| Mr. | Abbott | A judge. |
| Mrs. | Borders | Mildred's acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Bryars | Mr. Hockaday's former neighbor and friend. |
| Mrs. | Carlisle | Agnes's great-aunt. |
| Katherine | Cooper | Agnes's close friend. Aka: Kitty. |
| Mr. | Covington | A chemistry professor. |
| Mr. | Cowan | The postmaster. |
| Ned | Cowan | A postmaster's son. |
| Preston | Farley | Roe's acquaintance. |
| Placidia | Fincher | Mildred's cousin. Aka: Dia |
| Quincy Valorie | Fincher | Placidia's (Dia's) father and Carthere's husband. |
| Achilles Fincher | Hockaday | Placidia's son. Aka: Achey. |
| Alex | Gordon | A doctor. Dia's father's friend. |
| Lem | Gordon | Dr. Gordon's grandson. |
| Edna | Hambright | A weaver. |
| Willetta | Hammond | Nolan's fiancee. |
| Charles | Hockaday | Griff's son. Aka: Charlie. |
| Gryffth Rhys | Hockaday | Civil war major. Aka: Griff |
| Janet B. | Hockaday | Hockaday's first wife. |
| Alma | Jefferies | A journalist. |
| Dr. | Jolley | A surgeon. |
| Arthur | Jones | Mildred's husband. |
| Roberta Delia | Jones | Mildred's daughter. Aka: Roe. |
| Mr. | Lipscomb | An engineer. |
| Mrs. | Lipscomb | Mr. Lipscomb's wife. |
| J.W. | Mitchell | A magistrate. |
| Walter | Moultrie | A prosecuting attorney. |
| Agnes | Oglesby | Dia's stepsister. |
| Mrs. | Oglesby | Agnes's grandmother. |
| Nolan | Oglesby | Agnes's brother. |
| Floyd | Parris | Agnes's husband. |
| | Poteat | A minister. |
| Mrs. | Strickland | Dr. Gordon's sister. |
| Elliot | Taylor | Miss Taylor's brother. |
| Miss | Taylor | Roe's sociable friend. |
| Mr. | Taylor | A banker. |
| M.B. | Upchurch | A coroner. |
| Mrs. | Weeks | An overseer's wife. |
| Mrs. | Whiteside | A retired professor of Geology. |
| Beth | Wilkerson | Mr. Cowan's acquaintance. |
| Abner | | Fincher's farm caretaker. |
| Alistair | | Carthene's brother. |
| Banjo | | Placidia's horse. |
| Benjamin | | Mrs. Wilkerson's son. |
| Bob | | Works and lives at Holland Creek Farm. |
| Brownie | | One of Fincher's mules. |
| Calhoun | | Field boss. |
| Carthene | | Agnes's mother. |
| Cash | | A carpenter. |
| Cato | | A farm worker. |
| Cleo | | Charles's nanny. |
| Cyrus | | One of the boys who lit the candles at Agnes's wedding.. |
| Daniel | | Achilles's colleague. |
| Davey | | A poultry boy. |
| Emilia | | One of Hockaday's former servants. African American who ran off. |
| Ephraim | | Fincher's driver. |
| Felix | | One of Hockaday's servants. |
| Flora | | Achilles's younger sister. |
| Florie | | Dia's aunt. |
| Fly | | A horse. |
| George | | Floyd's friend. |
| Geraldine | | Placidia's mother. |
| Gopher | | A dog. |
| Helen | | Placidia's daughter. |
| Isaac | | Cato's companion. |
| James | | Winthrop's son. |
| Junius | | Parris's driver. |
| Leonora | | Roe's friend. |
| Malvinda | | Cook for Placidia at Holland Creek Farm. |
| Martine | | Charles's wife. |
| Mercy | | Fincher's cook. |
| Mildred | | Placidia's widowed cousin. Aka: Millie. |
| Millie | | Helen's sister. |
| Mose | | The boy who got bitten by a snake. |
| Neill | | Floyd's brother. |
| Nerissa | | Fincher's maid. |
| Nettie | | Roe's aunt. |
| Prince | | Ransom's son. |
| Rachel | | A cow. |
| Ransom | | A hired man. |
| Rose | | An old dog. |
| Sadie | | One of Fincher's mules. |
| Sam | | Benjamin's father. |
| Sukie | | Mr. Hockaday's old servant. |
| Titus | | An overseer. |
| Tony | | One of the boys who lit the candles at Agnes's wedding.. |
| Virgil Achilles | | Attorney-at-law. |
| Winthrop | | One of Hockaday's servants. |
