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~~Projeet 1655
	Genevieve L Chandler		~
	Murrells Thiet
	Georgetown County, S. C.	.	FOLKL~



EX~SIAVB STORY

( ~i~CLE GiBE lANCE ~ BORN ß~D LIVING ON SANDY ISIA~D )



	“Great Peaoe Missue, baie to study up that!“

	Uncle Gabe had just arrived from Sandy Island atthe country post~offioe, having rovqed over for his month ‚ s supply of ~ sugar and ootfee and things he ean~ not raise. After the five or six mile row he mu8t neede walk three nues to the
	offioo.	~

	“I could reiiieniber when the Yankee boats come to ~&ntarena. —-— gun — boata. Bout ten o‘clock in the morning, Soldier aU muster cirb and scatter aU over the is land. You know that oauee.e~way? Gone ove r that two by two, gun on shoulder gliaten gainet the ~unI Blue.scoats, blue pante, hat all blue. Cone back to landing bout fFri o‘clock. Hays hog, geeBs, ducki Broke In barn. Stole ratione from poor people. L~r Grandfather the Driver —~— alave Driver. Name Neleon. J&usea — Frank Herriott. 1~usea gone in pwamp. Eid In woods. I~r Gra.ndtather take old lilie Sally —~ Miss Sally Herriott ~- count she couldn‘t walk with rheumatism ~— Grandfathe r took old ~is s Saliï on he back to hid ‚ em in the woods where J~usea~ Yankee stay but thé~one day. Ratage all Över us island.

	All gàat, hog, chicken, duck, geese ~— all the aniira.l but the cow been take on the Taflkee gun boat. They broke in Miusea big rice barn and share eli that out

	to the colored folks,






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