Demus Taylor - A Remarkable Life Traditional Cache
Demus Taylor - A Remarkable Life
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You are looking for a tin box, painted to blend in, that contains a log and swag for trade, placed to celebrate a remarkable life that was lived right here in the Sandhills.
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The following obituary was reprinted from The State Magazine (December 15, 1934 - Please excuse the slightly less than politically correct language)
FORMER SLAVE DIES AT THE AGE OF 113
"Uncle" Demus Taylor, ante-bellum slave, is dead at the age of 113!
In all prabability the oldest citizen of North Carolina, "Uncle" Demus passed away a few days ago at his home in Taylortown, which is a colored settlement in the vicinity of Pinehurst.
The aged negro, who was a slave in the days when owning such property was legal in this state, had the distinction of being comparatively wealthy. At one time he owned considerable land, and almost half a century ago disposed of a large tract to James W. Tufts, famous throughout the country for his development of Pinehurst into one of the leading winter resorts of the United States. (Note: Interestingly, modern histories say the Taylor had bought the land from Tufts to make Taylortown)
"Uncle" Demus had another claim to distinction. He was one of the first negro golf caddies in the country, beginning that type of work 40 years ago, but a few years ago, advancing age forced him to give up caddying. He enjoyed himself hugely a year ago when an "Old Slave Day" was staged in Southern Pines, and he attracted much attention as being the oldest ex-slave.
The settlement in which he lived was named for him.
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