In 1854 my father removed his residence from his plantations in Alabama to Fort Hill, South Carolina, near Pendleton, where I was raised.

I have been identified with the agricultural interest of the South from my earliest recollections, and have been a practical cotton planter myself since the war, giving my own personal attention to my interests since 1869.
Q.When did you remove from South Carolina?
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I removed from South Carolina to Chicot County, Arkansas, in 1869.
Q.Until 1869 you had been a resident of South Carolina?
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Yes, sir.
Q.And of course very familiar with the condition of things on the Atlantic coast.

Since that time you have been in the Mississippi Valley?
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