ORAL HISTORY CENTER
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF MADISON COUNTY
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

An Index of a Recorded Interview
With
Twine, Joe Cecil
A. G. Dunston, Interviewer
29 December 1992

The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Joe Twine.
Mr. Twine discusses his family and life as a resident of Madison County.
This interview was taped in conjunction with the
African American Community of Madison County Oral
History Project at Eastern Kentucky University.

LOCATION: Mr. Twine's home in Richmond, Kentucky.
DATE: December 29,1992
TIME:
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 80-Minutes
TYPE OF MACHINE USED: Califone Cassette
000-008 Introduction.
008-020 Empty.
020-038 His search for family history.
038-162 Twine's family tree: great grandfather Billy Twine, Thomas John Twine, William Henry Twine.
162-209 Twine's family stakes claim in Oklahoma.
209-240 William Henry's wife and children.
240-283 Billy Twine's wife Lucy and son Thomas.
283-309 Emancipation Proclamation.
30-356 Grandmother Marian Million Twine told Twine about slavery.
356-394 Family reunion and Phoebe's ride from Appomattox, VA.
394-422 Thomas' land purchase on Magee's Branch and the Grapevine School.
END OF SIDE ONE
BEGINNING SIDE TWO
000-014 Grapevine School.
014-028 His father June Twine and mother Ms. Goggins Twine.
028-057 Rose Goggins Family.
057-067 Joe's age and birthplace.
067-075 His siblings: James, Mollie, Cleo, and Fannie.
075-102 Educational background.
102-116 Proud of his life as a farmer.
116-144 Previously taped interview.
144-161 Twine's wife speaks on tape.
161-192 Trail of the Twines: 1820-1988.
192-214 Linda Twine.
214-222 Gloria Twine.
222-238 Interviewer's family.
238-290 Life as a farmer, benefits of farming, and his childhood.
290-303 Discusses his wife.
303-318 Reared his niece, Angela Goggins.
318-347 Mr. Twine's job history and more on Angela Goggins.
347-424 Interracial relations, the Haden family, and Aunt Marge.
END OF SIDE TWO
BEGINNING TAPE TWO, SIDE ONE.
000-009 "Pen Hooking" or taking advantage of black farmers.
009-030 Grew corn, wheat, tobacco, rye.
030-054 Twine's land holdings.
054-075 Haden family's "right hand man," worked for that family until 1969. Miss Bertha's influence on Twine.
075-135 A drought in 1944.
135-151 Retirement from farming, still active gardening, rents out fields.
151-235 A member of Mt. Nebo Baptist (founded 1883) since age 12. Parks family and Turner family. Shallow Fork Church. Grandmother Lucy goes to church.
235-245 Closing.
245-422 Empty.

END OF INTERVIEW

Back to African American Project | Back to Oral History Index | Back to Special Collections | Back to EKU Library | Back to EKU

Send any comments or corrections to archive@acs.eku.edu