Husband John Albritton 24
Born: Abt 1750 - Virginia 23
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Died: 1815 - Laurens County, Georgia 23
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Marriage: Abt 1774 - North Carolina 23
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1 M Matthew Albritton
Born: 1775 - North Carolina 119
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Died: Nov 1849 - Lowndes Co., GA 119
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Spouse: Nancy Ann Bulloch
Marr: Abt 1805 24
2 M Thomas Albritton
Born: 1776 - North Carolina 23
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Died: 1865 - Pierce County, Georgia 23
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Spouse: Frances 23
Marr: Abt 1828 - Bryan Co., GA 23
3 M Henry Albritton
Born: 1778 23
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4 F Ann Albritton
Born: 1782 23
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5 F Sarah Albritton
Born: 1786 - Effingham Co., GA 23
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Spouse: Captain David Mizell 23
Marr: 27 Nov 1808 23
6 F Susannah Albritton
Born: 1793 - Effingham Co., GA 23
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Spouse: William E. Dean 23
Marr: 4 Jul 1816 23
7 F Jane Albritton
Born: 1795 - Screven Co., GA 23
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Spouse: John Dean 23
Marr: 22 Dec 1814 23
8 M William Albritton
Born: 1797 - Bulloch County, GA 23
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Spouse: Mariah Blackshear 23
Marr: 1 Jun 1820 23
9 M Richard Albritton
Born: 1798 - Bulloch County, GA 23
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Spouse: Elizabeth Perkins 23
Marr: 13 Dec 1825 23
General Notes: Husband - John Albritton
ALBRITTON, JOHN Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39209367/needham_r-hines: accessed May 16, 2025), memorial page for Needham R Hines (2 Jul 1867\endash 21 Sep 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39209367, citing Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, McAlpin, Suwannee County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Donna McPherson (contributor 46906329). ALBRITTON, Rev. Matthew. Wife of Burrell Davis. Married January 13. 1877 MELTON, ELIAS.
1750-1815
Effingham
John Albritton, a Revolutionary soldier, was born about 1750 and, as thought, in Virginia. He grew up in North Carolina and married there about 1774. His wife's name was Abby (or Abegail) but her maiden name has not been learned. They had the following known children:
1. Thomas
2. Henry
3. Ann
4. Sarah
5. Matthew b. 1788, m. Ann Bulloch daughter of James.
6. Susannah
7. Jane
8. William
9. Richard
It appears that John Albritton lived in South Carolina, then in Georgia during the Revolution. His earliest residence in Georgia, was in Effingham County where he had 126 acres surveyed, for him there September 6, 1784. He lived in that portion of Effingham that was made into Screven county in 1793, and into Bulloch in 1796. He moved with his family and with his son, Matthew and his family, and others of the connection, to Laurens County very soon after its creation, and was a charter member of the Poplar Springs Baptist Church there in 1807. He lived there until his death in 1815.
Laurens County records show that Richard and Henry Albritton, his sons, were appointed administrators on his estate December 4, 1815, and on July 2, 1821, Jethro J. Weaver was appointed administrator de bonis non. The home place seems to have been on Lot 244, 2nd district Laurens County, which the administrator sold at public sale March 7, 1825.
Census References: 1820, Laurens.
Husband Thomas N. Crews
Born: 23 Mar 1867 - Hardee County, Florida
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Died: 16 Sep 1927 - Hardee County, Florida
Buried: 18 Sep 1927 - Crewsville Cemetery, Crewsville, DeSoto County, Florida
Father: Henry Collin Crews
Mother: Susan Elizabeth Wingate
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Wife Louisa Penelope Albritton
Born: 1872
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Died: 1938
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Husband Nelson Lockler 114
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Marriage: 21 Feb 1861 114
Wife Lydia Ann Albritton
Born: 18 Nov 1840 - Ware (now Brantley County) Georgia 114
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Father: Thomas Henry Albritton
Mother: Frances Waldron
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Husband Needam R. Hines
Born: 2 Jul 1867 - Columbia County, Florida 120
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Died: 21 Sep 1951 - Suwanee County, Florida
Buried: - Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Suwannee County, Florida
Father: William H. Hines
Mother: Frances Rimes 117
Marriage: - Columbia County, FL
Wife Mary Elizabeth Albritton
Born: 26 Jul 1882 - Florida
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Died: 15 Sep 1964 - Suwanee County, Florida
Buried: - Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Suwannee County, Florida
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General Notes: Husband - Needam R. Hines
Name: Needham R Hines
Sex: Male
Age: 43 years (43 years)
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Birthplace: Florida
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Benton, Columbia, Florida, United States
Event Place (Original): Benton, 40, Columbia, Florida, United States
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 5
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Household
Ruby Hines
Elizebeth M Hines
Lillie Hines
John N Hines
Digital Folder Number: 004970340
Microfilm Number: 1374171
Image Number: 498
Indexing Batch: N03336-1
Citing this Record
"United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVB-XZQ : Fri Mar 08 17:44:22 UTC 2024), Entry for Needham R Hines and Elizebeth M Hines, 1910.
N R Hines, "United States Census, 1940"
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"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTCB-X14 : accessed 20 Oct 2013), N R Hines, O'Brien, Election Precinct 17, Suwannee, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-19, sheet 8B, family 153, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 618
Husband Matthew Albritton
Born: 1775 - North Carolina 119
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Died: Nov 1849 - Lowndes Co., GA 119
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Father: John Albritton 24
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Marriage: Abt 1805 24
Wife Nancy Ann Bulloch
Born: 1792 - Bulloch County, GA 24
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Died: 1871 - Brooks County, Georgia 24
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Father: James Bulloch 24
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1 F Abigail Albritton
Born: 1805 - Bryan Co., GA 3
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Died: 12 Aug 1868 - Hillsborough County, Fla 3
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Spouse: Cornelius English Jr
Marr: 1829 3
2 M Jesse J. Albritton
Born: 1810 24
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3 M James B. Albritton
Born: Abt 1810 24
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Spouse: Marian English
4 M George W. Albritton
Born: 1815 - Laurens County, Georgia 3
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Died: Jan 1865 - Hilton Head Island, SC 3
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Spouse: Jane Allen
5 M William T. Albritton
Born: 1823 24
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6 M Matthew Henry Albritton
Born: 1826 24
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7 F Martha Ellen Albritton
Born: 1832 24
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8 F Sophronia Albritton
Born: 1834 24
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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Albritton
1785-1850
BROOKS
Rev. Matthew Albriton, one of the first Baptist ministers to move to this section of South Georgia, was born in Effingham County about 1795, son of John Albritton, a Revolutionary soldier. He grew up in Bulloch County, which was created partly out of Effingham County, and was married about 1805 to Ann Bulloch, daughter of James and Diana Bulloch. She was born in that county (Bulloch) in 1792 and died in 1871 in Brooks County.
After marriage, Matthew Albritton and wife lived in Bulloch and Bryan counties, then moved to Laurens County. After a few years residence there, they moved back to Bulloch County where they appear in the 1820 Census. About 1824-25, the family moved to what was then Irwin County, the territory a short time later being made into Lowndes County. He became one of the first five Justices of the Inferior Court of Lowndes County, serving 1826-27. The 1830 tax-digest of Lowndes County shows he owned and lived on lot of land 446, 12th district of Lowndes, now Brooks County.
Elder Albritton first united with some Baptist Church in Bulloch or Bryan County. He entered into the organization of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Laurens County in 1807. His father was also a charter member of that church and served as the moderator at its first conference August 22, 1807. When the deed to the church property was made August 26, 1809, it was made to Matthew Albritton and Joseph Yarbrough as Deacons of Poplar Springs Baptist Church (see deed book "A" page 207, Laurens County). His subsequent membership until his removal to Lowndes County in 1825 cannot now be traced.
He was one of the presbytery which organized Union Church, the first Baptist Church in old Lowndes County, October 1, 1825. He was its first pastor and served until his death in January, 1850 (1849 based on Mortality Record). Mrs. Albritton was a charter member of Union Church, coming by letter. She was dismissed by letter August 12, 1826, and she and her husband became charter members of Bethel Baptist Church on the western side of Lowndes County (territory now Brooks), September, 1826. On September 6, 1833, he transferred his membership to Union Church where it remained until his death. In February, 1829, Mrs. Albriton was dismissed by letter from Bethel to join in constituting a new church at "Albritton's Meeting-house" which was named Bethany; this was near the Albritton home.
At its October, 1827 session, the Piedmont Baptist Association received the request of seven infant Baptist churches lying between the Alapaha River, the Flint River and over into Florida to constitute them into a separate association. Elders Albritton and Fleming Bates were sent to organize the new association which was done at Bethel Church in present Brooks County, November 17, 1827. It was named the Ocklochnee Baptist Association. Union Church, of which Elder Albritton was pastor, was the only one belonging to the Piedmont of the seven petitioning churches, and it was granted a letter of dismission to enter into the new association. The other six churches had joined no association.
Elder Albritton was a well-known Baptist minister of his day. He seems to have been an able preacher of the Gospel and was in great demand among the churches. He was active in spreading the Baptist faith and in forming new churches. He was moderator of the Ochlochnee Baptist Association for several years and prominent in its councils. He served a number of churches all over old Lowndes, Ware and Thomas Counties, and over in Florida. He was pastor of Columbia Church from its organization in 1833 until 1847, pastor of Bethel Church at various times, and pastor of Bethany Church (Bethel, Columbia, and Bethany Churches are now in Brooks County). When the division occurred in the ranks of Baptists in the latter 1830's and 1840's over missions, Sunday-schools, and state conventions, he cast his lot with the anti-missionaries, or "Primitives" as they named themselves.
When he died in the midst of a very busy ministry, his passing was the occasion of widespread sorrow among his brethren. He was buried at Bethany Church; his grave marked by a brick wall about it but no other marker. Mrs. Albritton lived twenty-one years longer, died in 1871, and was buried on the old John W. Allen place one mile east of Dixie. She spent her last years with Mr. and Mrs. Allen. The children of Elder and Mrs. Albritton were:
1. Abigail
2. Jesse J.
3. James B.
4. George W.
5. William T.
6. Matthew Henry
7. Martha Ellen
8. Sophronia
Matthew H. and Jesse J. Albritton were administrators of their father's estate. The estate was appraised in April, 1850 by Jeremiah Wilson, Wilson Johnson, and Thomas E. Hardee, appraisers.
Bryan County records show that in 1809, Mrs. Ann Albritton joined with her mother, Mrs. Dinah Bulloch, and her sister, Mrs. Abegail Hilliard, in making a deed to 100 acres of land in Bryan County that had been granted her father, James Bulloch. (Note: Some records refer to Mrs. Albritton as "Nancy" and other places she is referred to as "Ann".)
Reference: POWG Volume 1
VII--ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS To Volume I
Census References: 1820, Bryan; 1830, 1840, 1850, Lowndes.
ALBRITTON, MATTHEW (p. 4): (1st) His son, James B. Albritton, married Mariah English, daughter of Cornelius English; she was born Mar. 13, 1813. (2nd) A deed appears of record in Bulloch County, in deed book 5, page 41, from Matthew Albritton "of Lowndes County, state aforesaid," to Edmund Burnsides, dated Jan. 23, 1827, conveying 398 acres "where the grantor formerly lived" on Ash's Branch in Bulloch County. (3rd) The old minutes of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Laurens County, examined by the Compiler in May, 1953, shows that Elder Albritton and his wife were constituent members of the church when it was constituted August 22, 1807; it was not shown where they were formerly members. At that time he was a layman. On Nov. 7, 1812, he was licensed to preach by Poplar Springs, and on the same date he and his wife were granted letters of dismission.
Name: Matthew Albritton
Sex: Male
Age: 75 years (75 years)
Birth Date: 1775
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death Date: November 1849 (November 1849)
Marital Status: Married
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Lowndes, Georgia, United States (Lowndes, Georgia, United States)
Line Number: 35
Schedule Type: 1850 Mortality
Microfilm Number: 422413
Indexing Batch: N01155-5
Digital Folder Number: 004191535
Image Number: 272
Citing this Record
"United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850-1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FJ-PRK : Sat Mar 09 18:22:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Matthew Albritton, 1850.
Husband Matthew Arthur Albritton
Born: 3 May 1845 - Georgia
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Died: 1876 - Bowling Green, Manatee County, Florida
Buried: - Bethlehem Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida
Father: Arthur Thomas Albritton
Mother: Nancy Summerlin
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Wife Marguret Register
Born: 2 Sep 1853 - Statenville, Ware County, Georgia
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Died: 12 Sep 1917 - Lake City (Columbia Co) FL
Buried: - Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Deep Creek, Columbia County, Florida, USA
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1 M David Columbus Albritton 116
Born: 9 Mar 1868 - Lake City, Columbia County, Florida
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Died: 3 Nov 1956 - Benton, Columbia County, Florida, USA
Buried: - Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Deep Creek, Columbia County, Florida, USA
Spouse: Sarah Katherine Crews
General Notes: Wife - Marguret Register
Suggested edit: If the parents are right, then the birthdate on her stone, I believe is incorrect. The Margaret who is the daughter of David and Matilda is shown on the 1850 and 1860 Census as having a birthdate of 1859.
Contributor: Anthony Gray (48960100) • Graycav56@aol.com
Note to contributor: You cannot go strictly by census records, however, she is on the 1950 census as being 1 year old which would make her birth year 1849. The records are only as good as the person speaking to the census taker. Unless you have a death certificate I will leave the memorial as it stands.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32318566/marguret-albritton_davis: accessed May 6, 2025), memorial page for Marguret Register Albritton Davis (2 Sep 1853\endash 12 Sep 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32318566, citing Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Deep Creek, Columbia County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Elaine Wilson Toomey (contributor 46951411).
Husband Oliver Asbury Albritton
Born: to 2 Dec 1849 - Columbia County, FL 114
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Father: Thomas Henry Albritton
Mother: Frances Waldron
Marriage: 9 Feb 1871 114
Wife Caroline Ivey 114
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Husband Elias Melton
Born: 1829 - Ware County, Georgia 25
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Died: 1900 25
Buried: - High Bluff Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, GA
Father: Benjamin Melton 3
Mother: Nancy Dryden 3
Marriage: 1851 3
Wife Rhoda Albritton
AKA: Ann Albritton
Born: 1836 - Ware County (Now Brantley) Georgia 23
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Father: Thomas Albritton
Mother: Frances 23
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1 M John T. Melton
Born: 1853 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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2 M Andrew J. Melton
Born: 1854 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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3 M Aaron Melton
Born: 1855 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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4 F Charlotte Melton
Born: 1856 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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5 M Timothy Melton
Born: 28 Dec 1857 - Ware (now Charlton) County, GA 3
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Died: 19 Jan 1918 - Ware County, GA
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Spouse: Letisha Crews
Marr: 29 Oct 1882 - Ware County, Georgia
6 M Moses W. Melton
Born: 1859 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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Spouse: Nancy Angeline Barber
Marr: 16 Feb 1881 114
7 F Harriet Melton
Born: 1861 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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8 F Ursala Melton
Born: 1863 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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9 F Martha Melton
Born: 1865 - Ware (now Charlton) County, Georgia 3
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10 M Frances Marion Melton
Born: 11 Nov 1865 - Ware County, Georgia 3
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Died: 29 Sep 1934 - Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Nancy Crews
Marr: 29 Jan 1887
General Notes: Husband - Elias Melton
1829-1900
CHARLTON
Elias Melton was born 1829 in Ware County, a son of Benjamin Melton and Nancy Dryden Melton (variously spelled "Milton" and "Melton"). The elder Melton was born in Bulloch County, 1799, a son of Nathaniel and Nancy Melton of that county, who came to Ware County as early as 1826 when he, Nathaniel, bought Lot of land 15, 8th district, from James Prevatt. Elias Melton was married in 1851 to Ann Albritton, born 1830, daughter of Thomas Albritton (Vol. ll). To them were born ten children:
1. John T.
2. Andrew J.
3. Aaron
4. Charlotte
5. Timothy
6. Moses W.
7. Harriet
8. Ursula
9. Martha
10. Francis Marion
Upon the creation of Charlton County in 1854, Mr. Melton and family became residents there, having been cut out of Ware. Elias Melton died there about 1900 and his wife died soon after, and they were buried in the cemetery at High Bluff Church.
Husband Richard Albritton
Born: 1798 - Bulloch County, GA 23
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Marriage: 13 Dec 1825 23
Wife Elizabeth Perkins 23
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Husband Captain David Mizell 23
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Marriage: 27 Nov 1808 23
Wife Sarah Albritton
Born: 1786 - Effingham Co., GA 23
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Father: John Albritton 24
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