd tor Zen. and Silas lory. My mother‘s nsn~ ~s Carolins. Uy •• father‘. ne~ isa John. An old bachelor nemid Jim Bl.dso. oinid hin.

When the war was over I don‘t rei~mbr ihat happenid. My mother aovsd away. 8hs and ~y father didn‘t live together. I had one brother, Proctor. I expect he le dead. Re lived in California lait I heard of him. ~ I,.

	•They just expsstsd frssd~* all I ever heard. I know they didn‘t upset the ihits folke to givs thea no lend canai ths men ibat owned the land bought it hisaelf foe he bought the hands whut he pit on it. They thought they ias ruined bad eno~tt ~h.n the hand. left .the~. They kept the land and that ii about all thsrs ~e left. Ihut the Yank... didn‘t ~tak• they wasted and est tirs to it. Th.Y ut fir. to the rail feno.s so ths stock would gst out all they didn‘t kill and take off. ~ Both aidee ‚a. man. Rtt it sssmed like cau. they wae fightin‘ dom her on the Southa ground it vai the wurst here. Now that‘. just the y I ieee it. Thsy don• one aore thing too. They i~it any colored n in the front where he would get killed firet and they etayed aortsr behind $n the back linie.