Watauga County NcArchives History - Letters .....W. L. Woodring To Joseph Woodring February 17, 1885
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Soda Hill, N. C.
Feb. th17, 1885

Mr. Joseph Woodring.

Dear brother,

I seat myself to drop you a few lines to let you know that I have not 
forgotten you.  I have been looking for you for some time but as you have not 
come I have concluded to write.  Well I will tell you about the times hear as 
best I can.  Times are hard and money scearce but I think we will have better 
times after the president takes his seat.  We have had very cold weather 
during this winter but we have not had mutch snow til recently.  We have a 
very fine snow now it is about 10 inches deep.  As to grain it is plenty.  
Corn is from 50 to 60 cts per bushel wheat one dollar.  

Brother Rufus is still living in Tenn.  I think he is broke up.  Well I will 
tell you something about the debt that is coming to you for your part in the 
land.  Rufus says he ought not to pay you anything as he had to take care of 
the old people and says it is out of date anyhow.  Mr. A. G. Testor requested 
me to write to you about it.  I don’t want Rufus to know that I wrote to you 
about it he would think I was a medling.  

I went to see Daniel last fall he was sick and sent for me, but he is well as 
usual now so far as I know.  There has been a great deal of sickness in our 
section and several deaths.  Uncle David Miller is dead. He died about 3 weeks 
ago with umonia fever.  

Well I will come to a close as I have nothing more to write.  At present we 
are as well as usual.  I hope this will find you well and doing well.

Yours truly, 
W. L. Woodring

Please write soon and fail not.


Additional Comments:
NOTES:
W. L. Woodring (born 1820) is usually called Lawson.  He lived in or near the 
Meat Camp area of Watauga County, N. C. in 1885.

Joseph Woodring (born 1817) lived in either Catawba or Alexander County, N. C. 
in 1885.

Lawson, Joseph, Rufus, Daniel, Alfred, Noah, Marcus, and Katherine are 
children of John Woodring (born about 1790) and Sarah Fulbright (born about 
1793).

The president mentioned is Grover Cleveland who was inaugurated March 4, 1885.

There was a Soda Hill, N. C. post office extant in 1885.


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