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~nd ~ half from ~rawrordville, in ‘.L~eliaferro ~‘ounty. Mary ~nci ~-raridison ~ifly was my Ma and Pa. Ma was ~9~k up at de biL! h:7U5e and she died when I was jus‘ a little gal. Pa was a f::~eid hand, and he belonged to l~1arse ~r1tt ~iUy~
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“Dere was four of us oMliun: me~, and Mary, and

Frances, and Mack,“ she counted on the fingers of one hand, ~‘L~rse P~1ec let ~ have J~ek for his bodyguord~ 1~rsnces, she wuked in de field, and Mary was de baby~ she was too little to ~xk, 1~Ie, I was 14 years old when de ~ar was over.

I siiept yards, toted water to de field, and played ‘round de
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-~ ~: ;.Se and yard wid de rest of de chillun.

	~	“~De long, log houses -tthat us lived in was called ‘ts~tgun“ houses ‘cause dey had tiiree roorn~, one behind. de
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ot~or in a row lak de barrel of a shotgun. All de chi1~jm

s1ei~t in one end room and de grown fclkses slept in de other end rc~o:a. De kitchen whar us cooked and et was~~nüddle room. Beds
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7i~S :~aade out of pine poles put to~etner wid cords. Dem. wheatw ztr~w mattresses was for grown folkses mostly ‘Cause nigh all de c:i~:~1un slept on pallets. liowsoxne~ever, dere was some few ~i~ve chillun‘whet had beds to sleep on. Pillows~ Dein days us nev~~r knowed ~hat pillows W85. Gals slept on one side of de roo:~~ ~nd boys on de other in de chjlluns room. tJncle ~irn, he
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~	de beth-maker, and he made up a heap of little beds lak what ~iey calls cots now.