Theodsia Barrett, deceased, noted Russell County historian wrote the following in her book PIONEERS ON THE WESTERN WATERS, page 21: "In the early 1800s, a man's social status was determined by his possessions. The plantation owners who lived in big houses, had many featherbeds, owned slaves and many horses and cattle were the elite or big folks. Merchants and business men were big folks, if their houses contained 6 or more rooms. Craftsmen or laborers were common people. The ones who owned small tracts of land and lived in one room cabins with a sleeping loft and a lean-to shed were one horse farmers. The white trash could carry all their belongings on their backs when they moved from one settlement to another" Not my words, just quoting the book. Descendant of the common folk and one horse farmers of Russell County, Grace Vance Dotson