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	Ah. wuz born aftuh iurrsnd•r. Ah guss. ah~m about 74 ysari •1.~ Mali pa wuz er slave an mah nia wuz too. D.y moiter iuz name Green Traylor an dey lived right down dar at Tu1a~ Creek. Nah niistesi ~uz named Martha Traylor an dey name u aftuh huh. Mah name is Nartha Lee Trayler. LftUh ehe mahried huh nwne wuz Martha Paturn~ W. worked down dar. Oh~ Mah La~~t .!~ow we did work — all ovah dat bot~ torn. ~ puttiest fi.1~ ah •vah did see. D. Tray].or‘s owned hiR.n. Later on de Tatuins bought hit fum dem and yeari aftuh dat de Nach‘s bought hit fum de Tatums • But new all uv dat place ~ is ~1 up‘.
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Nothing but er pin. thicket and er black berry thlcketa Ye óaint hardly walktrhough de place. Later on de Gebb1. owned us. Gs.r~. Cebb wuz hic name ~ }le lived down in d. Caisdonia settlement • Ah w.nt bshin‘ him er many er day wid d. hoe or h.‘d crack nah haid. H. use tuh be d. sheriff hers de yeara uv d. boon an hic nsphsw is de sheriff nov~ GradyWooley. Later en while ah cuz a gull ah corked fuli de Swill.ys an iuz partly raised on d.y plantation. D. oie i~n wuz name Lawson Swilley. His wife~ Margaret Swilley, and I dare d.m two people treated me whit.0 She maimni•d me er many er day. Ah wuz bred and born right down dar er~round Càl&donia. Ahwuz a big gull dunn de time uv d. centennial snow. Di. snow wuz called dat cause hit wuz de biggu 8flOW dat evah been. Hit wuz ovah yo haid. W. had tuli spade our way evah whah wo went. Tuh de wood gitting place, tab de sping, tuh di hosi lot, and svah whah. D. snow wuz warm an soft. W. piled up so much snow till hit took hit er half er year tub moita