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Wallon interviewed this old ex-slave and worked him into a feature story for his paper. These old paper files were destroyed by fire about 1928.

	Mr. Wallen remembers that fl~[J~10tI Charlie Richmond“, as the old ex-slave was oalled, died in 1910, was buried in Prestonsburg, and that he, W.S. Wallen, wrote up the old Darkey‘s death and funeral for his newspaper. This is the saxaepaperwho‘s files were destroyed by fire and which papers does not now exist.

	Old Judge Riobmond brought this old slave, from Virginia about 1862, a1oD~ with a number of other slaves • ttUncle?t Charlies was the only slave that remained in the fa~i1y as a servant after the ~nano1pation Proclamation.

	Mr. 7~al1en is a lawyer in Prestonsburg, Kent~uoky, a member of the James and Wallon Law Firm, located in the Lane Bldg., on Court St. He was born at Goodlow, Kexxtuoky in Floyd County, March 15, 1866. 11e taught school in Floyd County thirteen years, took his L.L.B. at Law School in Valpariso, md., in 1910, and later served as representative ot the Kenhioky Genera]. Assembly from the 93rd District, the 1922—24 and 26 Sessions.
	The Ljst	of People who owned Slaves in Floyd County	include:
		Sophia Laue, Lanosville.
		Jim Lane, Laziesville
		Gilbert higgins, Wilson‘s Creek
		George May, :~Iaytown
		Hi Morgan, Pre stonsburg		.
	~	Penziy J. Sizemore, Prestonsburg
		Samuel P. DavIdson, Prestonsb~irg
		1. Ri~biaond,. Preatoiisburg
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	~ S ~	   ~ Prestonaburg S
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