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His name was Anthony Oats; he left me on Big Bear Creek, at David Oats' place. It was about the last of August when he left m[e]. The last I heard of him he went to Huntsville, Alabama. His father's name was Phelix Oats. We all belonged to David Oats. My son had one brother by the name of George Washington, who died; his oldest sister was named Roset- ta, next one Joanna, third Martha Ann. Mary Jane was the baby. [Undecipherable] the baby Mary Jane himself, after me. My name then was Jane Oats. My name is changed now to Jane Friarson. The last word he said to me was to come North and he would try and find me and his sisters and brother. Jane Friarson. Elgin, Illinois.