us went to her grandma‘s down at Barnett. Us stayed dar awhile, d.en us lef‘ and went to Thomson. Ils stayed at dat place a long tinie, and I was married dar to a man by de name o~ Claiborne Jones. us had ‘leven ehillun, but dey is all daid now ‘cept two. I lives here wid one o~ my daughters.

	“My husband b‘longed to Marse John Wilson. Dunn‘ de war Marse John wuz a captain, and he tuk my husband ‘long to cook and. to wait on hirn. He said one night de Yankees was atter ‘eni and him and Manse Jobn jumped. in a big ditch. Later in de night it rained and dey couldn‘t ~it out of de ditch, so de rest ot ~1arse John‘s company leV ‘eia alone. De next raornin‘ wnen dey got out of‘ de ditch, d~3y didn‘t know which way dey had v;ent, but ~dianse John got a hoss and dey ~ot on and rid ‘tu dey caught up wid de company.

	“At Christmas dey give us anything dat us wanted. Dey give rae dolls, candy, mutt and evvything. Mistiss used to git a book and say, ‘Ni~, come here and let me lam you how to read.‘ I didn‘t pay no ‘tention to her den, but now I sho‘ does wish I nad. My Mistiss didn‘t have but one chile, Miss Cornelia.

	At this moment Fannie, tired o~ sitting on the doorsteps, abandoned the back poren i~or her room. The place was very untidy, but she explained this by saying that she was not able to clean it up. On one side of the room hung a picture 01‘ the Sacred liea~~ and on another a reproduction o~ the Lord‘s