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Farming For A Better Future, page 363
(Left) Photograph of the Barn on the Barley's Farm in Pond Beat with Dave Barley in the Doorway, Circa 1930s (Huntsville Revisited Facebook Page)
My mother told me they had plenty of livestock, pigs, chickens, hogs, but they only ate meat on Sundays. Not because they couldn't afford it, but my grandfather said it makes you thick-headed, just like the first rain water. I don't know what that meant but apparently it wasn't good for you to eat all this meat or sausage or pork all the time. You only ate it on Sunday. They had biscuits and gravy, fried green tomatoes, sweet potatoes, collard greens and poke sallet.
Ms. Renee Rice
to Huntsville, Madison, or Harvest. Several of the previous residents and descendants of the residents were interviewed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. More descendants were interviewed at the Pond Beat-Mullins Flat Reunion in 2018.
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Pulley Cemetery
The Pulley Cemetery is located in Harvest on land first owned by James Isaacs from at least 19201925. Another African American farmer named Jim Pulley then purchased the land. Pulley owned several parcels in Harvest from 1926 to 1932. The Pulley family owned the land until 1958.
There are at least 26 graves in this small family cemetery, including those of both James Isaacs and James Pulley. The first burial is that of Mary Johnson Adams, who passed away in 1922. Fifteen of the 26 burials are of the Pulley family. Other family names are Adams, Fitcheard, Garner, Isaacs, and Leslie.
(Right) Excerpt from 1920 Federal Census Showing African American Members of the Harvest Community with Highlight of Landowners
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