RUTHERFORD COUNTY TN - LETTERS - Letter from Dr. J.D. Bellah to relatives in MO.

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Letter from J. D. Bellah, Rutherford Co., TN to Newton Co., Missouri relatives

[From a typewritten copy, with some punctuation added. Notes at the bottom.]





Murfreesboro, Tenn Nov. 28th, 1851





Dear Relatives, I embrace the present opportunity of writing again to you. I

wrote to you some months ago but have not received an answer yet and in that

letter I made some inquiries in relation to the remainder of the Negroes of

Uncle Samuel Bellah¹s estate but you have not yet replied or your letter did not

come to hand if you wrote. We have sold out all our lands here and expect to

move to Texas next fall and my father wished to settle up all his business of

every kind before leaving here. He wishes to know what you want done with the

Negroes. He is willing to either sell them or deliver them up into the hands of

an agent if you will appoint one. If you want them sold Cousin Matthew, Alfred

and Elizabeth must state that is their wish and a decree can be got to sell

them. You will please settle upon some course and let him know as soon as you

can. These lines have us all in the enjoyment of tolerable health. Crops were

tolerable in parts of this county and very short in other parts. Our cotton crop

was light. We will not make more than 35 bales. Our corn was also light. Believe

me as ever yours,





J. D. Bellah 







… J. D. Bellah is Dr. John Davidson Bellah (1818-1889), son of John D. Bellah

and Sarah Davidson.



… Uncle Samuel is Samuel Bellah or Beller (1797-1831), who left Negroes to his

sister, Nancy Bellah Gibson.



… Cousin Matthew (1825-1903) is son of William and Nancy (Bellah) Gibson



… Alfred is Alfred P. Gibson (1827-1892), son of William and Nancy (Bellah)

Gibson



… Elizabeth is Elizabeth Bellah Gibson (1829-1891), daughter of William and

Nancy (Bellah) Gibson