Joyce McHugh Reed (102-year-old TC citizen) biographical intro
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Title
Joyce McHugh Reed (102-year-old TC citizen) biographical intro
Description
This is a quick introductory clip to Joyce McHugh Reed, 102-year-old Turner County citizen. She was a daughter and wife of a sharecropper.
To read the rest of the interview, click here: https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/07/11/joyce-reed/
To read the rest of the interview, click here: https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/07/11/joyce-reed/
Creator
Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project
Date
July 3, 2021
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Sami Mastrario
Interviewee
Joyce McHugh Reed (with help of Wayne Reed)
Location
Amboy, Georgia
Transcription
Turner County Project (TCP): How long have you lived in Turner County?
Joyce Reed (JR): Lord, I will have to think back. It was in the [19]30s.
Wayne Reed (WR): She was born in Pitts, Georgia in Wilcox County [in 1918]. And then her family moved down here.
JR: We came to Turner County, I think I was in the 7th grade [approximately 1931-1932].
TCP: And why did you move to Turner County?
JR: Well, my dad was a sharecropper and he moved from one landowner to another about every year or two. And so he moved here with a man named Guy Reed that he rented to. He subrented from another man and my daddy sharecropped with him. And we have been here since then.
TCP: Where did you move to in Turner County?
JR: We moved to a place called Davisville. A little community up near the hunting lodge [Red Pebble??]. It was on that farm but back a little ways. They lived and worked on that farm for a little while. From that place to a district called Amboy to the top of this hill [behind Reed Lane]. We called it the McHugh Hill because that was my daddy’s name [Joe McHugh].
TCP: How long did you live there?
JR: Til I got married. I graduated from high school in 1936 in Rebecca. We only had 11 grades. We got married in 1942.
WR: Daddy [Bobby Reed] was 17 years older than her. He was born in 1901. When World War I came along, daddy had a broke[n] leg and could not go off. When WW2 came along, he was just about too old for that war too but he broke the same leg again.
Joyce Reed (JR): Lord, I will have to think back. It was in the [19]30s.
Wayne Reed (WR): She was born in Pitts, Georgia in Wilcox County [in 1918]. And then her family moved down here.
JR: We came to Turner County, I think I was in the 7th grade [approximately 1931-1932].
TCP: And why did you move to Turner County?
JR: Well, my dad was a sharecropper and he moved from one landowner to another about every year or two. And so he moved here with a man named Guy Reed that he rented to. He subrented from another man and my daddy sharecropped with him. And we have been here since then.
TCP: Where did you move to in Turner County?
JR: We moved to a place called Davisville. A little community up near the hunting lodge [Red Pebble??]. It was on that farm but back a little ways. They lived and worked on that farm for a little while. From that place to a district called Amboy to the top of this hill [behind Reed Lane]. We called it the McHugh Hill because that was my daddy’s name [Joe McHugh].
TCP: How long did you live there?
JR: Til I got married. I graduated from high school in 1936 in Rebecca. We only had 11 grades. We got married in 1942.
WR: Daddy [Bobby Reed] was 17 years older than her. He was born in 1901. When World War I came along, daddy had a broke[n] leg and could not go off. When WW2 came along, he was just about too old for that war too but he broke the same leg again.
Duration
2 minutes, 42 seconds
Collection
Citation
Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project, “Joyce McHugh Reed (102-year-old TC citizen) biographical intro,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed December 22, 2024, https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/140.
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