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4. Did Aaron Askew hold any office in tilis county? A. Ye zir, howas Tax Collector for over twenty years of Lauderdale County, Alabama,Q, Wasn't Aaron A5kew a preacher? A. Yes sir.Q, Wasn't Merle/ Azkew a preacher and also a school teacher? A, Yes sir,G., Did ",Tu ever hear any of the family except Merle say that they hadindian blood? A. NO sir ., I never did.q, Do you know where thay came from to this county? A, No sir, I donot; they catrAl to this county before my time,Q„ Did . they own land, vote and pay taxes in this county? A, 7e8 sir ,4„, Were their 44,Y other indians living in this county? A, No sir,Were the Aekews treated an respectable white people in this courty?A, 7tes sir,Qm . When Merle Askew left here did he not go to Texas? A. 7rts sir,that is what they say, when he left here he went to Texas is myunderstanding?, By Judge Foote -Q. Mr,Wtight, what was the chursh Aaron Askew preached to? A. Hepreached to the churches in my neighborhood, Pleasant Grove, Lexington,and BlueWater p Prilyiative Babtiot Churches; sometime oalled"Hard Shell"Babtists.4. Were the congreE tions to which he thus preached white peopleexclusively, or were their Indian mmbiers, and if so What tribe ofindians?A,He preached to white people exclusively, th.ertl were no inaianmembers,By Mr. NOrman•airect Xxac:dnation„q. Aaron Askew was treated like a white ran; was it thought that h.ewas a white man? A. No sir, it was thought that he was an indian byevery body*Objecte • to by counsel Sot the Chicasaw Choctaw nationboth 413 to question and answer, on the ground that it tempted toshow racial status by heresay testimony. By Judge Foote, objectionsustained,q o Was he treated as an indian or was he treated as white folk? A.Now explain what you mean by that. Well, he went ju, peoples houses and