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	~PÀ In Ohio		Jerre~son Qounty
	Federal Writers‘ Project		DistriCt #5
	Bishop & Isleman	~ I	240 ~ Ex,3i~vea.
	Reporter : Bishop	‚~	~ 6 ‚
		 George ~rackaon
	~	~x-51ave ‚ 79 yern .

	I was boni‘ In Loudon County, Virginny, Feb., 6, 1858. My mother‘s name was Betsy ~acksou. My father‘ß uan~ was Henry Tack3on. Dey wore slaves ar~d was born right der In Loudon County. I hed. 16 brothers and sisters. All of dem is dead. ~y brothera were Henry, Richard, ~es1ey, Jolm and me; Sisters were Annie, Marion, Sarah 3ane, i~1izabeth, Alice, Cecila and Maryl Der were three tber chillun dat died when babie8.

	I can remember Henry pullin‘ me out of de fire. I‘ve got scars on my leg yet. He was 8old. out of de family‘ to a man dat was Wesley MoGuest. Afterwards my brother was taken sick with smaU~pox and died.

	We lived on a bi~ plantation right close to Blooni!ield, Virginny. I was born in de storeroom close to massa‘s horm. It was called de weavin‘ room place where dey weaved cotton and yarn. My bed was like a little cradle bed and dey push it under de big bed at dey time,

	My grandfather died so mj mother told nie, when he was very old. My grand~ mother died when se bout 96. She went blind fore she died. Dey were all slaves.

	My father was owned by John ~ut1er aii~‘ my grandmother was owned by Tommy
	Huinphries. Dey were both farmers.	My massa joined de war. as was killed right
	der w1~re he lived.	                ~

	~Nhen my father wanted to cum honie he had to get a permit from his niassa.

. He would only own home on 5aturday~ He worked on de next plantation joinin‘ us. All us eh illiiii and my mother belthnged to Massa Hu~phries.

	. I w~orked in de garden, hoe in‘ weeds and den I was hod dishes In de kitchen,
	I never got any money.	~

~	I eat tat pork,. corn bread, black molasses and hed milko The meat was most—

ii	boiled. I lived on fat meat a,nd corn bread. I dox~‘t re*,abex~ eatin‘ rabbit, ~ ~