When Matilda Manson and her son Otis left Hootenville, Upson County, Georgia, in the mid-1880's, they settled in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas. See the 1900 federal census of Milam County, Texas, Roll: T623 1657; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 75. Rockdale owed its existence to the International & Great Northern Railroad.
When George Preston Birdsong left Hootenville, Upson County, Georgia, in the mid-1880's, he settled in Cameron, Milam County, Texas. See the 1900 federal census of Milam County, Texas, Roll: T623 1657; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 65. Cameron, the seat of Milam County, was then about 20 miles north of Rockdale.
Quentin Vennis Harold Manson [1913-1987], one of seven children of Otis Manson and grandson of Matilda Manson, would tell the story that on Sundays, the family went to the train station and waited for a train to arrive. When the train came, a white man would disembark, spend a few minutes with the family, give them money, and then take the next train back to wherever he came from.
Who was this man?
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