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44 What ia your nEulle? A, A. a. Vvalkor.What i yok.A.r age? A. 71,What la your pot oiTice address? A, Florence, Alabama.How lone; have you lived in Alabama? A, About 61 or 62 years,came here in 1843,Q, Did you know a man (Alring hi life tire by the name of Aaron Askew?A. '1C3 sir,The. no who was a preacher anU Collector? A, Yes sir,:“A;.4 know any of 144 son? A 0 ,Les sir.oes? A. I lolow Lbrle Askew a son of his, and one calledMoses; anc4i then I know on or two ot his dau8htere: one that marriedLouclss and one that married lir. William Atwell,C,„ What Wa2 the appearance of Aaron Askew so far as indicative ofracial appearance? A. The old acntio=an was very dark complected,He had the appearance of an Indian to me l always. Of coarse, that izthe way I ak,derstand it, I wao raised partly in tlie CrkSk nation,Q4 Vat about his oheek bones? A, .•;ell, as I lwve said before, hehad the appearance of an indiwa in tie face, His cheek bones were high;,.nd. 1113 liair blac.k and 4itrait.(;., • You remember anything about his beard? A. My reatebrance is that henevr:r wore a long blb.rd; nt3 wa63 a guln hi aved„ it WU3 not thecustom ir those days V3 it iL3 now to wear beard,0, 0 Lo you remember at An wore on 114,,; feet? A, No Liir, 1 d) not,04, That did he wear on Itir; head? A„ He uaually or a cap. Itmdgle hi.a very conspicuous to me, I et lam ol:ter in cold weatALerhe had a rola 3f' the cap alnost covering his eyes,go What is your vocation? A, I have been afamer all my life andawl a mini3tr o_ the govul,Wh4t Coonad,inatlun? A. „5vutern Liet4flodiot,4, 'Aaron Askew ww3 minitr of 1;hu Bz.i,oLiat cwArch I believe? A, Yessir, that wa, .14i;3 po3ition in tiochura4,(;„ Can you ui4y oi t race of people Aaron Askew was? A, ell, nosir,Q„ Did you ever hear Aaron Askew or any of hiu fmily state from what

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