FEBRUARY 13, 1994 When I think of the life my mamma lived, I fully believe she was deserving of a Gold Medal. She gave birth to five babies, with only the help of a negro mid-wife each time (Lucy Hart was the name of the mid-wife). She was a devoted wife and mother. She was […]
Aunt Anna's Short Stories
Over the years Aunt Anna wrote a number of short stories about what she was thinking and how she saw things when she was a child and growing up. They are very interesting to me. I am sure you will get a kick out of some of them. — Hyatt E. Cayton
Amanda Rebecca (Bessie) Tuten – My Mother
June 30, 1988 By Anna Cayton Rowe My mother, Amanda Rebecca (Bessie) Tuten, daughter of Claude Erastus and Amanda Holland Toler Tuten, was born December 31, 1872 and died August 21, 1957 at age 84 years and 8 months. She was born and raised on a small farm in Beaufort County on the West side […]
Automobiles
Wednesday, January 19, 1994 By Anna Cayton Rowe Many years ago, as far back as I can remember, there were very few automobiles, and no paved roads. It was so rare to see a car pass that people would run out of the house to look at it as far as it could be seen. […]
Baby Raccoon
August 30, 1994 By Anna Cayton Rowe I was told that my brother Kugler and sister Bessie went to visit our neighbors who lived at the Poplar Farm, one-half mile away, and on their return home they found a baby raccoon in a big ditch. Naturally, they thought it was the humane thing to do […]
Our Black Mish Grapevines
February 14, 1994 By Anna Cayton Rowe We had two big grapevines that were located on the edge of a field some distance from the house. Papa had set sweet potatoes in the field next to the grapevines, and the rows ran parallel with the grapevines. We had made a path across the potato rows […]
Miss Coon Gets in Trouble and Loses her Freedom Temporarily
August 30, 1994 By Anna Cayton Rowe The coon lost her popularity with Mama when she started eating her baby chicks. Mama raised her chickens for family use, and when the coon started eating her biddies, something had to be done with the coon immediately. Papa got busy and built a house for her (about […]
Grandmammy and Uncle Claude
February 15, 1994 By Anna Cayton Rowe I used to love to go to Grandmammy’s house when I was a child, not because she gave me candy, cookies, or money–but because there was no other place to go, other than school. She was our nearest neighbor, and that was one-mile-and-a-half away. Grandmammy had lost her […]
Jack-Leg Mechanics
February 21, 1994 By Anna Cayton Rowe Mamma told me when Lauren and Little Bud were small boys, they took apart everything Santa Claus brought them at Christmas to see how it was made. So, Santa decided to bring them some iron mules, thinking they wouldn’t be able to take them apart, or tear them […]
Lenier Griffin Cayton – My Father
January 1988 By Anna Cayton Rowe My father, Lenier Griffin Cayton, son of Benjamin David and Patsy Margaret Scott Cayton, was born August 13, 1871 and died December 12, 1933. He was born and raised in Beaufort County on the West side of Durhams Creek on the Tunstall Road about three miles from Edward. He […]
Many Changes Take Place
OCTOBER 22, 1994 Rudolph’s father Jesse H. Rowe bought the Richard Donald Jewell property at the court house on December 24, 1928 for $3600. This 50 acres more or less was sold for indebtedness, recorded in book 274 page 228. It was in January 1931 that Rudolph’s father let us move here on the former […]