12 Years A Slave (to this blog)
Dear Uncle George, May 23, 1907 Rose about 5 am. Not feeling very well. After dinner, started for Haun's Mill. Bowels troubling me. Very warm and was an effort for me to work. Made a general view of site of Haun's Mill sit from the north looking southwest, showing...timbers on the south side of creek, and it was from this direction and likely at this point when the mob came out of the timber. After getting this view, I could not take any part in the coversation. Weak under the knees. May 24, 1907 I spent a miserable night tossing and rolling about. In the afternoon, had a chat with Dick Lane. Lane has been here since 9 days after the battle (Haun's Mill Massacre). One of those killed was not put in the well. His name was Lewis. He was on the fence and thought he was out of reach away. Rockholt had a long-range rifle and said he could make him get off that fence. He shot him throught the shoulder, and he died the same night and was buried on his brother's