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	When 17 years old, Peter was hired out to Ji~nmy Benton, who was more cruel than John Bruner, but was again brought back. It was then that he tried again to e soape • This t 1mo he went through ~Madi son Co. near Sugar Greek. Thi s was about the year 18 6 1, when the war had be gun. again he was oaught end taken back, but this time by Joe Bruner. He escaped several times, but never could seem to get en~rhere. Once when he and another slave, Phil, escaped they were caught and made to walk the entire distance barefoot. After this Peter, was chai.necI each night to a chair. One morning while eating his breakfast he heard a knock at the door and on opening it he found a troop of Union Home Guards. Jim Benton and John Brimer were taken to prison. After this Peter went to Miller‘s Creek and worked at odd jobs for aWhile.

	~hen John Bruner was taken from Prison, he was much better to Peter. Soon after John was released from Prison, Peter escaped again. This time he had joined a regiment in the war. ‘He went through hardships, cold,
hunger and illness.	t
    Often when they were awaken in the morning they would find their
blankets frozen to the ground. He was sick several times. I-lis feet frozen
and other things would go wrong such as having fever and once he had Variloid.
after serving for awhile he was mustered out and r~aturned to Winchester, where

his mother lived. He stayed a short time and then went to Oxford, Ohio. Here ‚ he went to school, but soon‘decided he was not learning an~ithing so decided to get married. In the spring he was married to Nannie Proctor. Again he made a mistake and during thistime suffered hardships trying to keep a roof over ‚ their heads ai~d food enought to eat. lie worked at odd jobs, but could not ‚ ‚ find muchto do and got. very much in debt. He ten went to H‘~iilt.o~, Ohio ~‚‚ sud asked Mr. John Frye “to loan him some money. He had asked L&r.Roberts ~ ‘:~ fox‘ some and he would not loan it • However, John Frye did loan him the