| | | | Part I |
| 1 | Genus | Jackson | A field hand. |
| | Winnafred | | Elma's daughter. aka: Winna Jean. |
| | Wilson John | | Elma's son. |
| | Elma | Jesup | A white sharecropper's daughter. |
| | Freddie | Wilson | Elma's fiancé. |
| | John | Jesup | A sharecropper. Elma's father. aka: Juke. |
| | George | Wilson | Freddie's grandfather. |
| | Tom | Henry | A farm owner. |
| | Jeb | Simmons | A checker. |
| | S. M. | Cleaves | Town sheriff. |
| | Mamie | | A mule. |
| 2 | Jessa | | Juke's wife. |
| | Ketty | Lee | A house servant. |
| | Maggie | | One of the cows. |
| | Ida | | One of the cows. |
| | Sterling | Smith | Ketty's man. |
| | Nancy | Smith | Ketty's daughter. aka: Nan. |
| | Clarence | | A mule. |
| | String | | George Wilson's son. |
| | Long John | | One of the field workers. |
| | Ezra | | One of the field workers. |
| | Al | | One of the field workers. |
| | Baby | | A horse. |
| | Jeroboam | | A hired man. |
| | Archie | | A mule. |
| 3 | Wolfie | Brunswick | A guard. |
| | Mud | Turner | One who worked at the bar. |
| | Jeb Jr. | | Jeb Simmons' son |
| | Quincy | Boothby | An editor and a publisher. |
| | Drink | Simmons | Jeb's son. |
| | Mary | Minrah | The home supervisor. |
| | Bette | Hazelton | The bank manager's wife. |
| | Camilla | Rawls | Dr. Rawls' wife. |
| | Josie | Byrd | Daughter of a man who owned the biggest farm in the country. |
| | Mary | Collier | A choir member in the church. |
| | April | | One of the cows. |
| | June | | One of the cows. |
| | Anna | | One of the cows. |
| | Margaret | | One of the cows. |
| | Castor | | A Labrador. |
| | Pollux | | A Labrador. aka: Polly. |
| | Charles | Lindbergh | American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. |
| | Ty | Cobb | American baseball player. |
| | Herbert | Hoover | President of the United States from 1929 to 1933. |
| 4 | Edgar Allan | Poe | American writer and literary critic. |
| | Miss | Armistead | Elma's schoolteacher. |
| | Manford | Rawls | A doctor. |
| | Mr. | Horace | The postman. |
| 5 | Tabitha | Quick | The reverend's wife. |
| | Carlotta | Rawls | Tabitha's acquaintance. |
| | Parthenia | Wilson | Freddie's grandmother. |
| | Robert | Young | Tabitha's acquaintance. |
| | Lefty | | John's mule. |
| | Greta | Garbo | Swedish-American actress. |
| | Mrs. | Boothby | Quincy's wife. |
| 6 | Clifton | Quick | A reverend. |
| | Jenny | | Juke's stepmother. |
| 9 | Sara | | One of the field workers. |
| | Jim | | One of the field workers. |
| | Irving | Berlin | American composer and lyricist. |
| | Oliver | Rawls | A doctor. Dr. Manford Rawls' son. |
| | Lloyd | Crow | The shotgun guard. |
| | Herbert | | The guineas squawked. |
| | Lucy | Cousins | Elma's acquaintance. |
| 10 | Mr. | Richard | The new foreman. |
| | Easter | Moore | One who ran the Easter Hotel. |
| | Ernest | | Juke's father. |
| 12 | Cecilia | | Al's wife. |
| 13 | Treman | | Genus' father. |
| | Martha | Jackson | Genus' mother. |
| | Lacy | | Genus' sister. |
| | Baby | | A gray mule. |
| | Mastiff | | Genus' uncle. |
| | Ellen | | One of Mastiff's girls. |
| | Agatha | | One of Mastiff's girls. |
| | Doreen | | One of Mastiff's girls. |
| 15 | Andrew | Jackson | President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. |
| | Grover | Cleveland | American lawyer and politician. |
| 16 | Eugene | | Martha's great-uncle. aka: Gene. |
| | Glory | | A maid. |
| | | | Part II |
| 17 | Hank | Talvey | A shotgun guard. |
| | Spot | | A dog. |
| | Gilda | Gray | A horse. |
| | Ruby | | Ketty's mother. |
| | Bob | | A pig. |
| | Honey | | A pig. |
| 18 | Mag | | Frank's sister. |
| 19 | Tate | | Former driver of the Wilsons. |
| | Betsy | | A spinner girl at the mill. |
| | Frank | Colfox | Mrs. Wilson's driver. |
| 20 | Joe | Hardy | English association football player. |
| 21 | Irene | | A maid. |
| | Max | Gerson | German physician, originator of Gerson Therapy. |
| | Daisy | | Irene's daughter. |
| | Lola | | A colored doll. |
| | Charles | Mercer | Head of pathology at Emory. |
| | Leonard | | The apartment owner's son. |
| | Kitty | | A dog. |
| | Josephine | | Oliver's aunt. |
| | Roger | | Oliver's older brother. |
| | Phillip | | Oliver's brother. |
| | Marjorie | | Oliver's sister. |
| | Lars | | Oliver's uncle. |
| | Dr. | Abelard | A physical therapist. |
| | Franny | | A girl who was learning to walk with cane. |
| 23 | Johnny
Manford | Rawls | One of Manford Rawls' sons. |
| | Billy
Manford | Rawls | One of Manford Rawls' sons. |
| | Jimmy
Manford | Rawls | One of Manford Rawls' sons. |
| | | Jeffords | A judge. |
| | | | Part III |
| 24 | John | Carson | British actor. |
| 25 | Aldus | DeMille | A doctor. |
| | | Barnes | A warden. |
| 26 | Herman | Flood | Juke's new acquaintance. |
| | Abigail | | A nurse. |
| | Bob | Pruitt | A carder at the mill. |
| | Denny | | Bob Pruitt's son. |
| 27 | Franklin D. | Roosevelt | President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. |
| | Carole | Lombard | American actress. |
| | Estelle | | Owner of a beauty shop. |
| 28 | Mrs. | Stovall | Oliver's neighbor. |
| | Willie J | | A horse. |
| 32 | Mrs. | Nightingale | The grocer's wife. |
| 33 | Miss | Ausbie | A maid. |
| 34 | Elvie | | A young maid. |
| | Mrs. | Harold | Charles Mercer's acquaintance. |
| | Early | Bledsoe | A mule breeder. |
| 35 | Maggie | | A black and white cow. |
