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Hatcher Hollow Becomes Me

Hatcher Hollow is old white colonizer's country my cousin sold me this precious land property My ancestors lived im Mc Ewen Tn for centuries my ancestors lived and died in Humphrey county my people were native on our grandparents William collier and Letha pearl Webb Smith side I noticed my colliers were black hair blue eyed i wondered if my people were the Appalachian and part Melungeon I heard my Smith native people are from Kentucky ,North Carolina region my people came from many shades of brown in older generation our culture had to bury this information the cover ups and broken history wont take away our native pride I have strong heritage and have nothing to hide here at Hatcher road there's trees all around me the road I live on is curvy there's no wifi and google cant find me I tolerate living off the grid away from society I'm up on high grounds to be a hilly billy I wont drown by rain swamps like in the lower valley I live not too far from my family graves in Humphrey county the forest thinned too much that gave my buried ancestor privacy it looks so different than where i want to be buried

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