CHAPTER I. YOUTH AND MANHOOD

[1] Joseph Blount Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life for My Children," Carolina Churchman, March, 1934. Hereafter, this work is cited simply as "Some Account of My Life."

[2] This manuscript was written on February 12, 1866. It is owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., of Raleigh.

[3] Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life," Carolina Churchman, May, 1934.

[4] Ibid., December, 1934.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Ibid., February, 1935.

[7] Ibid.