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Phoebe Faucette
Hantpton aounty

DAPENEY WRIGI~2

106 Year Old Ex-81aye


	J~~t around the bend from the old mill pond on the way to Davis ~wimni1ng Pool lives a very old negro wśan. Her name ja Daphney Wr ight ‚ though that itaine has nev er been heard b~ those who affectionately know her as “Aunt Ltfie“. She says she Is 106 years old~ She colčs to the door without a c&ne and greets her guests with accustomed curt~y. She is neatly dressed and still wears a fresh white cap as she did ~then she worked for the white folks. Save for her wearing glasses and walking slowly, there are no evidences of Illness orinfiral-‘ ties. She has a sturdy frame, and a kindly face shows through the wrinkles.

	Ni been livin‘ in Beaufort when de war fust (first ) break out“, she begins.~~‘Mr. Robert Cally was my rr~rsa. Dat wuz in October. De Southern soldiers come through Bluffton on a Wednesday and te].]. de white folks must get out de way, de Yanke e s r ight behind ‚ eni I De summer p].a ce be en at B].uff ton. De plantation wuz ten miles away. After we refugče from Bluffton, we spent de fust ni~t at Jone svi 11e ~ From dere we went to Hardeeville. We got here on Saturday evening. You know we had to ride by horses ~ in wagons an‘ buggies. Dere weren‘t no railroads or cars den. Dat why it take so
	long.	~

	“Mx‘. Lawrence McKenzie wuz my Missust child. ~e stayed lid him awhile, ‘tU he find us a place. Got us a little

.	house. WO sta7ed four years dere, ttil~. de war wuz over.