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241$mity Hodges, Ex-~1ave, Pike County
FEC
krs. W. F. Holmee




“When Mise July got mar‘ied dey had two cooke in de

~	kitchen makin‘ pound. cake fer more‘n a week, an‘ pies, an‘ chicken pie, an‘ dey killed a hog. Dey had ever‘body in de country savin‘

~	butter an‘ eggs fer a long time. I didn‘ see de weddin‘ but de yard Lwas full and we had ever‘thing to eat. _

	KMy folks was rich. Marse Cassedy went to de War an‘ he


was a bi~g man dire. He was gone a long time. Dey kep‘ tellin‘ US de Yankees was comin‘ and Mise Fanny had her silver put in a bag and hid. Dey had de money put in a wash pot and buried, an‘ dey ain‘t found dat money yet. Oh, dey had more moneys Didn‘ I tell you dey was rich? No main, dey wasn‘t p0‘ when war was over. Dey had ever‘thing. When de Yankees come, dey carried off all de meat in de smoke— house, an‘ de blanket an‘ quilts, an‘ every thing dey wanted, dey he‘ped deyee‘ves. None of de slaves went wid rem.

‚	“When Mar80 Cassedy come home he had de oberseer blow de horn ‘bout ten o‘clock arid toi‘ ‘em all dey was freed. He said he‘d work ‘em fer wages, an‘ nearly ever‘one of ‘em stayed fer wages. I stayed wid Miss M~ary ‘bout ten years. Den I mar‘ied. No, Jake an‘ me rid. hor8e back an‘ went to Magnolia an‘ got mar‘ied. I doan know who ma~‘ied us - eoznehody in de cou‘t house.

	‘~e an‘ lake went to ~uinmit ter live‘. We had to work mighty hard. Sometimes T plowed in de fiel‘ aU day; sometimes I washed an‘ den I cooked, an‘ afte‘ ‘while, we moved down to de new town. I come here when dia town tust started. I cooked fer Mrs. Badenhauser, while he was