YANCEY COUNTY, NC - LETTERS - Charles Byrd to Goodson McDaniel 
			and Myra Hensley
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                   North Carolina   December 23 1870
                   Yancy County

Dear Son & Daughter
    This morning finds us all in as good health as
common.  Your Mother has been un well but is better
now & I fell off the hourse and got hurt but I am
going about ever hoping these lines may find you all
injoying good health & doing well.  We have been
looking for a letter from you along time but has
looked in vain.  We fear there is Something the matter
for I have wrote to you and has had no answer yet   I
hope you have not forgotten us.  I am very anxious to
hear from you for we have not forgotten you.  We all
do want to see you all the worst we ever did in life
but do not know whether we will ever have the pleasure
of ever seeing each other in this life but if we never
meet each other in this world of sorrow & trouble let
us prepare to meet in a better world than this where
sorrow and trouble will be no more.  I have nothing
new nor interesting to write.  We have fine crops of
corn wheat rye & oats this year but the hogs has died 
 a sight of pork is worth 8 cts & scarce at that. 
Times is hard, money scarce & taxes high.  We got a
letter from W. T. Byrd   Byrd he was well & inst he is
married and living Nashvill Tenn   Did not no when he
would be home.  C H has been to Virginia   he has come
home.  E. W. well & doing well.  M. T. and Ange has a
fine son a month old yesterday.  Litha, 
W. A. and family is well.  Nancy Jane says for you to
take up Mary Etter & bring her up to see hr for she
wants to her little Cousin Mary wager.
    There has been some deaths out here this fall. 
McHorton is dead   Mont & Sam Rays killed Jack Brown. 
Sam is in jail.  Mont escapted.  Betsy Peterson had
measles and had like to have died but has got up again
  the rest of the family is well.  Christmas is almost
here and oh how glad we would all be to see Mc Myra &
all the little children all coming to see granpa. 
What a happy time we would have eathing big red
apples.  Grand Ma would kill a chicking & churn for
she wants to see you all so bad and hear you tell
about your new Country and how you are getting along
and whether you have any wool to make you warm clothes
for it is vary cold wether out here now.  So write
soon for we are vary anxious to hear from you.  Give
Squire John & family best respects, tell them to write
to me & let me know how they are all doing and how
they are satisfied with their new country and give the
news generally and I will write to him again.  I began
to write 23d but did not finish till today 27, I am
now in Burnesville to mail this letter & it is now
snowing vary fast.  We have had a few days of as cold
wether as I ever saw.  No more at present but remain
as ever your affectionate father

                      Charles Byrd

(Letter written to Goodson McDaniel and Myra Hensley)


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