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A picture of Albert Cofield, Sr., the father of Johnny Cofield and the husband of Mary “Chippie” Murray Cofield. Albert and Mary were tenants at the Ayavalla Plantation. They and their fifteen children lived at two sites on the plantation. The first was near the lake next to John Austin, and the second was “in back of” Poplar Springs Church. Besides working the acreage and doing seasonal work for John H. Phipps, Albert also worked for the W.P.A.
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A picture of Reggie Davis as a child in front of an open car door. The Davis family owned and operated a laundry at the corner of Brevard and Dean Street.
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A picture of Bennie Greer, youth P.Y., laying on the grass in front of a home.
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A photo of Howard Jackson as a child with the message "Merry Xmas From Howard 46" written in the back.
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A picture of twins, Jeanette and Annette Hall.
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A portrait of Sadie Butler when she was 1 year old.
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A photograph of an unidentified baby on a blanket on top of grass.
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A group picture of Janice Bryant's 8th birthday party, held on 4th and Macomb Street in Tallahassee. Janice was the daughter of Bennie Osborne McCloud Moseley.
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A picture of Matthew Carter and Ephraim Charlton. The Charlton Family lived on the Gwynn property, where Carter's wife Willie Mae also lived as a child, and which was later incorporated into the Ayavalla Plantation. Ephraim worked at Ayavalla for nearly 50 years, first as a farm hand, then, for many years, as a gardener, and then as a butler. Matthew was a dog handler and horse trainer, and lived at Ayavalla with his wife from 1942-1948.
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A photograph of Matthew Carter and dogs at the Ayavalla Plantation. Carter and his wife Willie Mae Rollins Carter lived at Ayavalla from 1942 until 1947 or 1948. There, Carter was a dog handler and horse trainer. His parents, Willie and Ellen Carter, and his father’s mother, Julia Herring, were tenants on land that eventually was purchased for Ayavalla. His wife, Willie Mae, was also related to the Proctor family, a notable family in Tallahassee history, as the great-granddaughter of John Proctor.