Augusty

I axed dem when I got er letter sayin 'she wuz a-comin' would dey take me ter Augusty ter meet her an 'when she stept off'n de train ter let me take my stick an' beat her all I wanted ter fer talkin 'bout my white folks lak she done.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

"No -- Augusty, Maine," a voice cried from the body of the hall.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

Augusty -- _I_ couldn't find the road thar, I reckon -- ha, ha!

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

"You never seed nothin 'like that in _Augusty_, did ye, daddy?" asked

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

Augusty, with his fine broadcloth, and bell-crown hat, and shoe-boots a-shinin 'like silver, he'd take to the woods and kill himself a-runnin'.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

"It's agin nater, Simon; thar ain't a man in Augusty, nor on top of the yearth, that kin do it!"

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

Nuff sed, as I seed in a bar-room in Augusty on a piece of pasteboard, under the words ` No credit, 'when I was thar.

Dukesborough tales 1871

The eternal stink! if he was only to see one o 'them fine gentlemen in Augusty, with his fine broad-cloth, and bell-crown hat, and shoe-boots a-shinin' like silver, he'd take to the woods and kill himself a-runnin '.

Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches. By a Country Editor. With a Portrait from Life, and Other Illustrations, by Darley 1845

Page 41 startin 'a runner the nigh way to Montgomery, by the Augusty ferry, and enterin' that land in somebody else's name before Jones gits thar!

Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches. By a Country Editor. With a Portrait from Life, and Other Illustrations, by Darley 1845

"It's agin nater, Simon; thar a'n't a man in Augusty, nor on top of the yeath that kin do it!"

Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches. By a Country Editor. With a Portrait from Life, and Other Illustrations, by Darley 1845