Interviewer	Mi.. Irene Robertson
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Born Augt~st 4, 1857




	*1 was born close to Jackson, Tennessee in ~dison County. My aaeter was Batford leath•rs. Hie wife‘s ne was 8ussn Weathers. They had a big family ~— John, Lidy, Mattie, Pofly, Betty, and Zininy, that I recollect end there might er been ao~ more.

	“My parents‘ ne~~ was Naroiesu~ and Jacob 000dridg.. I had one brother that was a Tanks. soldier, and five ai~ters. One sister did live in Texas. They all dead fur as I ~ow. I. got soatterd. 8o~ of ne got inherited fors freed~n. Jake Goodridge took along ehen h. went to the .fl~ to wait on him. Right there it was me~ en‘ ~y brother fightin‘ agin one ‘nother.

	“When we c~ to St. Charles we ccmi to Memphis on freight boxes

—	no tops —~ flat cars liks. There a heap more soldiers was waiting. Je got on a boat ~ a great big boat. There was on. regiment Indiana Cavalry, one Kansas, on• Missouri ‚ one Illinois. All on deck was th. horses. Thers was 1 ‚ 200 ~n in a reginont and four regiiients ~ 4,800 horses and four cannons. There was not settin‘ down room on ths boat. They captured my master and sent him to prison. First they pit him in a callaboos. and then they cent him on to prison end they took ~ to help them. They made a waitin‘ boy of ~. I didn‘t lack none of ‘em. They cussed aU. the ti. I heard they parolled my master long time after the war.