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They grew their own food, hogs, beef cattle. | They grew their own food, hogs, beef cattle. | ||
| − | Cane syrup. | + | Cane syrup, corn, peas, beans. |
| − | They grew cotton | + | They grew cotton and with spinning wheel made thread. |
They used "cards", kind of like wire brushes | They used "cards", kind of like wire brushes | ||
Latest revision as of 19:33, 26 July 2020
Self sustained.
They grew their own food, hogs, beef cattle.
Cane syrup, corn, peas, beans.
They grew cotton and with spinning wheel made thread.
They used "cards", kind of like wire brushes
to pull the cotton off of the seeds.
James got sick during the war
and they sent him home.
Susan was born 1964. Susan Leah Jones Smith 11/16/1864
Aunt Matt raised the kids. Martha Elizabeth Jones Morris 1858 Aunt Matt
She said that Ma had the kid
then turned it over to her to raise.
Aunt Matt said she did not own those negroes
they owned her.
She had to be there at all times.
No matter what you have heard
those negroes did not leave.
It was their home.
Some may still be there.
