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Dibble, Fred, P.W• ‚ Beehler ~ Rheba ‚ P.W.,
Beaumont, Jefferson, Diat. #3.


tell me he had my gran‘daddy beat t. death. Dey never did beat nie.“

	“Dey made de trip from Charle5t•n toross de country and eettle‘ in Dunean‘a Wood‘ d.wn here in Orange county. Dey had a big plantation dore. I dunn. i1~ .1‘ rns.rster had m.ney back in Charleston, but I t‘ink h must have. He had ‘b•ut 25 •r 30 slaves •n de place.“

	“01‘ man Ander~•n he had a big tw•~et•ry house. It was bull‘ out ~f 1.gs but it waa a big Line h•uie. De ilaves ji.‘ had little hg huts. Dare warn‘t no fl•‘B to tern, nuthin ‚ but de run‘ . Dem little huts j ‘ had •ne x‘~orn in ‘em. Dey wai •ne tamily t. de h•uae, ‘oep‘n‘ aome~ time dey put two •r t‘ree tarnily‘ t• a hsuee. Dey jis‘ herd d. elavos in dore like a bunch •f pigs.“

	“Dey uster raise o•tt~n, and co‘n, and sugar cane, and ~ioh like, but dey IIdLn‘ uster ratee n• rice. Dey uster sen‘ ituff t~ Terry in a railriad to sen‘ it t. niarket. Smetine dey hitch up dey teamS and. sen‘ it t~ Orange and Beau~•nt ja wagons. De •l~ ~arster he had. a bsat, t.., and 3•metinie he sen ‚ a b•atl•ad •~ 14. i tuff to Beaumont •„

	“My wirk was t. drive de surrey t.r de family and l..k atter L~ hos~~~s and de harneaa and lish. I jis‘ have de bei‘ h.sees •~t de place t. see atter.“