Oklahoma Vrltemt Project
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lots of money.

	They wo‘u:L& t take the slaves to church. I do& t remember when the negroes bad. their first BOhOO]s, but it was a long time after the War.

	Iby, I remember when they~d have those big corn shucking~, flax pullings, and, quilting parties. They would. sow acres after acres of flax, then they would meet at eome house or plantation and. pull flax ~mti1 they had. finished., then give a big party. 1~here1d be the same thing at the next plantation and. so on until they1d. ai]. in that neighborhood get their crops gathered. I remember theytd. have ail kinds of good eats — pies, cakes, chicken, fish, fresh pork, beef, ~ just plenty of good.eats.

	I went over the battlefield. at Knoxville, Tennessee, two or three hours after the Yankees and the Rebels had a battle. It was about a mile from our house ‚ and. I walked. over himdreds of d~ead men lying on the gro‘und.. Some were fatall~r wounded. ‚ and we earn ed. about six o r seven to our house. I saw the doctor pick the bullets out of their flesh.

	When the Yankee s came they treated. the slave owners awful mean. They drew a gun on my mother, mad.e her walk for several miles one real cold. night arid take them up on the top of a moimtain and. show them where a still was.

They would make her cook for ~ em. They took every thing we had. I was about twelve years old. at that time.

	I stayed. there with my mother until after my father died., then we moved.

to Alabama. I was about 22 years old.. I married. a man named. Kelley. He aM my bi‘o thers were railroad. graders. We traveled. all over Texas.

	I JDa&e the Run. Caine here in ~ 89 wi Ui my mo ther, husband and. eight children. My husband. and brothers graded. the streets for the towneite of Ok1shoi~,a City aM platted. it off.