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	Shiloh (Baptist) Church, nearby, Thomas said, was being constructed at the -birne the war started, and was not finished until after tI~ war was over. The first person buried in the Shiloh graveyard, was Elijah Herring, who was in the Confederate army and became ill and died, and was brought home to be buried.

	When Saxmiei Girard Earle died in 1848, and his wife in~ 1865, they were buried under a large apple tree at ~ green“ plantation. Later, their bodies were removed to the Shiloh graveyard, by their granddaughter, M1~~ Betty Earle. Thomas says he helpedto move and rebury the bodies.

	Thomas was at one time a member of Shiloh, but is now a member of the Mt. Sinai colored church.

	Thomas is remarkably well for a person one hundred and twoyears old. His eyes are dim, his steps tottering, hut his hearing is good and his mind is as clear as it ever was. ~Asked about his appetite, he said,“I eat anything I can get, I can eat an~rthings ~ Many people much younge r than he is ‚ and certainly with more money than he has, would envy him for his splendid digestion.

	Thomas has been on the reliefrolls now for several years. It is a peculiar pleasure for Mrs. A. M. Mitchell, Cour~y Director of Temporary State ~ Department of Public Welfare, tolook after Thomas personally, becauseher grandmother was the bride to whom he was given,.with his mother and b~thers end sisters. The old man eagerly anticipates Mrs. Mitchell‘s coming eaoh nionth, to bring his check and to look after his comfort. He is very