Death of an Old Colored Citizen.
Andy Simonton, one of the old-time colored residents of Statesville, died Tuesday night at his home at Poplar Branch, southwest of town, at an advanced age. Andy was copper-colored, had long, straight black hair and was generally supposed to have some Indian…
…and in the east, we grew up thinking Statesville was ‘rebbish’.
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the east, we grew...thinking Statesville
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Most of what I post here is history. These are the images and accounts of how people worked, raised families, built communities, worshiped, maintained relationships, expressed themselves and coped with changes and challenges in the past. The subjects of these posts are usually people of color.
