The silk mill stood just below the slave market. I saw the silkworms that made the silk and saw them gather the cocoons and spin the silk. The only boats I remember on the Cape Fear wus the Governor Worth, The Hurt, The Iser and The North State. Lord yes, I remember the stage coach. Mr. George Lander had the first Tombstone Marble yard in Fayetteville on Hay Street on the point of Flat Iron place.
Lander wus from Scotland.
They gave me a pot, a serf, and his sister gave me some shells. I have all the things they gave me. My missus, Henrietta Smith, wus Mr. Lander's sister. I waited on the Landers part of the time. They were hard working white folks, honest, God fearing people.