"Information of Uncle Joe Anderson"

"Information of Uncle Joe Anderson"

Anderson, Joe
Mars Hill College--History
Slavery

This is an account giving some details about the Joe Anderson story and which Mars Hill College founders bailed him out, as well as where he lived after his life as an enslaved person.

Mars Hill College Records - A, Box 1

Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University

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Mars Hill, North Carolina

information of uncle Joe
Anderson they taken him
to Asheville NC and had
him in Jail he was to be
sold for that debt and
Mr. Billy Keath John
Radford and Shepperd
Deaver put up the money
and that redeemed Joe
so he got to come Back
home to W Anderson his
old Master who give him
a home for life and
after Mr. Anderson died
Mr. will ray soninlaw
Of Mr. Anderson taking the
Place from uncle Joe and
he moved then to his son
Cornealous Will

amonds place and stayed
thare till he died he died
february 1906
not knowing the day of the
month

[verso]

Uncle Joes first
wife was name Mary