Report of the Joint select committee appointed to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, so far as regards the execution of laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States and Testimony taken.

ALABAMA-SUB-COMMITTEE. 1935
Answer. It is northwest of Jefferson.
Question. Would that not place it about where Brashier's Ferry is marked here
A nswer. Yes, sir.
Question. Would it not be north of what is marked here as Brashier's Ferry?
Jnswer. Yes, sir; it is almost a due west course from Jefferson.
Question. Now, I ask, on a direct line from Tompkinsville to Livingston, whether
Black's Bluff would be much out of the way.
Answer. It is a long ways out of the way.
Question. According to the map, is it?
Answer. I know the road, I reckon, better than that man that laid it down, for I was
raised there.
Question. Do you say that is not a true map?
Answter. I don't know. I know one thing: it is a long ways out of his way to come
from Tompkinsville, by Black's Bluff, coming to Livingston.
Question. How far is it west of Jefferson to Black's Bluff?
Answer. Eight or nine miles.
Question. How much east of Livingston is Black's Bluff?
Answer. Black's Bluff is nearly a southeast course from here.
Question. How much east of Livingston would Black's Bluff be?
Answer. It would be about, I suppose, ten or twelve miles.
Question. Is Black's Bluff nearly north of Tompkinsville, or west of north?
Answer. It is northeast from Tompkinsville.
Question. What is the distance by the usually traveled route from Tompkinsville to
Livingston?
Answer. I suppose thirty-seven or thirty-eight miles.
By Mr. BLAIR:
Question. When you say it is from fifteen to seventeen miles farther to come from
Tompkinsville, by Black's Bluff, to Livingston, do you not mean than by any trave,:.
route?
Anwswer. Yes, sir, by any traveled route, and there is no route he could go through
there in the night and save his life.
By the CHAIRMAN:
Question. Could he not go through the plantations?
Answer. No, sir, he could not cross the Kintabish Creek in the night. There is not a
ford on it. I know the road. He has got to travel through the mountains three or
four miles before he gets to the creek; and the bank of the creek is about seven feet,
perpendicular, and would bog a horse to his saddle-skirts; and he has to jump out of
that bog to the bank, and there is no horse in the State could do it.
Question. Does the road from Tompkinsville go through Gaston?
Answcr. Yes, sir.
Question. Is not that out of the road?
Answer. He may go through Gaston or leave it two miles to the right. Either is a
public road, going by Washington's store, which is the nearest route; but either is a
public road.
Question. How long have you lived in that neighborhood, Doctor?
Answeer. I have been there nearly fifteen years.
Question. Where were you during the war?
Answer. I was in the wCar all the time.
Question. Were you a surgeon in the confederate army?
Answer. I was a private, sir.
Question. Have you ever heard of the Ku-Klux Klan in Choctaw County
Answer. I have heard some talk of them.
Question. Have you not heard a great deal of talk?
lAnswer. Occasionally there is right smart talk about them down there.
Question. You have heard of a good many outrages in Choctaw County upon negroes
-whipping and killing?
Answer. I have heard of a few negroes being killed.
Question. How many-a dozen or fifteen?
Answer. No, sir.
Question. How many?
4Answer. I suppose four or five.
Question. Is that all, from first to last?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. How many negroes have you heard of being whipped?
Answver. I have not heard of any at all. This negro said he was whipped. He is the
first negro I ever heard, of being whipped.
Question. You have not heard of a single negro being whipped in Choctaw County,
except Fullerlove?
Answer. Yes, sir.