Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Wilkerson, Ruby and Spencer Location: Home of the Wilkersons Subject: Military experiences Date of Interview: February 13, 2006 Transcription Date: February 23, 2009

Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Nelson Polite Location: Home of Nelson Polite Subject: American Legion Post 780 Date of Interview: October 19, 2006 Transcription Date: January 23, 2009 Transcriber: Miles

tenants and it was a congestion of business which had grown up for reasons that were logical in this community. The economy of Lancaster county the farther back you go, the much greater was its agricultural economy. And April one was a convenient time for changing ownerships in farmsandoccupancies of fams