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	Sarah Probst	  District Three
	Reporter	  Meigs County •	8G
	~udrey Meighen .	240-Folklore

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Age87


	ttItse ba~vned Ç)-~.r1tstun, west Virginia in February 1850.tt

	“MI mami‘ s name 9 Hur naine wuz ‘ run Paine an‘ s he waz bawned down Jackson County, Virginia. My pappy vruz John. James, a coopah an‘ he i~mz bavined. at I~ock Creek, ~Test Virg.inia. He cuxa‘d oirah heah with Lightburn‘s Retreat. Dey ail crossed de ribah at Buffington Island. Yes, I had two bruthahs and three sistahs. Deir wuz Jim, Thomas, he refugeed from Charllstun to Pum‘roy and it -bitk him fo‘ months, den de wuz sis-bah J:~dah, Carrie anT E11a~ When I rite young I wurked as hous‘ maid fo~ numbah quality white folks an‘ latah on I wuz nurs‘ fo‘ de chilluns in sum homes, heah abouts.“

	‘tOh, de slaves quartahs, dey wuz undah de sam‘ ruf with Marse Huntts-big hous‘ but in de back. When I‘se litti‘ I sleeped in a trirn‘1 bed. My mammy v~uz mighty ‘ticlar an‘ clean, why she made us chilluns wash ouah feets ebry night fo‘ we ~it into de bed,“

	“When Mar s e Hunt rauved up to Char 1 ~ ~ ~y man~ny and pappy 15~vt in log cabin.“

	“My gran‘ mammy, duz I ‘member hur? Honey chile, I shure duz. She wuz my 5 mainny. She wuz one hun ‚ erd and ‘ yeahs ~ when she die rite in hur cheer. Dat mawhin‘ she eat a big hearty brekfast.