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~	~ — ~ — ~ — ~ — — — — — — — — — — ~ — — — — — — ~ — — — ~I Was born In Alabama, Ru~aseil County, on a placs called Sand Ridge,

about seven ailes out from Columbus, Georgia. Bred and born in Alabama.

Come out here a young gal. Naan‘t married when I come out her.. Married when a boy trcm Alabama met n~ though. Got his pict~irs. I~ila Williamal That was my name before I married. How many sisters do yś have? That‘s another question they ask all the tima; I suppose you want to know, too. Tvo. Where are they? That‘s another one of them questions they always askin‘ ma. You want to know it, too? I got one in Clarkadale, Miaa. issippi. And the other one is in Philadelphia; no, I man in Philipp city, Tallahatchie (county). aer nai~ is Bertha Owens and she lives in Philipp city. What state is Philipp city in? That‘Il be the next qusa.. tiozi. It is in Mississippi, sir. Now is thai anything else you‘d like to knoi?

	“My mother‘s name was Bertha Williams and my tather‘s nar~ was Fred Williams. I don‘t know nothing ‘bout m~ma‘a mother. Tes, her name was Crecie. My father‘s mother was named Sarah. She got killed by lightning. Crecis‘s husband was named John Olivsr. $arah‘s husband was namad Iilli Danisi. Early Hurt was mama ‚ s master. 11e had an awf~il name and h. was an awful man. He whipped you till he‘d bloodied you and blistered you. Then he would out open the blisters and drop sealing~vax in them and in the open wounds made by the whips.