San Antonio, Texas, United States, Uvalde County
· 1941-02-11
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Hale, Gussie, Walker, Evan Jones
Vrom F. C. by Gussie Hale, P.W. cioneer Experiences AD1TORIAL FILaX COPY by Mrs. Florence Angermiller, P.W. f,LDB CutnITY, DIsTitiCT 10 Page 1 EVAN AXES :.LKER Uvalde, Texas Ev,ln Jones milker was born December 4th, 1856, in 4ashington 0ounty, Arkansas. He came to Grnoeland County, Texas, in the fall of 18(34. James G. 4alker and Temple Leech Walker were his parents, and his fnther was a Methodist preacher and a doctor. irs. E. G. lalker was Nancy Harris and was born in 1868 in the community…
Kinney County, Texas, United States
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence
1/ 1,530 words Page 1 EDITORIAL FULD COPY by Mrs. Florenae Aagermiller, P.N. Indians Tribal remnants 223 KINICY COUNTYt DISTRICT /15 :01:ANNA JULY kN WOW HORSKHRE One of tbs most interesting characters of the so -sailed smainole tribe to over cross the border from Mexico was Johanna July, a horsebreaker. She same across to Eagle Paso with her family as members of the be who signed a contract in '71 with Major Perry of the U. 9. Arny to help clear the Texas side of the Rio Grande of depredating…
Amarillo County, Texas, United States
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Bolton, Mrs. Jim, Cohea, C. May
Ars. C. May Cohea Amarillo, Texas Wordage -2,100 District #16 PANHANDLE PIONEERS Interviews Mrs. Jim Bolton Corner Pierce and 7th, Streets Amarillo, Texas Mrs. Bolton came overland from Panhandle City to Amarillo as a young girl to visit relatives dho had large ranch interests in the vicinity. Returning to her home in Chicago, she pail recurrent visits to Amarillo until she came to make her home here as the wife of Jim Bolton. Henry Bradley Sanborn, the "Father of Amarillo", was Mrs. Bolton's…
Texas, Potter County, United States
· 1938-03-07
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Cohea, C. May, Landis, Mrs. C. G.
XIV. C. A. vohea Amarillo, Texas Pioneer womeni axperienees ,ordages 17 iearch 7, 1938 T'otter County Jistrict 16 200 1 Interview with 411144. C. G. Landis, 1119 4eckson, Auar.1, 1938. —re. Landis, whore parents pioneered in Belle Uounty, Texas, end/ L1e sr_T f‘t adjacent Otiormses, Where as a ginl. she often saw tne early settlers in that territory pick up roc.<1, and stones from fields before they could be cultivated nnd MPV, fences of those same stones, pioneered with her husbnnd in the…
Texas, Amarillo County, United States
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Cohea, C. May, Merry, S. P.
kkee-,...Ar..Yolf,Fk -------wrwminging- Mrs. C. My Cohea Amerillo, Texas District #16 (AN Related by S. P. Merry 609 Washington Stre-t Amarillo, Texas Mr. Merry on Juno 11, 1,4E13, came to Mobeetie, the wcanital of the Panhandle', as he desianeted it. Leter, he worked for the Diamond Peach, the Pow., and the TeAnchor, not as a regular cowboy, but me a fence rider or odd-ohore man. When the railroad wee surveying a route through the Panhandle towards Las Vegas, New Mexico, he drove e weter…
Potter County, Texas, United States
· 1938-03-07
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Britt, J. W., Cohea, C. May
Mrs/ C/k. Cohea Amarillo 4-exas Pioneer ',omen, 73xperiences Vordage2 'arch 7, 1958 4ntervi-w with ',el. J. kotter County :Aetrict 16 200 1 nritt, 309 Jeckeon,larch 2, 1938. 4"rs. J. Britt, who in June, 1938, will have been in the een- is hnndle 49 years ive the deughter of pioneer 'ennessee parents. in the weeded regions of iddle Tennessee she wntched the cleering of the slil for cultivetion, the retting down of trees, the removal of the stumps, and the hauling away of the tiilAs debris. In…
United States, Potter County, Texas
· 1989-01-04
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Cohea, C. May, Dixon, Olive King
Wirs. Lay C. Cohea Texas personalities, Olive Dixon Potter County File 200 Olive King Dixon Panhandle Pioneer, Wife of 1.11y i)ixon, Scout and Indian ki4;hter, Writer. Olive King l'ixon Was born January 30, 1873, in Roanoke County, Virejnia, eighth of the ten children born to Robert Woods and iiary Jane King. Idrs. Dixon's father raa a direct de endant of General Andrew Lewis, who rendered, his country distinguished service in the Revolutionary War. At her father's death the five-year old…
United States, Mclennan County, Texas
· 1941-02-11
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Adams, Mr. Obe, Cowan, Effie
ca -r) ITOLKLORE-WHITE PIONEER, Miss. Effie Cowan,P.W. IcLennan County, Texas, District p. NO. of.Words :Pile NO.240. Page NO.1. REFERENCE. "Interview with 1,ir Obe Adams, Mart, Texas. I was born in 1857 in Grimes County. My parents came to Texas in 1836 and came with some of Sterling hobertson's colont.A7hey settled on the lower Blue ,--Adge, a settlement near Aeagan, Texas. I was about 13 year;a- of -,age when the 'riouston and Texas Central railroad came through the com- mu#ity of what is…
United States, Mclennan County, Texas
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Allen, Mrs. Nettie Falconer, Cowan, Effie
rrtw+ArITRIPIrPAre%Oloplikm, 44 .77-"uwirr-s-T1 Folklore, Miss Effie Cowan, _cLennan County, Texas, District 8. /Z50 NO. of Words, Pile NO. 240 Page NO/ I. Reference. "Interview with mrs nettieqhlooner Allen, White Pioneer Marlin, Tex. My father Willis Lang Falconer,who departed this life in 1929 at the age of 81 years was a Ember of the firm of Nettles and Falconer, ii0600 44wwWw, ami....wwWwWW,Vte. Ho was Woe a farmer and stockman. He with the family came to Falls county in 1885 from Clark…
Texas, Mclennan County, Durango County, United States
· 1938-03-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Anderson, Mrs W.m., Cowan, Effie
ZOLKLORE-WHITE PIONEER, Miss ffie Cowan, P.W. McLennan County, Texas, District 80 REFERENC. "Interview with 'airs W.M.Anderson, Durango, Texas. 0. Of Words File-NO,240, Page N0.1. I was eighty-sixrears old on the 11th day of March ,1938. I came to Durango from aunt County with my husband in 1873. It was just a short time after the railroad came to Dallas, Texas, near our home, and I can recall its coming. It was an occasion for celebrating when the first train came into Dallas. A big crowd…
Union, United States, South Carolina
· 1937-11-10
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Baker, Mrs. Ida, Sims, Caldwell
A WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form -3 W11048 Date received /o// o e" Consignment no. Shipped from AVase-d. Label Amount Place of on Project worker Project Remarks Collection (or Type) Project 1885-1 Folklore Spartanburg, Dist .4 Jan. 12, 1938 314M REMINISCENCES Edited by: Elmer Turnage "At Christmas times during the Civil War, people in Union did not have luxuries, at all. Union was only a vi lage, and the stores did not carry much at bst. Charleston was blocked, and even Spartan- burg which was…
United States, South Carolina, Awendaw
· 1939-03-22
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Fort, Ned, Von Ohsen, Charles A.
Ap roximately 1800 ords SOUT CAROLINA WRITERSt ROJECT LIFE YISTORY TITLE: BEN ADAMS. Date of First Writin6 March 22, 1939 Name .'erson Interviewed Ned Fort Race White Fictitious rame Ben Adana Address Awendaw, S. C. Occupation Farmer aand Cattleman Name of Writer Charles A. Von Ohsen Magi of Reviser State Office. Code No.1858 Charles A. Von Macon NoClialanville 8. Cs BEN ADA148. LIFE HISTORY Ben Adams was born in a little shack, an the Jamestown High- way, He doesn't know the exact years for…
United States, South Carolina, Mcclellanville
· 1939-02-22
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Meyers, Gabriel, Von Ohsen, Charles A.
Approxs 3016 words SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE: GABRIEL WASHINGTON Date of First writing February 22,1939 Naas of Person Interviewed Gabrisl Nsysrs Rase Negro Fistitious Naos Gabriel Washington Address NeClaollanvilleoSeC. Occupation Laborer Name of Writing, Name of Reviser Charles A.Von Ohsen Stats Offios Project 1646 Charles A.Von Ohsen, HeOlellanville, a. C. GABRIEL WASHINGTON Life History Gabriel washington was born on the Peafield Plantation. His early hose was a…
South Carolina, Shulerville, United States
· 1939-03-31
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Haselton, Johnny, Von Ohsen, Charles A.
Approximately 2100 words SOUTH CAROLINA RUMS' PROM? LINN HISTORY Titles A HILL HOU FARM Unto fir ?trot Writing Nareh 31, 1939 Name or Person interviewed Hr. "hinny Haselten Rae' White rietitious lame Jimmie Ore.. Address aulerrills, S. C. Ooeupation Farmer Name or iritor Charles A. You Oh... Name or Revisor State Wise Project 1655 Charles A. Von Ohsen MoClellanville, S. C. A HELL HOLE FARMER Life History Hell Hole Swamp lies between MOClellanville and Monoks Corner, South Carolina. This swamp…
Spartanburg County, Spartanburg, United States, South Carolina
· 1939-02-28
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Lewis, Sam, Turnage, Elmer, Williams, R. V.
SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT Life History TITLE: SAM LEWIS Date of First Writing Name of Person Interviewed Place and Address Occupation Revision Code No. 51 B /VA e Feb. 28, 1939 Sam Levis (Negro) Spartanburg, S.C. Butler Name of Writer R.V. Williams Name of Reviser, Date Elmer Turnage, Mar. 28, 1939 "I was born on February de twenty -rust, but I don't know what year. I was born on Major Hart's place in York County. Ny folks belonged to Major Bart in slavery time, and dey stayed on dere…
South Carolina, Georgetown, United States
· 1939
· 33 pages
Recorded by: Johnson, Josephine, Lands, Bertha, Lands, John
Approximately 10,000 Words SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE: THE STREET Date of .1.,iting Names of Persons Interviewed Fictitious Name March, 1939 1 Robert Moultrie 2 Emma Moultrie 3 John Lana 4 Bertha Lands 5 Isaiah Washington Pinckney 6 Josephine Johnson 1 Robert Carter 2 Sarah Carter 3 John Sanders 4 Bessie Sanders 5 Sundown 6 Eva Bellows Place Arundel Plantation, Georgetown, S. C. Occupation 1 Preacher,FIrmer,Guide 2 CocA: 3 Farm Hand, Guide 4 Housewife 5 Farm Hand 6 Cook…
South Carolina, United States, Place Edisto Island
· 1938-12-15
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Causy, Mrs, Wilkinson, Margaret, Williams, Ben
Approximately 2,600 Words. SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS, PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLEI COMPANIONSHIP ON RTIWAA Date of First Writing Name of Person Interviewed Fictitious Name Street Address Place Occupation Name ot Writer Name of Reviser December 15, 1958 Bon Williams Mrs. Causey Child. Ned Strange Mrs. Strange Sarah Thomas Mrs. Linton gibbard Edisto Islands South Carolina. Lumber Man and Paramour, Margaret Whims on, Columbia Office. Project #44855 Margaret Wilkinson Cha.leston, S. C. Approx. 2,300…
United States, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Spartanburg County
· 1938
· 13 pages
Recorded by: Mehales, George, Williams, R. V.
Approximately 6550 words 800n1 CAROLINA !MITERS' PROJECT LDS HISTORIES TITLE. GEORGE HALES Date of First writing Deoember 1938 Rims of Person Interviewed George Mahal** Fictitious Nano Nous Street Address The Dixie Lunoli E. Win Street Place Spartanburgo.C. Occupation Part Castor of A Greek Restaurant Same of Writer B4 Y. Williams Mame of Reviser None FEDERAL IRTIF3St PROJBCT DISTRICT 9:74 4 OPART0118URO, S.C. ROBERT IN 'MUMS GE0ROB WHALES OROROB ME51 ALES THE 1CIE UTICH EAST MIN STRiin…
South Carolina, Charleston, United States
· 1938-12-08
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Schill, S.c., Workman, Rose D.
Approximately 2250 words SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT Life History TITLE* HOW MRS. REDMOND CAME TO BE IN THE APNRTM711 HZSE BUSINESS. Date of First Writing December 8,1938 Name of Person Interviewed Mts. S. C. Schi11 ,(white) Fictitious Name Mrs. Redmond Street Address 49 Smith Street Place Charleston, S.C. Occupation Apartment House Keeper Name of Writer Rose Workman Name of Reviser State Office Project #.165,5 Rose D. Workman Charleston, S. HUI; h Approx. 2350 Words. IIUNi CAME To h IN…
South Carolina, Columbia, Charleston County, United States
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Jones, Josie, Workman, Rose D.
Project #-1655 Rose D. Workman Charleston County MRS. BROWN'S DIAMOND RING c. AM=0066 ikneat little card in the window of the shabby wood- en house, but the house itself was below Blank Street, and cards that read: Approx. 2500 Words, A„t) "Dressmaking and Alterations," are not o ten seen in windows in that aristocratic section of ni(tuaLtsamo-1-1-11-rert-e--eeeelkuftvorettlii-towyeelfl,amD he entrance,(7!1M as is common in Old Town, was at the side, looking over a rambling flower garden.…