Pike COUNTY GA Military - Civil War Letters - Lucinda Wesley Turner File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Nancy Grogan" http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/military/civilwar/letters/turner.txt Correspondence from Lucinda Wesley Turner to her mother. Lucinda Wesley married Elisha Turner, her cousin, who was the son of Edward Turner b 1778 SC d 1865 Pike Co. Ga. Edward Turner is the old man mentioned in the following letters. This family lived in Pike County, GA. In her letters to her Mother in Newton co. Ga [Sarah Hammond Wesley b 1786 d 1882] Lucinda begs her to come to see her as she was only forty miles away. Lucinda Turner's son that she mentions going barefoot all winter in Virginia is Absalom Marvin Turner b 1832. He was in the 13th GA Regt. Co. A. Three of her daughters married Dosters. All three were killed in battle. This is a small peek into life of a small farmer during those harsh times in Pike Co. Ga. I have added a bit of punctuation for clarity, but have not altered the spelling as I received it. The first is from the Post Office at Flat Shoals. The second is from Zebulon. From: "Wesley and Allied Families" bound but unpublished p. 58, by Rusha Wesley and "Ancesters & Descendents of Marvin Hammond Wesley and Mary McClug Wesley" bound but unpublished by Rusha Wesley. Both books are located in the Archives in Atlanta, GA. Georgia Pike county nov. 5th 1860 Dear Mother embrace this oppertunity to rite you a few lines to let you no that we are all well at this time and hopeing that they will find you injoying the same blesing and my Children is all a liveing close by me and is all well and Absaoum came home last spring and we shal be here next year and ant Sally Spurlin is dead. She died the ninth of Dec. last and crops is verry sorry here this year and corn is one dollar a bushel and wheet is worth a dollar and 75 cents a bu and bacon is worth 17 cents a pound and there is three of my children has joined the church and I would have rote before but I was a wating fer you to rite to me and I want you to rite William and Lea and let them no how I am and tell them to rite to me and give me the names of there post office so I can rite to them. When you rite to them tell them when they rite to me to send there letters to the flat shole, georgia and when you get this I want you to rite to me soon for I want to here from you as often as I can. We no that we cant live long and rena is married to a widowere named Roggers and has a daughter names Narcissee. Mit has two children, a boy and a girl, and there names Malvena and Absalum; and Sally has but one ye;. and Ab sas he will take me to see you as soon as he can get enough money to bring me on the car. Sister want to see you and your children verry bad and I think mite come to see me and I want you to rite to me as oftin as you can and I will do the same and I have five children in the church, 4 babtice, 1 and me in the methadice and if we meat no more on earth, let us meat in heaven. Nothing more at presant.... Only remaining your unel death. Loucinda Turner written by soninlaw Wm. W. Doster and my children all remembers there love to there coesens there this is fer you all to reed. -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- -- Georgia Up Co November the 8, 1863 Dear Mother, it is much pleasure to me to rite to you a few lines to let you no that we are all well at this time except an ??? . She has bin vary sick and i hope when these few lines ma find you all well and doing well. I have not much to rite to you at this time only hard times and worse a coming. Corn is worth 2.00 a bushel and wheet is 1.0 and pork 1.00 pur pound. We did not make much corn this year only enough to faten our hogs. O, Mother, if I cold see you I could tel you more than I can rite, I got a leter froim mi son last nigh and he was well. He is in verginia. Mary is marid. She marid a nother Doster. He is in the war. Mother, I dont no whether I will git to come yet ar not I want you all to come to sea if you can. I want you all to rite often than you do. I have not got a leter from you all in two months. Brother, I want you to come if I can git old man Lish off. Tel Matilda to rite to me and let me no how Mark is gettin a long. Mother,I want you to let all of them read this leter. I rote it to all of you. I want you to send you leter to Zebulon, Pike Co., Gea and I can git them handy. I mus close. I remain. Lusinda Turner to her Mother on same sheet----Dear granmother, and I take mi pen in hand to let you all no that me and my children is well. I want to come to sea you, if I cold git eny body to come with me, I wold come on the cars to sea you all. I am going to come to Atlanta in a few days to draw mi hiygher wadgeses. I will come to sea you all if I can. Uncle, I want you to rite to me as soon as you git this letter. Sarah E. Doster ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Geo Up co March the 4 1864 Dear mother and brother I take the opitunity of riten you a few lines to let you no that we are all well at this time and doing tolebul well and I do hope when you git this leter it ma find all of the connectian well and doing well. Mother I sea so much trubel mi heart is giting bad. mother you must look over mi long absent far not riten no often than I do. I have rote this make two sence I received are from you all. I herd from mi son last week and he was well at the rapanan in verginia. the man edward is going up in henry and he says he will come to sea you all and tel you all the news. I will send you all mi big compliments more that I can rite. brother if I dont come when crops is laid by I want you to fetch mamy down, if you can, to sea me far mi chance is oad. you no I have not got no body to fetch me. you no Lisha is not like no body else to go with his wife. you must rite soon and i will do the same. I must close far this time. I will still remain you daughter until Death. Good by mother, Lucinda Turner [Added to the bottom] grandmother I will rite you all a few lines to let you no that me and mi children is well at this time. O granmother, the trobel I have seen since I saw you last I never node what trobel was tel now. I have lost mi husban in the war and left me two little children and no home. I am staing at Paps now. You all must rite to me soon. mi love to you all Sarah E. Doster ----------------------------------------------------- ------------- Geo Up co. March 31 1864 Dear Mother I seat myself to answer your kind leter which came to hand yeaterday and was glad to her from you all was well this leave us all well. Mother I was sory I did not git to come to sea you all. Lisha was a (faded) and he cold not git to come with me. Mother I want to sea you all very bad and wold come if I cold get off. I want you to come sea me. brother could come if he wold try. Mother, I have rote this makes three letters I have rote you (Faded away) I am sorry you wont git the (faded) at Swift's factory. what crops we have is sorry and corn is worth five dollars. I want to try to come if I can git off when crops is laid by if I can git off. thare is no chance git a bugy minta and Sarah is talking about coming up on a car this Sumer and if they do I will come with them. Absalom is in a verginia camp ner avng coat house. (this is as near as I can read it) he is in bad health and he has been all this winter. he has bin barfooted all the winter. tel Matilda howdy and all of the connection and they might rite to me. I want to her from you all ever week if I could. the old man is coming up thare next month in Henry to live and I will send you mother a letter by him. you said you did not want me to fargit I had a Mother. I never will fargit you in this worl. I loose a meny nights sleep thinking about you. I must close. mi love to you all. your dauter untel death. Lusinda Turner ---------------------------------------------------------- ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. 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