Jim Smith
Georgia · 6 records
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- Enslaver
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- Henry County
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- WPA interviews
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WPA interviews
People named: Paul Smith
De mostest troubles us knowed 'bout was on de Jim Smith plantation.
People named: Charles Smith
Mr. Jim Smith, of Henry County, was Charlie's owner and according to Charlie's version, "sho wuz a mighty good
People named: Georgia Johnson
"Old Marse Blackwell had done died and Miss Laura was a-beggin' my Pa to come back and wuk for her, but he wouldn't go nowhar 'til atter Marse Duncan Allen died, den he moved back to Georgie, down nigh de Jim Smith place.
People named: John Hill
"My uncle, Ambus Carter, wuz a preacher on Marse Jim Smith's place.
People named: Mahala Jewel
"Atter Marse Hamp died, Miss Mary married Marse Pleaze Winter, and us all moved to Flatwoods, what warn't so fur f'um Marse Jim Smith's place.
People named: Martha Colquitt
Us never seed nobody in chains 'til long atter de War, when us wuz livin' in Lexin'ton, and Mr. Jim Smith come through dar wid some colored folkses all chained up, but us never did know how come dey wuz chained.
These may be the same person spelled a different way. They have not been confirmed.