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	C~arrard County.	~t1as—Ex--S1ave Stor&~s.	(Eliza Ison).(1~	9
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	~nt ~r‘riet i~Iason - Ex-‘Slave:	~ S	~	:~:

	She was born one mile below Bryantsville on the LexingtonNice in G~rrard County, and wasowned. by E. ~Li. Jones. She gives the date o±H~er birth as April 14, 1847. Aunt Harriet‘s father was Daniel Scott~, slaVe outs of ::ote Scott‘ s slave family. ~unt Harriet‘ s mother‘ s name was Amy Jones, alave of :viarse Briar Jones, who cane from Harrodsburg, Ky. The~ names of hèr brothers were Harrison, Daniel, ~erida, and ~ed~ her sis~~ ters were Susie &nd i5aria. ;.ïiss Patsy, wi:e of :~:arse Briar gave ~aar~a to :~arse Sammy 5Jelsh, brother of Liss Patsy‘ s and w5tmo lived with ~is

~	~ister. He taught school in Bryantsvllle for a long ti~ûe.~‘Gener~l ~

~	who married Jane Welsh, adopted daughter of ‘/iarse Briar Jones, took my

~	sisters :.~yra and ~nma, J3t~other I‘Ted andrnyself to Tarrant County, Texas

~	to a town called Lick Skillet, to live. Grape~vine was the. n~uneo±~ the ‘~hite folks house. It was called Grapevine becau.se these. grapeV±nes twin€d around the house and. arbors. Sister ~ia was the cook and ~rra and me were nurse and house maids. J3rothermarrled Betty ~stil1, a~ slave who cooked for the Estill f~mily..Mr. ~stil1 later bought Ned in order to keep him on the place. I didn‘t sleep in the cabins ~~th tne rest of the negroes; I slept in the big house and nursed the children.
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~	I was not any money for my work. My food w~.s the s~xne Ss ~ the

~	white folks et~ In the summer time we wore cotton and tow linen; and

~	linsey in the winter. The white folks took r~e ~o church dr~~e~5~

~	well. I, had good shoes anc~ they took inc tochureh on ~unday~ My~rnaster

~	was a preacher and a doctor and a i~ne :nan.5 Lliss Mat. ~0.!a5: 1~1~!d tö

beat. The house theylived in was a big white house. with two. long ~

porches. We had no overseer or driver. We had. no ?~Po white neighbors“.

There was about 300 acres of land around Lick Skillet, but we did not