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PRISCILLA GIBSON Is not sure of her aie, but thinks sAie wes born about 1856, In Smith County, Mie—. sise Ippi ‚ to Mary Puckett ~nd her Indien husband. They be~ longed to Jesse Puckett, who owned a plantation on the Strong River. Priscilla now lives in Jasper, Texas.



	“Priscilla Gibson is my name, and l‘s bo‘n in Smith Co~inty, way over In MIs‘ippi, sometime befot de ~7ar. I figger It was ‘bout 1856 ‚ ‚ c1?~Use I‘ s ole enough to climb de fence and. watch der~ musterin‘ in de troops when de way‘ began. Dey toi‘ me Vs nine year oie wh‘~n de War close, but dey airi‘ Sure of dat ‚ even. My ne Ighbor ‚ Und e Bud. Adams ‚ he 83 ‚ and I ‚ s cl Ip— pin, close at he heels.

	“Mangy‘ s name was Mary Puckett, but I never ee~. my father as I knows of. Den‘ ~know if he was a whole Injun or part white man. sever seed bi~it cme brother and his name was JaIce. ]~ey took him to de War with de white boys, to cook and 15m‘ de camp and he took pn~imony and die.

	“Massa‘s n~,ne was Jesse Puckett, and Missus‘ name MIs‘ Kat ie ‚ Dey hab big farn ‚ ly and. dey 3. ive in a b ig woode nbeam house with a big up—stair‘. De house was rignt on de higkaway from Raleigh to Brandon, witn. de Strong River jis‘ below us. Dey took iù and ‘coinmadated trayelers ‘cause dey warn‘ hotels den.
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