Pitt County, NC - Letters

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Peggy Payne <paynep@erols.com>

As some of you know by now, my grandfather (Kirby Charles Carmack) left an old old 
briefcase with my mother.  She was kind enough to let me go through it and make 
copies of the items.  Lots of 1800 letters in there.  There are several that mention 
Nancy Tull.  I can't scan it, but will gladly send you a copy.  In the meantime, 
here is the first document that I have.
 
Letter from Nancy Tull Heath Jarman to her daughter, Sarah Florence Heath Carmack, 
dated May 24, 1887.  (Sarah was my grandfather's mother and Nancy was his grandmother.)
 
                          Bell Farry Pitt County
                              May 24, 1887

     Dear daughter I recive your letter the first this month and was glad to hear from 
you and family and to hear you were all well.  I family is up but not well but I hope 
that the lord will help us for we don't noe (know) what will become of us in this world.  
but I hope that we will be prepared to meat our good father in a ___ place than this 
world.  Florence I have fine cabbeg (cabbage) and colard (collards) and beans that are 
in full blooms.  My beats is nise (nice).  I have had sum (some) twice.  Every thing is 
groing (growing) of nise (nice) corn and cotton is pretty.

     Florence I recive (receive) a letter from sister Elisfa or Eliya and I was glad to 
hear from her.  She has bin (been) sick but she up and gone. M___ and Pensey is both 
well.  Nead and Florence is coming up after ____ _____ if tha (they) can tell Vick and 
luler that they must come to see gran ____ for.  I wants to see them daughter.  I want 
to come to see you but I haven't got nae (any) way to come.  It is so fare (far).  I 
can't walk there.  Florence I have ______ so I ___ check wasn't big nuf (enough) to frey 
(fry) so I must come to a close.  Rite (write) soon to your dear mother.
                                N. R. Garman
 
The lines are what I could not read.  The words in parenthesis is what she meant to say 
and the spelling was bad.
 
How sad that Nancy couldn't go visit her daughter like we do today!

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