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this say they do not believe suoh a railroad over existed as it would be a feat of engineering even in this day and time.

	The rosters of tho Independent company which Ge. John S. Williams org~.nized in this oounty and led to Mexico is in the possession of his grand s ou Mr • John S .W. Ho I laway, Winoht~ ster ‚ Kentucky.

	Mrs. Allie R, Robertson has in her pos~ession the suit worn home from the war, by her f~ .;her Joe Arrasmith. He was in the company of Morgan‘s men. it is made of coarse cotton and was in a most deplorable condition when he caine h~ae.

MONROE C O . (Lemneth Jones )

	I am 97 years ‘and my naine is Uncle Edd Shirley and I an still working as janitor and support niy family. My father was a white man and my mother was a colored lady. I was o~wned three different times, or rather was sold to three different fanuilies. I was first owned by the Waldens; then I was sold to a man by the name of‘ Jackson, of Glasgow, Kentucky. Then my father, of this county, bought me.

	I have had many slave experiences. Some slaves were treated good, and some were treated awful bad by the white people; but most of them were treated good if they would dQ what their master told them to do.

	I onoed. saw a light colored gal tied to the rafters of a barn, and her master whipped her until blood ran down her ~aok and made a large pool on the ground. And I have seen negro men tied to stakes drove in the ground arid whipped because they would not mind their master; but most white folks were better to their slaves and treated them better than they are now. After their work in the fields was finished on Saturday, they would have pari4e s and . haire a good time4~ orne old negro man would p‘ay

~ :~1! b~j o ~ $iile • the ~ you~ darkie s would danoe and s ing.. The white folks ~wuld se‘b aro~md and w‘atoh; and would sś~etimes join in axn dance aud si.n~.