Houses

"The white folks lived in pretty good houses and we did too. They lived

in big log houses. The white folks' houses had piazzas between the

rooms. That Haney didn't build them houses. His daddy, Tim Haney, built

'em. The Haneys come in by Tim bein' Thad's father. Thad married Jackie

George's daughter--Louisa George. George was her daddy and Haney was her

husband.

"There were four rooms besides the piazza. On one side, there was a big

room built out of lumber. On the other side, there was a big room that a

doctor lived in. There was a great big kitchen west of the piazza. The

kitchen was about fifteen by fifteen. I know it was that large because

we'd all eat at the same time. The old man, Tim, owned about thirty

niggers. After he died they were all divided out among the boys. Every

boy took his part of the land and his part of the niggers. But I wasn't

at his house then. I was livin' with ole Jackie George. The white folks

hadn't moved together then.

"But I went to ole Tim Haney's funeral. The old white woman fainted and

they rubbed her with camphor and stuff and had her layin' out there. I

wasn't old enough to cry over him and wouldn't anyhow because I didn't

care nothin' much about him. But I would have cried for my ole master

though, because I really loved him."