CHRISTY RUDD HUDDLESTON, a nineteen-year-old girl.
CHRISTY’S STUDENTS:
ROB ALLEN, age fourteen.
FESTUS ALLEN, age twelve.
CREED ALLEN, age nine.
DELLA MAY ALLEN, age eight.
LITTLE BURL ALLEN, age six.
WANDA BECK, age eight.
WRAIGHT HOLT, age seventeen.
VELLA HOLT, age five.
MOUNTIE O’TEALE, age ten.
MARY O’TEALE, age eight.
RUBY MAE MORRISON, age thirteen.
CLARA SPENCER, age twelve.
ZADY SPENCER, age ten.
LUNDY TAYLOR, age seventeen.
LOUISE WASHINGTON, age fifteen.
JOHN WASHINGTON, age ten.
HANNAH WASHINGTON, age eight.
DOCTOR NEIL MACNEILL, the physician of the Cove.
HELEN MACNEILL, the doctor’s grandmother.
ALICE HENDERSON, a Quaker missionary who started the mission at Cutter Gap.
DAVID GRANTLAND, the young minister.
IDA GRANTLAND, David’s sister and the mission housekeeper.
JAMES BRILEY, former classmate of Doctor MacNeill.
BOB ALLEN, keeper of the mill by Blackberry Creek.
MARY ALLEN, Bob’s wife.
(Parents of Christy’s students Rob, Festus, Creed, Della May, and Little Burl.)
GRANNY ALLEN, Bob’s grandmother.
CURTIS WASHINGTON, new arrival to Cutter Gap from Virginia.
MARGARET WASHINGTON, Curtis’s wife.
(Parents of Christy’s students Louise, John, and Hannah, and of Etta, a baby girl.)
WILLIAM WASHINGTON, Curtis’s grandfather, an escaped slave.
LANCE BARCLAY, an old beau of Christy’s from Asheville.
GRANNY O’TEALE, a mountain woman.
SWANNIE O’TEALE, Granny’s daughter-in-law.
(Mother of Christy’s students Mountie and Mary.)
AUNT POLLY TEAGUE, the oldest woman in the Cove.
FAIRLIGHT SPENCER, Christy’s closest friend in the Cove. (Mother of Christy’s students Clara and Zady.)
LETTY COBURN, a mountain woman.
SCALAWAG, Creed Allen’s pet raccoon.
VIOLET, a pet mouse belonging to Hannah Washington.
PRINCE, a black stallion donated to the mission.