Cabarrus County, NC - Michael Garmon to John Shoe, 1854

Michael Garmon Letter 
 
Letter to JOHN SHORE 
of Habersham County, Georgia, 
Dawson Post Office
From: Michael Garmon 
Dated: Jan. 8, 1854 
Posted from: Concord, NC

Dear Uncle and Aunt, 
Through the mercies of the good lord I am permitted for the first time 
to rite a few lines to you desiring that you should no how we are 
geting along both temporal and spiritual. We are all in tolliable good 
helth at present except myself. I am not well. I have ben labouring 
under a diseas from the first of April and until the present. Tho I am 
mending gradual, the complaint is in my breast. I was confined to my 
bed for several months. I am now up and about, though not able to 
perform labour. What my complaint is I no not. The doctors all differ. 
One says the liver complaint, another the lungs is affected, another 
the stomic is only out of order. The fact is, I cannot rely upon any of 
them for they all differ and its reasonable for me to suppose that they 
are all wrong. But trusting god, that great fersition (physician) that 
understands all diseases, and if its his will, he can cure all, and if 
its his will to remove me from time to eternity, I have a hope that 
cheers my breast, for I think I will find a home amongst the blest. 
Hoping when these lines come to hand, they will find you and family all 
enjoying good health, if its consistent to the will of the good lord 
who is the giver of every good and perfect gift. My mother was well a 
few days back. She was on her way to the place called Gold Hill between 
this place and Forsyth County. Gold Hill is 20 miles from where I live, 
Hartsell (or Hartsville).
S. Love, my brother-in-law, lives at Gold Hill. So turn over and I will 
give you the names of mother's children: 
1. John E. 
2. Michael (which is myself) 
3. Rowan 
4. Sarah B. 
5. Elizabeth 
6. Henry
7. Margaret 
8. Mary (twins)
9. Jefferson, he is deceased, died in his infancy and are amongst the 
blest.
The children are all married. I read a letter that mother received from 
her people in Forsyth stating that they were all well at that time 
except Aunt Patience. She had slipped and broke her leg close to the 
ankle. She happened with this misfortune some time in December 1853. I 
have been up in Forsyth since I have been labouring with this lingering 
disease. I was advised to go and stay up there a while for my health by 
the doctors, but it did me no good. But I do love my mother's people 
better than any of my relations and I do think they love me and I so 
believe my mother is a good Christian and on the way to the better 
world and thanks be to my blesed lord for that hope which I have that 
reaches beyond this vail of tears. And now my dear uncle and aunt and 
cousins, if we should never meet on this side of eternity, let us meet 
in the better world where there is no parting. Where the wicked shall 
cease from troubling and the weary shall be forever at rest. Where 
congregations never break and sabbath has no end.
We have eight in our family at this time. I married a Little and her 
name is Jincy. She has been delivered of eight children -- 2 died six 
living. I am setting by the fire writing this letter on my knee for the 
weather is cold and the snow is about ten inches deep.
I was small the time you came to my father's and I went with you to 
Jacob Petry's, and that was the first and last time I ever saw you.
Crops of corn with us last year was very light, wheat crops pretty 
good, oats quite light, cotton crops very indifferent. Corn is worth 62 
1/2 cents per bushel, wheat is one dollar, oats 50 cents, cotton from 8 
and 9 dollars per hundred.
I am now going to bring my letter to a close for I have nothing more 
worth your attention as I know of more than I want you to answer me and 
direct your letters to NC Cabarras County, Garman's Mill post office. 
So I will close saying I am your affectionate nephew until death.
Here is my ?? that are living: 
Lovenia 
Mary 
Martha 
Martin Calvin 
Jesse 
Lundy
To John Shore 
I can't remember my aunt's name
Michael & Jincy Garmon

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