My father, he'd round up cattle, unbranded cattle, for the whites. Onct or twict he sell de nigger what won't do right and do de work. Guns were made in nearby Anderson. You see I done git ol' and childish and I can't 'member like what I uster could. John C. Webb Elementary exceeded state targets in Student Progress and Post-Secondary Readiness. ", "Dey didn' know nuffin' 'bout preachin' and Sunday School in dem times. [citation needed], In 2012, Navasota was named by the Union Pacific Railroad as "Train Town USA". Dey go in de barn and holp deyself. He served as marshal until 1911. But, first, let me ask you this: Is you all a white man, or is you a black man?". Den us go to Houston and Louisiana for a spell and I hires out to cook. Firearms, Crack cocaine and other drugs seized. "When I's 16 year ole I want to hab courtin'. "Mr. Swanson use to own de big plantation in Palestine. When he git here dey tek care of him 'till he die right dere at Olive. It was jis' a one-room log house. I holp my mother dust and clean up de house and peel 'tatoes. 'Bout dat time de War started. Born into slavery in 1840 in Louisiana, Gaines was sold to a Robertson County planter in Texas in 1859. Horse mint breaks the fever. By 1865, the population of Navasota was about 2,700. He hid for his life in Galveston, and filed charges against many of the men, who were later fined but their murders were never prosecuted. For a ripe, red mouth. Navasota is served by the weekly Navasota Examiner newspaper, which has been reporting on Grimes County since 1894. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Us place was right near Col' Springs. "Me and my father and five brothers and sisters weren't goin' to Mexico. De Klux comes to de dance and picks out a nigger and whups him, jus' to keep de niggers scart, and it git so bad dey don't have no more dances or parties. "De only thing I 'members 'bout all dat, am dere am lots of cryin' when dey tooks me 'way from my mammy. Dey jines de army and after 'bout a year, massa jine too, and, course, dat make de missy awful sad. She jus' walk 'round de yard and twist de hands and say, 'Dey sho' git kilt. Git dat li'l bonnet. Things to do in Navasota, Texas None of us knows what to do, dere warn't no place to go and why would we'uns wan' to go and leave good folks like de marster? The population density was 1,109.7 people per square mile (428.3/km2). She tell me funny things 'bout how dey use to do up dere. The racial makeup of the city was 52.4% White, 38.4% Hispanic or Latino, 30.6% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.4% Asian, and 2.1% from two or more races. Navasota Weather Forecasts. Slavery was integral to the local economy as planters depended on enslaved African Americans to labor for their large plantations. A old white man think so much of he old nigger when he die he free dat nigger in he will, and lef' him a little money. Navasota is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States. Capital murder suspects calls 911 and turns himself in for the July 2009 killing of a Navasota business man in the middle of day in downtown. I stayed there a while and got married. They taken him and destroyed his stuff and him, 'cause he was making some money. High Point Elementary exceeded state targets in Student Progress, Student Achievement, Closing Performance Gaps, and Post-Secondary Readiness.[22]. He won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1869. 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