"Atter de war we moved on Mr. Ellington's place wid daddy an' dar I stayed till I married Wyatt Lee. Wyatt wus a bad proposition an' he got shot in Fayetteville atter we had five chilluns. Wyatt tuck a woman to Fayetteville an' a man named Frank Mattiner killed him about her. Den my oldest boy went to wurk in Virginia an' a man named Rudolphus killed him 'bout a yaller gal. Both of de murderers runaway an' ain't never been ketched.
"All five of my chilluns am daid now, an' fer de past ten years I'se done ever'thing but cut cord wood.
"How does I live? Well I lives now an' den. De county gives me two dollars a month an' de house am mine durin' my life time. Mr. Parrish sold hit to Judge Brooks wid de understandin' dat hit am mine long as I live. I don't know why, none of us never 'longed ter de Parrish's ner nothin' dat I knows of."
| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 1138 |
| Subject: | CHANA LITTLEJOHN |
| Person Interviewed: | Chana Littlejohn |
| Editor: | Daisy Bailey Waitt |
[TR: Date stamp: JUN 26 1937]