JONES COUNTY, GA - HISTORY LETTERS  James Moore (Indian Trader) from daughter, Nancy Hutton  1853

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Letter addressed to Mr. James Moore, Tallaposey County Alabama
						With notion in different hand possibly postmaster' " Garden Valley, Tex, Aug 16th - 5

August the 9 1853 - Dear Father I take the opertunity
writing to you to inform you of my distresses and bad
lick. I am in tolerable good health at present and
hope that these few lines may find you and mother
both and all my sistes injoying the same God's
blessing. But I have lost my husband and my child.
Tha bothe died last winter and I am left alone heare.
I am living by myself. I have got Jo yet, he does
cary on my farm for me and I am quite alone heare.. I
would give the world to see you and if I was able to
come I would come to see you but I can't quit here
and if you do intend to help me now I do stand in
need of it.

I have six grandchildren that nicey left when she
died. Henry is single yet, he lives about one hundred
miles from me at his fathers house and he has got the
children with him at this time but I am going to go
and get some of them to come and stay with me in this
fall and winter. Henry drinks so bad that he is no
satisfaction to me and if you can help me now is the
time I need it. Come and see me if you pleas and help
me if you ever intend to do it for I stand nead of it
now if I ever shall.

Now I will tell you something abot the contray. It is
very good contrey for cotton and corn and sweat
potatoes. The paraies grow very good wheat. Hogs do
very well. I am living in timber land 20 miles from
the river. And it is a very good contray for cattle.
Cows keepfat winter and summer, it is very good range
hear, Fruit does tolerable well hears. Peaches does
very well hear. Apels don't do as well as peaches.
Figs does very well.

Give my love to Mr. Johnson and his wife and all the
rest of them. Tell them that  I would be very glad to
see them all if I could and if they will com out
heare I do think tha would like this contrey out
heare and it would be a great satisfaction to me to
see them out heare.

Write to me as quick as you git this and direct your
letters to Garden Valley Van Zandt Countey texas. I
must come to a close by saying that I am your true
and affectionet daughter.

Nancy Hutton


I went to arkansaw last winter and saw sister Peggy .
She is married again. She has a very sickly husband. 
James is living heare in texas but he is not living
with me. He is a vary good looking young man. He
talks of going back this winter. That's all I know
about them ao will come to a close. Your afectionet
daughter'

								Nancy Hutton
Excuse blots and bad writting