From A
Timeless Epoch: A Pictorial History of Fayetteville by Kent R. Brown:
Entitled "The
Old South," this photo was made ca. 1910 by Burch Grabill and became so
popular that nearly 5,000 copies were quickly sold. Willis Pettigrew (left),
a Fayetteville handyman, drove the last oxen team to be seen on the streets
of Fayetteville. Sam Van Winkle took the name of his owner, a mill owner on
War Eagle River, and worked in local orchards as a groundskeeper. Charlie Richardson
followed his master, a Confederate officer from Virginia, through several battles
in the Civil War before the officer returned home and Richardson drifted to
Fayetteville. Squire Jahagen had originally come from Africa, settled in Fayetteville
after obtaining his freedom in Texas, and founded the St. James Baptist Church
in the 1880s. Nick Clemmons was the son of an African woman shipped to America
by slave traders.
Washington County Historical Society Collection (P-51)