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J. Lenoir to Rufus T. Lenoir, Jr., 4 December 1891, LFP, SHe . Mrs. Foard cla ims that al l three of Thomas I. Lenoir's daughters l ived in the upstairs new room , but the room was not built at that time . It is l ikely, however, • that Sara and Laura did live in that room for a time. 34See Lula Gwyn Foard to Margaret E. Harper, 27 January 1966, FDIR, SHC; Interview with Rob Gob le, 29 May 1979; Interview with Rob Goble, 25 June 1979; and Notes from an interview with Andrew L. and Faunie T. Lenoir, Fort Defiance. 16 November 1978, hereafter cited as Interview with Andrew l . and Faunie T. Lenoir, 16 November 1978. 35See photographs of interior and exterior aspects of the Fort in Appendix IV. According to Rob Goble, the house was painted white when he went to live there. Interview with Rob Goble, 29 May 1979.

36See Oertel, Hand in Hand, pp. 20-22! Sarah J. Lenoir to Walter W. Lenoir, 31 March 1873, LFP, SHC; Sarah Leonora Lenoir to Thomas B. Lenoir, 27 February 1876 , LFP, SHC; Millie Brown to Sarah Leonora Lenoir, 11 March 1878, LFP, SHC; Sarah Leonora Lenoir to Louise Norwood, 27 November [1878?], LFP, SHC; Nora Gwyn to Sarah J. Lenoir, 12 March 18BO, LFP, SHC; Louise Norwood to Sarah J. Lenoir, 11 Apri l 18BO, LFP, SHC; and Ju l ia A. Oertel to Sarah Leonora Lenoir, 29 February 1892, LFP, SHC. 37See Rufus T. Lenoir Account Book, 1870-1877, p. 148, entry for 1 October 1875, TLP, Duke; Julia A. Oertel to Sarah Leonora Lenoir, 14 December 1875, LFP, SHC; Sarah Leonora 'lenoir to Thomas B. Lenoir, 27 February 1876, LFP, SHC; Rufus T. Lenoir Account Book, 1884-1889, p. 134, entries for 23 -24 October 1889, p. 135, entries for 25 October 1889, 4-5 November 1889. TLP, Duke; and Jos ie Mast to Sarah Leonora Lenoir. • 7 , LFP, SHC. 38See uMemoranda of farming operations, 1878-1901," entry for 5 December 1889, in fo lder 1884-1912, box 1865-1912, TLP, Duke; and Interview with Rob Goble, 25 June 1979 . 39See Sarah Leonora Leno ir to Rufus T. Lenoir and Clyde L. Lenoir, 17 October 1900. LFP, SHC; Mrs. R. T. Lenoir, "Fort Defiance," p. 16; Sarah Leonora Leno ir to Rufus T. Lenoir, 19 Ju ly 1909, LFP, SHC; and Interview with Andrew L. and Faunie T. Lenoir, 16 November 1978. Mrs. Rufus Lenoir in the 19 July 1909 epistle mentioned hanging baskets. A rectangular planter between two porch columns on the west end of Fort Defiance may be seen in a photograph in Columbus Andrews, Caldwell County, North Carolina Geography Supplement ([Chapel Hi l l?): The Univers ity of North Carolina, 1927-1928), p. 12. The photograph, which is inc l uded in Appendix IV, may have been taken prior to 1928. 40See Bill for tombstones purchased of Caddess Brothers, , 24 April 1879, in fo l der 1874-undated, box of bills and receipts, TLP, Duke; Thomas B. Lenoir to Rufus T. Lenoir, 26 May 1892, LFP, SHC; C. B. Webb to Thomas B. Lenoir, 5 September 1892, LFP, SHC; and Sarah Leonora Lenoir to Lou i se Norwood, 27 November 1878, LFP, SHC. The lapse between the time these members of the family died and the time the markers were • purchased probably was a result of the Lenoirs' financial status.