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done, but a man by the naine of George Miller of Harnett County told him he i~i.ew a nigger who could teach the school. He employed the nigger, whose name was Isaac Brantley, t~ teach the school. lie ~anie from ~knderson‘s Creek in the lower part of Harnett Cowity. We learned very little, as the nigger ±~ead, and let us repeat it after hum. He would hold the book and spell axid let us repeat the words after him without i‘ us see iii the book. He stayed there two months ~ th en a man by the naine of Matthews ‚ Haywood Matthews, son of Henderson Matthews came. They were white folks, but went for negroes. Haywood teached there. He got the children st~ted ~id most of ‘em learned to read and write.

ttl saw the Yankees come through . Also iht s

Cavalry. The Yankees took chickens and things, and they gave u s s oxne things ‚ bu t Wheeler ‚ s Cavalry gave us in.‘. They took what they wanted and went on. Marster hid his horses and things in the Pecoaiu.~.

	“When the Yankee s cerne Marster was hid . They rode up to ~ mother and asked her where he was. She said, ‘I do not kn‘ They then asked her where was de silver, his nioney ‚ ant de brandy ‚ an‘ wine . They got one demijoim full t brandy . They went into the house ‚ tore up things