HENDERSON COUNTY, TN - LETTERS - Count Down to Return Home, 10 Oct 1864 ----¤¤¤---- NOTE: In the hand of John Culpepper Smith. This was written sideways on the lower half of a ledger sheet and seems to be a tally sheet with ditto marks. The writing is very faint except for the notation up the right side. - RGE 2003 October 10 move to has 31 days (NOTE: this may mean that he had 31 more days of service which he spent in the house of a relative in Mississippi - RGE) Still at uncle Thomas Smith Sa 1 " " " " " S 2 " " " " " M 3 " " " " " T 4 " " " " " W 5 " " " " " Th 6 " " " " " F 7 " " " " " Sa 8 " " " " " S 9 " " " " " M 10 " " " " " T 11 " " " " " W 12 " " " " " Th 13 " " " " " F 14 " " " " " Sa 15 " " " " " S 16 " " " " " M 17 " " " " " T 18 " " " " " W 19 " " " " " Th 20 " " " " " F 21 " " " " " Sa 22 " " " " " S 23 " " " " " M 24 " " " " " T 25 " " " " " W 26 " " " " " Th 27 " " " " " F 28 " " " " " Sa 29 " " " " " North of Corrinth S 30 Farmington staid all knight 6 miles M 31 sarted from uncle Thomas for home came on three old (unfinished) On to Purdy, thence to Wm Rogers staid till morning NOTE: This section is written up the right side of the sheet, that makes it upside down on the original ledger paper. - RGE I got home the 1st day of November 1864 In Henderson County, Tenn from uncle Thomas Smith in Tishamingo County, Miss. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: R. Easley ___________________________________________________________________