Houston County GaArchives History - Letters .....Lumsford Pitts To Enoch Noble 1853
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Jones County, NC
Enoch Noble Collection
Letter from Lumsford PITTS of Haynesville, Houston Co., GA to Enoch NOBLE of 
Jones Co., NC
8 Sept. 1853

Mr. NOBLE, 

Dear Sir, 
I take this opportunity of dropping you a line by way of inquiring information 
and requests, I would enquire of you you did not carry a note of $4000. made by 
Wm. S. COALSON? & assigned by Joseph YORKE?, Security to N. F. HOOKER of North 
Carolina whether you did not deliver said note to HOOKER this — HOOKERS aid into 
and that he —— with the note $400 which I suppose was this interest at 10 
percent of this 4000 Dollars for this year. Wm. HOOKER admits all this and said 
he gave you a note I mean the old one made by Wm. S. COALSON? and assigned by 
Harry? WINTERLY, Security he says he wrote across the face of the note three 
times, Satisfied, he gave you the note. this was in the year 184. Wm. S. COALSON 
died in 1851. I am his Administrator, Wm. HOOKER has commenced his suit against 
the Estate for the 4000 dollars. Having from Mr. COALSON himself that all the 
amount he owed Mr. HOOKER was wary I mean not to pay it till forced by Law, now 
my friend the Inquest I make of you is this If this note is in your possession 
please enclose it in a letter and forward it to me immediately as we shall not 
need it at this Term of 4 Monday in Octr. If the note has been lost or mislaid 
so you Can’t control it. Please try and recollect? the Amount of the note what 
date made it was taken up in 1845. And as the note was given for Land and the 
Land made by HOOKER to COALSON was made in 1836. Now my friends if you know 
anything as to the ensuing in the case any suppose of either COLSON or HOOKER 
write me and it will be thankfully Rec’d. I —— you will attend to this matter at 
an early date after its reception and please give me all the information you can 
in Reference to this Case of Wm. S. COALSON & N. F. HOOKER as to the council of 
notes and all you know as to the usury if any.
I am very respectfully yours, 
Lunsford PITTS

N. B. If you can’t send me the old paid notes in 1845 please try and ———? when 
the note was made and when done I remain? this note that you took up from 
HOOKER. as it is important that we should know where the note was made this date 
and the date due. 
Lunsford PITTS


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