The Golden Book of
Yoknapatawpha County

Matron (?) at the Jefferson jail in 1929.

Member of John Sartoris (I)’s troop during the Civil War. Jefferson resident in 1873.

Father of Jewel Bundren. Lived near Frenchman Bend, on the north side of the river. A godly man if ever one breathed God’s breath. C 1908 had an affair with Addie Bundren, out of which Jewel Bundren was born, who was raised as Anse Bundren’s son. Upon hearing that she lay dying in June 1927, fearing she might reveal the affair on her deathbed, rushed to her house to pre-empt the confession, braving the high waters of the Yoknapatawpha which had flooded Tull’s Bridge. Arrived at the house finding her dead already. Chose to interpret this as God’s mercy, Who accepted the will for the deed, Who knew that when he framed the words of his confession it was to Anse he spoke them, even though he was not there. It was He in His infinite wisdom that restrained the tale from her dying lips as she lay surrounded by those who loved and trusted her.

Jefferson resident whose cabin was used for church services in 1833, before the town had a proper church.

Husband of Mrs Wilkins, father of Mr Wilkins (II). Judge and Oxford College Professor with whom Bayard Sartoris (II) lived from 1870 and 1873.

Born c 1840, died 1864. Son of Mr (I) and Mrs Wilkins, killed in one of the last battles of the Civil War.

Wife of Oxford college Professor Mr Wilkins (I), mother of Mr Wilkins (II). Bayard Sartoris (II) lived with them from 1870 until 1873. Had known Rosa Millard.

Colonel in the 11th Mississippi regiment in March 1865.

Lodged two Missouri men in 1872 who were shot dead by John Sartoris (I).

Doctor. Episcopalian minister in Jefferson up until the civil war.

Bet on the cotton market in Jefferson in 1928.

Captain in General Jeb Stuart’s regiment in 1862, participated in the raid on General John Pope’s breakfast table.

Member of John Sartoris (I)’s troop and close to him until his death in October 1873. Helped him thwart the election of Cassius Q Benbow as Jefferson’s Marshall in 1865. Eager for Sartoris’s killing by Ben J Redmond to be avenged.

Aunt Sally. Born c 1848–52. Younger sister of Sophia Wyatt, elder sister of an unnamed sister. Next-but-one-door neighbour (together with her sisters) of Horace and Narcissa Benbow and implicit member of the Benbow household. Said to have at one time ‘made eyes’ at Will Benbow, their father. Moved in with Narcissa while Horace was in Europe during WWI (1917-19), but forced to move back with her sisters afterwards, who gave her a hard time.

Eldest sister of three, including Sally Wyatt, who were next-to-one-door neighbours of Horace and Narcissa Benbow in the 1910s.

Captain in General Jeb Stuart’s regiment in 1862, participated in the raid on General John Pope’s breakfast table.