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	‘tyes, I wuz twenty yeahs old when I wuz marriGd. I members whon I wuz a boy when they had thet Civil ~ah. I morn~ers theah wuz a brick office wheah they took en hung colohed folks. Yes, the blood wuz a~strearnin‘ down. Sumtirnes theah hung thorn by theah fo~t, s ornetime s they hung them by ~heah thumbs.

	I cunt tu Kentucky coal mines when I vnxz ‘bout twenty years old. I worked et Jenkins. I worked right horE~ et the Davis, the R.T. Davis coal r~iine, en at tho Bailey mine; that was a-.fore Mistah Bailey died.

	~/1ien I worked for Mistah Davis he provided a house in the C~tt..Off, that‘s ovah wheath the mine‘s at. We woaked frunt 7 O‘~i~~k in the mawnin‘ tu c ‘clock at night. Yes, I oure liked tuh woak for Mistah Davis. I tended fuahnaces some, too. I sure wuz sorry won Mistah Davis died.“

UNION CO. (nu~y J. Girton)

A Bill of Sale:

	.	This indenture, made and entered into this 5th day of June 1850, by and between Jos o ph ~1. C romwe I I and I1[artha C r omwe 1 1 ‚ hi s wife ‚ of the fir st part, and Wm. C. Hamner of the second part, all of the County of Union and State of Kentucky, Witnesseth: That the said Joseph W. Cromwell ax~d Ma~tha his wife, for, and in consideration of the sum of ~5O.OO, in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have given, granted, bargained and sold and by these present to grant bargain, sell and deliver unto the said Win C~ H~ner a certain negro w~zian called Mi1l~‘y, about 29 years old, and her child, called James, about 18 months old which negroes together with their increase, and the said Joseph W. Cromwell and Martha Cromwell for themselves, their heirs and assigns, will, warrant, and defend unto the said Thi. C. Hainner, his heirs and assigns forever, against the claims of themselves, their heirs, and against the olainis of all and every person or