McDonald Cassette 1 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: McDonald, Floy
Title
McDonald Cassette 1 Side 1
Source
Floy McDonald Interview
Date
1990-02-20
Description
Side 1
1:00--Mrs. McDonald gives some biographical information about herself.
2:50--Mrs. McDonald's family had to move from their original home place in Oconee when the Lake Toxaway dam failed in 1916, washing away area homes and destroying farmland. She describes the family's flight and their subsequent places of residence. She can remember her family working on the land of Billy McWhirter (?) as well as on the Bibbins (?) properties.
7:00--Her father was a local sharecropper; she explains the general agreement in which the system worked. She can remember her family working for a gentleman named McQuarters (?) and another with the surname Luther.
10:29--Stories about her grandparents and slavery are discussed. Her maternal grandfather, James Roseman (?) was fortunate in that he had a kind and helpful master who always looked after his slaves. When freedom came, land was granted to her grandfather and there he built a log cabin. Her paternal grandfather George McKinney actually lived in the master's house. She relates stories regarding his family.
22:16--Burials--Mrs. McDonald recalls some of the places in which her family is buried. Some of the churches associated with the cemeteries are no longer active.
31:14--Audio ends.
1:00--Mrs. McDonald gives some biographical information about herself.
2:50--Mrs. McDonald's family had to move from their original home place in Oconee when the Lake Toxaway dam failed in 1916, washing away area homes and destroying farmland. She describes the family's flight and their subsequent places of residence. She can remember her family working on the land of Billy McWhirter (?) as well as on the Bibbins (?) properties.
7:00--Her father was a local sharecropper; she explains the general agreement in which the system worked. She can remember her family working for a gentleman named McQuarters (?) and another with the surname Luther.
10:29--Stories about her grandparents and slavery are discussed. Her maternal grandfather, James Roseman (?) was fortunate in that he had a kind and helpful master who always looked after his slaves. When freedom came, land was granted to her grandfather and there he built a log cabin. Her paternal grandfather George McKinney actually lived in the master's house. She relates stories regarding his family.
22:16--Burials--Mrs. McDonald recalls some of the places in which her family is buried. Some of the churches associated with the cemeteries are no longer active.
31:14--Audio ends.
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