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at the door. Father got up and opened the door. They then asked him if he had any money. He said not. Then one of them spoke up saying God damn you - you have got money. - don't tell us a lie. They asked him where his pants were, he said they were in the house some place. they then went to hunt the pants, but could not find them. One of them came into the house, went to my brother's bed, said to him God damn you - do you know me? He replied no sir. He then said this is Colonel Harper He told him to cover himself up and not look at him any more during the night he told my mother the same thing. He then commenced picking out of our trunks all the fine things such as clothes, and put them outside the house. He then set fire to the balance of the things in the house where it burned up.

They made my father turn his back to them so that they could shoot, asking him at same time where his money was. he told them he had none. They then took sticks and beat him for a length of time. One of them then took my sister Mandy about 12 years old down into the wood, the other two followed they kept her there about one half an hour - and