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J. Marshall McCue to Lyman C. Draper, September 15, 1887
Draper Manuscripts, 20C10 

Transcribed from microfilm copy of the original document from the 
Draper Manuscripts Collection of the State Historical Society of 
Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Spelling and punctuation are as they appear in the original text.
Transcriber’s notes in {}

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Fishersville, Va  Sept 15 1887

Hon Lyman C. Draper, LL.D.

Venerable Sir

	I am in receipt of your favor of the 6th ult; as also the returnd 
M.S.  

	I had always supposed the Genl. McDowell, that Judge ___ places 
in charge of the troops collected at Rockfish Gap was the same with the 
Col Joseph of West N. Car.  He was the father of Hugh Harvey McDowell, 
who married Capt Saml Miller’s eldest daughter, Nancy, and the late Gen 
Joseph J. McDowell, of Hillsboro, O, who married my fathers youngest 
sister.  John Cochran of Charlottesville, the genealogist of the 
connection, says Mrs Col. or Genl McDowell had married a sister of Col 
Geo Moffett of the Rev. and removed at an early day from Linville’s Cr. 
say 10 miles north of Harrisonburg Co. side of Rockingham.  He (Col M) 
was in Augusta, as it was then, at the time of Pt. Pleasant & doubtless 
a participant there.  In the next paragraph you speak of writing to Hr. 
Geo. B. Moffett of Parkersburg, you hadn’t heard of his death, 
recently.  I did not write the Ci__En__ article & am sure my relative, 
Jno Howard McCue did not, & it has always been a matter of conjecture 
with us, who was its author.  As to Col Jno H. Crawford, he is a gr. 
son of the late Maj Jno. Crawford.  Paddy Crawford, the Irish immigrant 
as I doubt not he was, had sons George & John.  George was the husband 
of Nancy Winter, & a brother in law of Hy Miller & Abraham Lincoln – 
gr. father of the Pres.  Geo. & Nancy Crawford had eight daughters—no 
sons.  The two oldest married their first cousins Hy & Jack Miller, the 
two oldest sons of Capt Sam above mentioned.  (The 3d to Jas Bell, 4th  
Jas Bourland, 5th to Col Fr. McCue, 6th to Maj Jas Walker, 7th to Peter 
Hanger, the 8th single.  Jno Crawford of Paddy’s eldest son, Maj Jas. 
was the gfather of Col. Jno H.   Col Jno. H. I fear can’t help you 
much.  Excuse this ___ since it will give me reason to respond promptly 
and as fully as I can to any queries you propound.

With sincere respect

Truly yours

J. Marshall McCue

{Below McCue’s signature is a drawing, probably by Draper, of a map 
showing the location of Henry Miller’s sugar camp in relation to the 
iron works and the “Cyclopean Towers.”  There is a hand-written note 
that reads as follows}

Cyc. Towers or Natl. Chimneys, 4 or 5 towers of limestone from 30 to 75 
feet – grouped near to each other, on south bank of N. River a mile 
north of Mt. Solon one & a half from Iron Works.  Mt. Pleasant a 
conical hill of 2 or 3 ___ feet high on Col. Geo. Moffets farm in angle 
betwn. Moffets Br. & Middle River, about 6 miles n-east of Stau__