The grandparents were Joseph Vann, a Scottish trader who came from the Province of South Carolina, and Cherokee Mary Christiana (Wah-Li or Wa-wli Vann). And dishes, they had rows and rows of china dishes; big blue platters that would hold a whole turkey. Oh Lord, no. There was big parties and dances. The grandson reported that the Vann Family lived in that house until "the War," when some 3,000 federal troops descended upon Webbers Falls. There was a bugler and someone called the dances. Everybody went---white folks, colored folks. We had a smoke house full of hams and bacon. I'd like to go where we used to have picnics down below Webbers Falls. I don't know what he done after that. By 1800 slavery had become firmly entrenched in the Five Civilized Tribes. Dey only had two families of slaves wid about twenty in all, and dey only worked about fifty acres, so we sure did work every foot of it good. She was raised up at dat mill, but she was borned in Tennessee before dey come out to de nation. Historical records and family trees related to Cherokee Vann. Poor old master and mistress only lived a few years after de War. Young Master never whip his slaves, but if they don't mind good he sell them off sometimes. Old Master Joe had a big steam boat he called the Lucy Walker, and he run it up and down the Arkansas and the Mississippi and the Ohio river, old Mistress say. , Nancy Vann, John Shepherd Vann, David Vann, Jane Elizabeth Vann, Sallie Blackburn Vore (born Vann), Joseph W. Vann, William Vann, Miner Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia, United States of America, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia, United States, Cherokee () Principal Chiefs and Uka: Eastern, Western and Keetoowah, Chief Joseph Rich Joe Vann, Principal Chief, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lpproots/Neeley/cvann.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Walker_steamboat_disaster. They get something they need too. Another time his officer give him a message; he was on his way to deliver it when the enemy spy him and cry out to stop, but father said he kept on going until he was shot in the leg. He went to the war for three years wid the Union soldiers. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. There was Mr. Jim Collins, and Mr. Bell, and Mr. Dave Franklin, and Mr. Jim Sutton and Mr. Blackburn that lived around close to us and dey all had slaves. Dey was both raised round Webber's Falls somewhere. A four mule team was hitched to the wagon and for five weeks we was on the road from Texas finally getting to grandma Brewer's at Fort Gibson. Their slaves also helped build the nearby Moravian mission and school in Spring Place. Everybody a hollerin' and a cryin'. Then he hide in the bushes along the creek and got away. After we got our presents we go way anywhere and visit colored folks on other plantation. But de Big House ain't hurt cepting it need a new roof. Florence Smith was my first wife and Ida Vann the second. Circa 1736 1815 Chief John Joseph Vann 1736 1815 Kansas. Cherokee tribes are native to the North American continent. 1) Chief Doublehead (a rival of James Vann) 2) John Foreman a) Elizabeth Foreman m. John Elliott (white) 3) James Vann a) Sally Vann m. Evan Nicholson (white) / James Lamar (white) b.1797 F)Dawnee, described by the Moravian missionaries as a poor full blood woman, who was often drunk.She had at least 2 and maybe 3 husbands: 1) James Vann My pappy run away one time, four or five years before I was born, mammy tell me, and at that time a whole lot of Cherokee slaves run off at once. He was a multi-millionaire and handsome. He was called by his contemporaries "Rich Joe" and many legends of his wealth ware still told among the Cherokees. Mr. Reese had a big flock of peafowls dat had belonged to Mr. Scott and I had to take care of demWhitefolks. Seem like it take a powerful lot of fighting to rid the country of them Rebs. He had run off after he was sold and joined de North army and discharged at Fort Scoot in Kansas, and he said lots of freedmen was living close to each other up by Coffeyville in the Coo-ee-scoo-wee District. Seneca Chism was my father. He and Master took race horses down the river, away off and they'd come back with sacks of money that them horses won in the races. Sometimes just white folks danced; sometimes just the black folks. Its got a buckeye and a lead bullet in it. Sometimes she pull my hair. Everybody, white folks and colored folks, having a good time. There was lots of preserves. 61 (Spring, 1983). I don't remember old Mistress name. He was descended from Robert The Bruce, King of Scotland. After several days of pursuit, the Indians caught up with the escaped slaves and a heated battle inflicted casualties on both sides. I got all the clothes I need from old Mistress, and in winter I had high top shoes with brass caps on the toe. Pretty soon all de young Cherokee menfolks all gone off to de War, and de Pins was riding round all de time, and it ain't safe to be in dat part around Webber's Falls so old Master take us all to Fort Smith where they was a lot of Confederate soldiers. They wasn't very big either, but one day two Cherokees rode up and talked a long time, then young Master came to the cabin and said they were sold because mammy couldn't make them mind him. That mean't she want a biscuit with a little butter on it. He and his sister Mary were children of James Vann and Nannie Brown, both Cherokee of mixed blood with white-European ancestry. Mistress say old Master and my pappy on the boat somewhere close to Louisville and the boiler bust and tear the boat up. Of course, all slaves were officially freed during the Civil War. I believe it is the same person.) Born 11 February 1798 - Spring Place, Cherokee Nation-East, IT., GA. Deceased 23 October 1844 - Aboard the Lucy Walker,aged 46 years old Parents James Vann, Chief 1809 Nancy Ann Timberlake Brown 1780-1850 Spouses and children Married, Georgia., USA, to Elizabeth Catherine Rowe 1798- with Living Vann Clarinda Rebecca Vann ca 1817- Delia Vann 1834- We had fine satin dresses, great big combs for our hair, great big gold locket, double earrings we never wore cotton except when we worked. Chief Crazy James Vann James Clement Vann) Vann, Ii, <<Private>> Vann, Ii. When he get home he call my uncle and ask about what we done all day and tell him what we better do de next day. I had two brothers, Silas and George, dat belong to Mr. George Holt in Webber's falls town. Different friends would come and they'd show that arm. Everybody laugh and was happy. Yes, Lord Yes. A Scottish trader came to Cherokee Territory in 1755, married Wai-Li and became a licensed trader-interpreter for the Queen of England. In one month you have to get back. When crop was laid by de slaves jest work round at dis and dat and keep tol'able busy. He used to take us to where Hyde Park is and we'd all go fishin'. He courted a girl named Sally. When the Indians decided to return home for reinforcements, the slaves started moving again toward Mexico. He had charge of all Master Chism's and Master Vann's race horses. Mammy say they was lots of excitement on old Masters place and all the Negroes mighty scared, but he didnt sell my pappy off. They brought it home and my granmother knew it was Joe's. He was married, but that din't make no difference he courted her anyhow. When dat Civil War come along I was a pretty big boy and I remember it good as anybody. Elizabeth Scott; parents of Delilah Vann; married Nancy Brown; parents of Mary b. Sometims just white folks danced; sometimes just the black folks. All the colored folks lined up and the overseer he tell them what they must do that day. My mother was seamstress. They'd come to the door like this, "sh.." and go out quick again. He went clean to Louisville, Kentucky and back. The slave cabins was in a row, and we lived in one of them. Then one day one of my uncles name Wash Sheppard come and tried to git me to go live wid him. I don't know what dey done it for, only to be mean, and I guess they was drunk. Old Master and Mistress kept on asking me did de night riders persecute me any but dey never did. Old Master had some kind of business in Fort Smith, I think cause he used to ride into dat town about every day on his horse. When the white folks danced the slaves would all sit or stand around and watch. There was seats all around for folks to watch them dance. My mother died when I'se small and my father married Delia Vann. In slavery time the Cherokee Negroes do like anybody else when they is a death, jest listen to a chapter in the Bible and all cry. We went on a place in de Red River Bottoms close to Shawneetown and not far from de place where all de wagons crossed over to go into Texas. Marster and Missus was dead. We take a big pot to fry fish in and we'd all eat till we nearly bust. He jest kept him and he was a good negro after that. There was a house yonder where was dry clothes, blankets, everything. The comfort accorded house slaves is in stark contrast to the lives of the field slaves described in other interviews. He located at Webbers Falls on the Arkansas River and operated a line of steamboats on the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. Built circa 1805 by Chief James Vann and his son Joseph, the home is a remarkable reminder of an interesting chapter in Georgia's past. Right after the War, de Cherokees that had been wid the South kind of pestered the freedmen some, but I was so small dey never bothered me; jest de grown ones. The command of the Army was shared by Doublehead and Watts. Den I went to a subscription school for a little while, but didn't get much learning. I'se born right in my master and missus bed. I'm goin' give Lucy this black mare. People all a visitin'. Bus operators. Original newspaper article says captain/owner of the steamboat was David Vann. When they gave a party in the big house, everything was fine. The man put dem on a block and sold em to a man dat had come in on a steamboat, and he took dem off on it when de freshet come down and de boat could go back to Fort Smith. He was a Native American Cherokee leader, businessman, slave owner, and planter. I eat from a big pan set on the floor---there was no chairs--and I slept in a trundle bed that was pushed under the big bed in the daytime. Yes, Lord Yes. sse Vann, James Clement Jr. Vann, Mary Vann, Delila Copeland (born Vann), John Vann, John Vann, Joseph Vann, John Vann, Mary Vann, Robert sse Vann, James Clement Jr. Vann, Mary Vann, Delila Copeland (born Vann), John Vann, John Vann, Joseph H Vann, John Vann, Mary Vann, Robe James (Ti-ka-lo-hi) (James Wahli Vann Etc. They had fine furniture that Marster Vann had brought home in a steamboat from far away. I had me a good blaze-faced horse for dat. The beautiful brick house was surrounded by kitchens, slave quarters and mills, with apple and peach orchards covering the adjacent hills. We patted her grave and kissed the ground telling her goodbye. He would sing for us, and I'd like to hear them old songs again! You see, I'se one of them sudden cases. At least twenty-five of Vann's slaves participated in the Cherokee slave revolt of 1842. You know just what day you have to be back too. Everybody had fine clothes everybody had plenty to eat. We made money and kept it in a sack. My mammy was a Cherokee slave, and talked it good. Lord yes, su-er. When the war broke out, lots of Indians mustered up and went out of the territory. They'd clap their hands and holler. Missus Jenni lived in a big house in Webbers Falls. Do you know what I am going to do? All the Vann marsters was good looking. I joined the Catholic church after the war. One day Missus Jennie say to Marster Jim, she says, "Mr. Vann, you come here. Every morning the slaves would run to the commissary and get what they wanted for that day. I dont know, but that was before my time. Joseph married Wah Wli Vann (born Otterlifter). Pretty soon everybody commenced a singing and a prayin'. In 1837 ptior to the main Cherokee Removal, he transported a few hundred Cherokee men, women, children, slaves and horses aboard a flotilla of flat boats to Webber's Falls on the Arkansas River in Indian Territory. Lots of the slave children didn't ever learn to read or write. When the white folks danced the slaves would all sit or stand around and watch. Chief James Clement Vann married Mary Margaret "Peggy" Scott and had 14 children. John Joseph had two wives named Agnes Weatherford, Wawli War-le Wah Li Mary Otterlifter (Cherokee) and nine children named Keziah, John Isaac, Joseph David Joe, Alcey Mary Ann, James Clement Clemens, Avery, Mary B . Pedigree report of John Joseph Vann, son of Edward Ned Vann Sr and Mary Lewis Barnes (Ani'-Ga'tge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato), born in 1736 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee. That was where all the food was kept. People just go and help themselves, till they couldn't eat no mo! Edit your search or learn more She turned the key to the commissary too. After it was wove they dyed it all colors, blue, brown, purple, red, yellow. (Note: Can we assume this is the same Joseph Vann that was given 150 acres below Keg Creek on the Savannah River (Dec 1764).It is 9 years later and there are 4 more children. Discover the family tree of Joseph William Vann for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. De clothes wasn't no worry neither. Up at five o'clock and back in sometimes about de middle of de evening long before sundown, unless they was a crop to git in before it rain or something like dat. Cremation arrangements under the care of Jenkins Funeral Home, Burnet, Texas. Marster had a big Christmas tree, oh great big tree, put on the porch. My father was born in Tahlequah just about where the colored church stands on Depot Hill. I remember when the steamboats went up and down the river. In winter white folks danced in the parlor of the big house; in summer they danced on a platform under a great big brush arbor. But later on I got a freedman's allotment up in dat part close to Coffeyville, and I lived in Coffeyville a while but I didn't like it in Kansas. There was a bugler and someone callled the dances. I think I hear 'em say mamma was born on Bull Creek; that somewhere up near Kansas, maybe near Coffeyville. Clarinda Vann and my aunt Maria turned the keys to the vault and commissary. Sometime Young Master Joe and the other boys give me a piece of money and say I worked for it, and I reckon I did for I have to cook five or six times a day. We had bonnets that had long silk tassels for ties. We git three or four crops of different things out of dat farm every ear, and something growing on dat place winter and summer. My mother was born way back in the hills of the old Flint district of the Cherokee Nation; just about where Scraper Oklahoma is now. Yes Lord yes. He was a Cherokee leader who owned Diamond Hill (now known as the Chief Vann House), many slaves, taverns, and steamboats that he operated on the Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers. I wouldn't go, so he sent Isaac and Joe Vann dat had been two of Old Captain Joe's negroes to talk to me. De brothers was Sam and Eli. We settled down a little ways above Fort Gibson. At the time that the interviews were conducted, the Vanns had been gone from Georgia for more than 100 yearsconsequently none of the slaves the Vanns owned in Spring Place were still alive. Old Mistress cried jest like any of de rest of us when de boat pull out with dem on it. When we wanted to go anywhere we always got a horse, we never walked. His father John Joseph VANN is about 48 years old in 1779 - estimations) Sept. 27 1793 - Daniel SMITH Letter to Henry KNOX. . and. He passed away on 21 Feb 1809 in Shot at Buffington Tavern, GA, USA. Pretty soon everybody commenced a singing and a prayin'. He was a Cherokee leader who owned Diamond Hill (now known as the Chief Vann House), many slaves, taverns, and steamboats that he operated on the Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers. McFadden, Marguerite, "The Saga of 'Rich Joe' Vann", Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. The impressive house reportedly stood on a plantation of nearly 600 acres which was tended by some 400 black slaves "Rich Joe" Vann owned. Johnson Thompson's father had been owned by "Rich Joe" Vann. My uncle used to baptize 'em. Before he was killed, James Vann was a powerful chief in the Cherokee Nation and wanted Joseph to inherit the wealth that he had built instead of his wives, but Cherokee law stipulated that the home go to his wife, Peggy, while his possessions and property were to be divided among his children. You know just what day you have to be back too. We left de furniture and only took grub and tools and bedding and clothes, cause they wasn't very big wagons and was only single-yoke. Old Master bought de cotton in Ft. Smith, because he didn't raise no cotton, but he had a few sheep and we had wool mix for winter. When Mammy went old Mistress took me to de Big House to help her and she was kind to me like I was part of her own family. Chief Joseph H. Vann was a prominent Cherokee leader in Georgia. Had to sign up all over again and tell who we was. My father was a carpenter and blacksmith as well as race-horse man and he wanted to make money. He wanted people to know he was able to dress his slaves in fine clothes. Uncle Joe tell us all to lay low and work hard and nobody'd bother us and he would look after us. They had run out of food and were starving, too weak and disillusioned to offer effective resistance. The slaves who worked in the big house was the first class. They are one of five tribes known as the Five Civilized Tribes. To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. But we couldnt learn to read or have a book, and the Cherokee folks was afraid to tell us about the letters and figgers because they have a law you go to jail and a big fine if you show a slave about the letters. I would stay around about a week and help em and dey would try to git me to take something but I never would. Everything was fine, Lord have mercy on me, yes. MK DIXON Funeral Home, 337-940-9253 . In the pre-dawn hours of November 15, 1842, the Negroes locked their still-sleeping masters and overseers in their homes. Dat just about lasted em through until dey died, I reckon. My uncle Joe was de slave boss and he tell us what de Master say do. When the Cherokees discovered that so many of their slaves had fled, they organized a search party to pursue them. I had a silver dime on it, too, for along time, but I took it off and got me a box of snuff. My grandmother Clarinda Vann, bossed the kitchen and the washing and turned the key to the big bank. Sometimes we got to ride on one, cause we belonged to Old Jim Vann. I'se born across the river in the plantation of old Jim Vann in Webbers Falls. They'd bring whole wagon loads of hams, chickens and cake and pie. My names' Lucinda Vann, I've been married twice but that don't make no difference. Dey kept after me about a year, but I didn't go anyways. One night a runaway negro come across form Texas and he had de blood hounds after him. Every dollar she make on the track, I give it to Lucy." It made my Master mad, but dey didn't belong to him no more and he couldn't say nothing. 467-91. Husband of Polly Vann and Jennie Vann Although he was born after slavery had ended, Nave's remembrances of what his father had told him about slavery days include some interesting details. After the explosion someone found an arm up in a tree on the bank of the river. Well, I go ahead, and make me a crop of corn all by myself and then I don't know what to do wid it. Others were returned to their owners. I never forget when they sold off some more negroes at de same time, too and put dem all in a pen for de trader to come and look at. They wasnt very big either, but one day two Cherokees rode up and talked a long time, then young Master came to the cabin and said they were sold because mammy couldnt make them mind him. Vous tes ici : breaking news cass county mi; bp trading and shipping development program salary; chief vann family tree . The Vanns later relocated to Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. Two pounds of hog meat sold for a nickel. His grandfather was Clement Vann, a Scottish trader who moved from Charleston, South Carolina, to the Cherokee lands in northwest Georgia and married Wa-wli, a Cherokee Indian. Joseph Vann, son of Chief Joseph Vann and his wife Margaret Scott Vann, married first, Jennie Springton, born December 23, 1804, died August 4, 1863. Father of Nancy Vann; David Vann; Sallie Blackburn Vore; William Vann; Sophia S. Johnson and 9 others; Charles J. Vann; Delilah Amelia Brewer; Joseph W. Vann; Jane Elizabeth Vann; James Springston Vann; Mary Frances Vann; John Shepherd Vann, Sr.; Henry Clay Vann and Minerva Vann less At night dem trundles was jest all over the floor, and in de morning we shoved em back under de big beds to git dem outn' de way. Chief Joseph David VANNfamily tree Parents John Joseph 'Indian Trader' Cherokee Vann 1735- 1815 Waw Li Otterlifter 1750- 1835 Wrong Chief Joseph David VANN? We got letters all the time form Indians back in the territory. We all come back to de old place and find de negro cabins and barns burned down and de fences all gone and de field in crab grass and cockleburs. Some 3,500 interviews were conducted. They was Cherokee Indians. Pappys name was Kalet Vann, and mammys name was Sally. Everything was kept covered and every hogshead had a lock. However, the following narrative by the ex-slave, Cornelius Neely Nave, contains correct family relationships. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. After the Removal, Joseph Vann was chosen the first Assistant Chief of the united Cherokee Nation under the new 1839 Constitution that was created in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), serving with Principal Chief John Ross. I had a silver dine on it, too, for a long time, but I took it off and got me a box of snuff. Train operators. Brother of Ca-lieu-cah Mary Vann He had charge of all Master Chism's and Master Vann's race horses. I dont know about Robert Lee, but I know about Lees Creek. Born in Spring Place, Murray, Georgia, United States on 11 Feb 1765 to John Joseph 'Indian Trader' Cherokee Vann and WahLi Wa-Wli aka Polly Otterlifter Mary Christiana Otterlifter Wolf Clan. Pappy worked around the farms and fiddled for the Cherokee dances. Then up come de man from Texas with de hounds and wid him was young Mr. Joe Vann and my uncle that belong to young Joe. After everything quiet down and everything was just right, we come back to territory second time. That house was on the place my papa said he bought from Billy Jones in 1895. )(Alexander Nave) and Joseph Rich Joe Vann b. She won me lots of money, Black Hock did, and I kept it in the Savings Bank in Tahlequah. McLoughlin, William, Cherokee Renascence in the New Republic, Princeton University Press, (1986), ISBN 0691047413. I lost my land trying to live honest and pay my debts. He wouldn't take us way off, but just for a ride. The cooks would bake hams, turkey cakes and pies and there'd be lots to eat and lots of whiskey for the men folks. He didn't want em to imagine he give one more than he give the other. When anybody die, someone sit up with them day and night till they put them in the ground. He come to our house and Mistress said for us Negroes to give him something to eat and we did. Marster had a big Christmas tree, oh great big tree, put on the porch. I dont know what he done after that. The second time I married a cousin, Rela Brewer. We had home-made wooden beds wid rope springs, and de little ones slept on trundle beds dat was home made too. My pappy run away one time, four or five years before I was born, mammy tell me, and at that time a whole lot of Cherokee slaves run off at once. Black Hock was awful attached to the kitchen. We never put on de shoes until about late November when de front begin to hit regular and split our feet up, and den when it git good and cold and de crop all gathered in anyways, they is nothing to do 'cepting hog killing and a lot of wood chopping and you don't get cold doing dem two things. Interestingly, Mrs. Vann also speaks of some time that her family spent before and during the war in Mexico. Then I had clean warm clothes and I had to keep them clean too! Son of James (Ti-ka-lo-hi) Crazy Chief Vann and Nancy (Go-sa-du-i-sga) Timberlake Oh Lord, no. I dunno her other name. Marr. A doctor put it in alcohol and they kept it a long time. We told him bout de Pins coming for him and he just laughed. We put all the bed clothes on its back. They rendezvoused with other slaves who had agreed to participate in the revolt, stole horses to ride to their freedom, then broke into a store to steal guns, ammunition, food, and supplies they needed for their planned escape to Mexicowhere slavery was illegal. I don't know how old I is; some folks ay I'se ninety-two and some say I must be a hundred. 29 November 2015. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/slave-narrative-of-b - Last updated on Aug 24th, 2012, VANN SLAVES REMEMBER 2003 By Herman McDaniel Murray County Museum. We never had no church in slavery, and no schooling, and you had better not be caught wid a book in your hand even, so I never did go to church hardly any. The cooks would bring big iron pots, and cook things right there. Its inception resulted from many trends in European society, culture, and diplomacy during the late 19th century. Young Joseph was his father's favorite child and primary recipient of his father's estate and wealth. I sure did love her. Dey called young Mr. Joe "Little Joe Vann" even after he was grown on account of when he was a little boy before his pappy was killed. Historical records and family trees related to Joseph Vann Chief. On his extensive plantation some 800 acres were under cultivation. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. The engineer's name was Jim Vann. There was five hundred slaves on that plantation and nobdy ever lacked for nothing. The master had a bell to ring every morning at four o'clock for the folks to turn out. There was lots of preserves. He jest kept him and he was a good Negro after that. They'd sell 'em to folks at picnics and barbecues. All Indians lived around there, the real colored settlement was four mile from us, and I wasn't scared of them Indians for pappa always told me his master Henry Nave, was his own father; that make me part Indian and the reason my hair is long, straight and black like a horse mane. I go to this house, you come to my house. Nov 1773 Joseph Vann from SC received 500 acres in Wilkes County, Georgia listing a wife, three sons and four daughters ages 7-16. A brother was owned by another Vann Family in Tahlequah. He didn't tell us children much about the War, except he said one time that he was in the Battle of Honey Springs in 1863 down near Elk Creek south of Fort Gibson. The spring time give us plenty of green corn and beans too. Meanwhile, the Cherokees had presented their news of the slave revolt to the Cherokee National Council at the capital, Tahlequah, and gained approval for a Cherokee Militia unit to pursue, arrest, and deliver the fugitive slaves to Fort Gibson. Us slaves lived in log cabins dat only had one room and no windows so we kept de doors open most of de time. It was Dont Call the Roll, Jesus, Because Im Coming Home. The only song I remember from the soldiers was: Hang Jeff Davis to a Sour Apple Tree, and I remember that because they said he used to be at Fort Gibson one time. Nearly a century later (in 1932), Joseph Vann's grandson, R. P. Vann, told author Grant Foreman that Joseph Vann had built a house about a mile south of Webbers Falls (Oklahoma) "a handsome homebuilt just like the old Joe Vann home in Georgia." Wupsi. No nails in none of dem nor in de chairs and tables. Then we all have big dinner, white folks in the big house, colored folks in their cabins. When meal time come, someone ring that bell and all the slaves know its time to eat and stop their work. Don't know where the other one lived. We didn't suffer, we had plenty to eat. He took us back to Texas right down near where I was born at Bellview. 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