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	“Mr. Reav.s, we called him master, had two boys in the army. He was a real old men. He may have had more than two but I know there was two gone off. The white folks lived in sight of the quarters. Their bouse was a big house and painted white. I‘ve been in there. I never seen no grand parents of mine that I was allowed to claim kin with.

	“When I got up some size I was allowed to go see father. I went over ta see him sometimes. After freedcm~ he went to where his brothers lived. They wanted him to change his name trcmi Reaves to Cox and he did. He ebanged it from J~ames Reaves to Te~a Cox. ~it I couldn‘t tell you it at ofl~ tinie they belong to Cox in Kentucky or 1f they belong to Cox in Tenn.~ essee or if they took on a name they liked.

	e, ~ kept my name Reaves. I em a Reaves from start to finish. I was rai sed by mother and she was a Reaves. Her n~ie was Olive Reaves. Her old mistress‘ name was Charlotte Reavee, old master was ~dmond Reaves. Now the boys I coin. to know was 4Tohn, Bob; girls, Mary and Jane. There was older children. Mother was a sensible, obedient woman. Nobody ever treated her very wrong. She was the only one ever chasti aed ~ • They 8t.oiled me. We got plenty plain rations. I never seen nobody marri•d ti.ll after the surrender. I seen one w~an chastised. I wasn‘t close. I L~ver learned what it was abOUt. Old Master Reeves was laying it on.

	“Mother moved to New Castle ‚ Tennessee from Mr. Heaves ‚ ce. Ii re3:~ed ~- three of us. We bad been living southea8t of Boliver, Tennessee,

iii	Har~e~n County. I think my kin tolks are all dead. Father‘ a oth•r C~ii1dren may be over in Tennessee now. Yes, I know them. Mother died over at Palestine with i~. She alway8 lived with ~. I ~o.i“i‘ied twice, had one child by each wite. Both wives are dead and my children are d.o.d.