As earlier descriptions of the T.B.J. Hill plantation and the nicely appointed slaves quarters is followed by this: "It seemed quite natural for the darkies to take things. On the Wiley Hill plantation, the burying ground was very near the house in a grove of live oak trees. At hog killing time, the slaughtered hogs were hung up overnight in the graveyard. A darkie did not dare enter that ghostly spot, no matter how he longed for a pork chop or side of bacon."