Whitted

Slave Narrative of Anderson Whitted

Interviewer: Emily Hobson Person Interviewed: Anderson Whitted Location: Rockville, Indiana Place of Birth: Orange County, North Carolina Age: 88 Special Assignment Emily Hobson Dist. #3 Parke County INTERVIEW WITH ANDERSON WHITTED, COLORED EX-SLAVE, OF ROCKVILLE, INDIANA Mr. Whitted will be 89 years old next month October 1937. He was born in Orange County, North Carolina. His mother took care of the white children so her nine children were very well treated. The master was a Doctor. The family were Hickory Quakers and did not believe in mistreating their slaves, always providing them with plenty to eat, and clothing to wear … Read more

H. P. Whitted

Master Eng., Hdqrs. Co., 30th Div., 105th Eng. Regt.; of Alamance County; son of W. H. and Mrs. Alice S. Whitted. Entered service Aug. 13, 1917, at Greenville, S. C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C. Transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France May 26, 1918. Fought at Voormizelle, Belgium, Busigny, Montbrehain, La Selle River, Premont. Returned to USA April 13, 1919; landed at Charleston, S. C. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 18, 1919.