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District #6	Axu~a Pritohett
Marion County~
File #66-A

Folklore

Referencea

	(A ) •JQh2~ nen~‘y ~ lb son -‘Ex.-alave- C olton Street.

(n)	Anna Pritohett .‘Federal Writer. 1200 Jcentuolcy Avenue.





	John Hexny Gibson «v~aa born a slave, n~ny yeara ago, in

Scott County, N.C . (A)

	His old r*ster, Jahn lionry uidding, ~s a woalthy far~rior; he also o~wned the hotel ‚ or roornin~ . (A)

	V~hen court was in aession, the “higher ups“ would corr~ to this house, and stay until the court affairs wore settled. (A)

	Mr. I3idding1 who ~8 very kind to his slaves, died ‘when John G ibson ~i very young • All ala‘ves and other property passed on to the aon, Joaeph Bidding, who in turn war~ as kind as his father had been. (A)

	Gibeon‘s father belonged to General Lee Gibson, ~v1io v~aa a nei~hborin~ ~arnsr. He t~aw and n~t 1~iae Flizaheth f~idding‘a maid; they liked each other so very ~rnwh, Miss Elizabeth bought him from General Gibson, and let him have her maid as his wife. The wife lived only a