Raeford Liles

Raeford Liles owned the general store of Nashville, North Carolina, and served as the town's postmaster as part of this job. He had a warm, easy going relationship with his frequent customer Nate Caudell, despite their occasional heated arguments about certain topics. Liles had never become rich enough to buy slaves, and made several unsuccessful bid's at Josiah A. Beard's auction. At one point he hired a free, literate black named Israel to do clerical work.