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Crowder family recalls 55-acre farm and strict push for education
Summary
A descendant described the Crowder farm, saying Randall Crowder and Sally Sanders owned about 55 acres after the Civil War era and insisted their grandchildren stay in school and earn high grades.
A speaker recounting the Crowder family history said Randall Crowder and Sally Sanders acquired roughly 55 acres near the local church after the Civil War era and raised 14 children who farmed tobacco, corn and cotton. The speaker stressed that education was a family priority: children were not allowed to skip school to work and were expected to maintain strong grades.
“Anything else was not acceptable,” the speaker said, describing a grandfather who refused to let his grandchildren stay out of school to work on others' farms. The narrative links land ownership to intergenerational strategies for economic stability and social mobility in Garner's Black farming community.
