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You lcft Alabama, *here lid pu Txpect to A, before youfltopped?P To ..1,)t to the ii1 ,n Territory.Q.- Why lid you CIOIX here?Afp'"' 114y pecyole W.3here and we 113 looked down unon. 11 , ara,ne.deraled faily; I thou 7t I wouli feel better olA here.Can y.f. ,u read?A No sir, I could not read my awe in pldnprint.Q.- ' .--Can you rrite?A No, r,ir„Q.- That in.,s your ip ihen your father died?Npvs about eitt or nine yer9 olii I cannot toll exactly.- How lon7 before your father death did your nother lie?A About one year.Q.- Then you were left n..n orphan when you rere about ton yearsold?Yen, sir.Q.- After your father died and your flOthE;r, that heo'le of youthcnl .bound out t,eA,- I waz ix= 74(Īthone of Iv u;.cles by marria;g, nue Hol len.Q. That wa Calvin C, Holden?AYetl) gir.in what coaeity,as an apprentice?A.- sir, bound to my u_cle until I wl,s twenty one ye arsold.How oil were you when the War came up?A.- I cnnnot tell you positively, aboA Td.licteoll I 2urpotA).Did you ever know any party bi,,ok there by the lame ofAaron Askew'?Yes, sir.