[1]Colonel Gaines was still living in the year 1866 at State Line, Mississippi. The author met him in that year engaged, old and feeble as he was, in a charitable work that involved considerable labor.
[1]Colonel Gaines was still living in the year 1866 at State Line, Mississippi. The author met him in that year engaged, old and feeble as he was, in a charitable work that involved considerable labor.
[2]Parton's "Life of Jackson."
[2]Parton's "Life of Jackson."
[3]"Light-wood" is a term used in the South to signify richly resinous pine, of the kind sometimes called "pitch-pine" in other parts of the country.
[3]"Light-wood" is a term used in the South to signify richly resinous pine, of the kind sometimes called "pitch-pine" in other parts of the country.
[4]From a sketch by General John H. F. Claiborne, published in the Natchez (Miss.)Free-Trader, on the occasion of Dale's death in the year 1841.
[4]From a sketch by General John H. F. Claiborne, published in the Natchez (Miss.)Free-Trader, on the occasion of Dale's death in the year 1841.
[5]Parton's Life of Andrew Jackson.
[5]Parton's Life of Andrew Jackson.