On the saturday after was burned an armed company of twelve men rode up to ’s house in , where I resided— They enquired for , I told them where he had gone— they said their object was to drive the mob from the , and said that I must go. I replied that I could not, that I had no way to get off, and that my family was barefooted— they replied that made no defference I must go— after a while when and said that if I was not gone by next morning sun-rise they would take my life— They told Mrs [Flora Storm] Raglin she must put out, that there she could not stay, and that had better never show himself there, that they would take his life if they ever set their eyes on him— next morning by the assistance of friends we did start, leaving most of our property there— Since then, I have returned and found the houses burnt & the property gone, consisting of house hold plunder, & 29 bee gums. they enquired for guns, and got down & took one gun from the house [p. [65]]