36 De sojers stole seven or eight of de ho‘ses an‘ fou~i‘ de meat an~ stole dat, but dey didnt burn none of de buildin‘s nor hurt any of us s lave. Pi:.~ pappy an‘ his family stayed wi4 Marse Paul five pears aftar de suri‘ ender den we move d t o Hill sb or o ‘ ~ ~ a lway-s I ived t r ~t de s e parts. I amt never been out of North Carolina eighteei~ months in my life. i~orth Carolina is good enough for me“.