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it got d&rk w. chul&rsn wo~uild hai‘s to sta~y indoors for fear of thee.

The men folks would bu.ild a big fire and I can remesber ray Pappy a. sittin on top of the house at ni~xt with a old flint lock ~rou hi~ 11g2 await1~ for one of then critters to corne alose enough a~ lis OoiAld shoot it. The T~&eOn for him being trusted With a gun was bcau%e he had b~sn raised by the pcor ~iite man wb~o ~orketL for t~ae slaveholder. M~ P~w did .c,ot ~?ori~ iii t.~ie fieith~ ~it ~rOye a team of horses.“

	“I rœisibers that when wo left the plantation and ocmie to ‘gehingtorL Coiinty‘~ Ohio that we ti~v~1ed in a covered wagon th~.t liM big v44te horse hi~tck~(~ to it. ~ mo~u that owi~ec1 the hors. was Blake Bandolls. ~:T& crossed the river 12 miles below Parkersùarg, ~.Va. . on a ferry and went to 3taff~rd1 Ohio tri Monroe Countï where‘ we iived~ until I ras married at the ~e of 15 to Mr. Thrke1 ~ the Justice of the Peace, r;~dw~rd 0~ikley. A year latez‘ w. moved to Ourtis Ridge which t~ eo‘venmile~ train Stafford and we 1i~.d their for say 20 year or inoz~e.

We i~oved to Bain~ow for a ~pe1 I ~nd then in 191$ m~ir lrnsband. died. The

old~ eau ~ luck carne around c~zse three yeara ii~y hc~c ~ ~ the

gro~wid and then I caine here to live with ~riy boy Joe and ht~ f~inily.“

	TMMr. Bu.rk:e and m~rs,If rai ss~ a family of 16 ~ ohul1m~ ~ and at that tiras my htiab~utd worked at f~inia~ for oth*~z‘ peOple at $2. 00 a aonth and a few things they would 4v. ha. „

	‘tMy Pappy got hi ~ educati o~ from the bo~ of the whi t e mau lis ljred with $~‘*~se h. wesnt allowed togo to se)iool aM the white boy was yszl emaz‘t and taught hia just a~ ho learned. M;r ?app7, fought in the

•Qi~tl !ar too. On which sj4e? Weil • sho miff on the sib of the Iiirth~ boy.“