Harrison CO. TX & Duplin County, NC - Jesse Grimes Letters ----¤¤¤---- Duplin County North Carolina April Thursday 1849 # 72 Dear Uncle I have concluded to address you with a few lines to inform you that myself and family are in tolerable good health at this time thanks be to the most high God for his mercies bestowed upon us. Father is living on the land that was drawn by Mother (viz) where the path crossis the road that goes from here to where Grand Father GRIMES lived he is not to say well at this time he is attacked with what he terms a sonframi(sic) over the eyes his family is in good health at this time, though he has no family only Negroes, Eight in Number, myself and brother A.B. BRANCH lives at the place Father lived at when you left this Country though brother has a plantation off two miles from here on what we call Guffords Mill Branch, Father has given him 555 acres of land including about one half of the lands that Uncle Rubin Branch owned when you left Duplin, he has allotted this place where I live for me, My Family here consist of Seven Negroes beside four that belong to brother making Eleven and ourselves makes thirteen-. Sister Clasry Ann married Mr. John Daniel and Sister Clarky married Mr. Stephen Daniel, They are Alexander Daniels Sons they have been moved to Tennessee Eleven years they are smart men, Sister has had very bad health ever since they moved to Tennessee. Mother was taken sick the 9th of March 1841 and was confined to her bed two months an nine days before she died, her disease was Tiphoid (sic) P_neumony which Terminated in the consumssbrow ?, she died with a strong hope of going to ablissful Eternity, where she was in hopes to meet her relatives and friends she often spoke of you in her lifetime but never expected to see you again in this life. I rec'd a letter from Stephen Daniel about ten days ago which informed us that Uncle B.C. Branch was dead Uncles RUBIN BEN BRYAN and Grand Mother BRANCH had all moved to Tennessee some fifteen years ago Bryan died about Eleven ago Benjamin the 27th of last November Grand Mother died years ago last fall. Uncle Arthur Branch lives in Wake Co. he was down here about 2 months back and was well and as fatt as a bear in the Wilderness he saw General Sam Houston last April in Raleigh at a Demograhic Convention and conversed with him about you, the General said you lived close together, I hoped when Texas ____ to the US that you would be a member to Congress and in passing you would Call and see us __ Myself and Mr. Daniel Herring expect to visit your section next winter, we intend going through Tennessee and from there on to Texas we want to start about the 1st of October and so I hope to reach you by Christmas. VC Please write to me as soon as this comes to hand for I shall an_rously wait for an answer to this __ had wrote and worse composed letter. If you know any thing of Mr. Smith Herring please let us know where and what Wm Herring is living on Boolard Branch Hill a batcherlor yet, but is like me wants a wife very bad, but I am in hopes to get one in Texas that will be able to settle me there. The most of your old acquantaces in this vicinity are dead and moved away. Myself and Mr. Herring antisapate(sic) a great deal of pleasure in our arrivals next fall and winter. Please don't neglect to write me as soon as this comes to hand and request your children both male and female to write to me and give me a discription of your Country, John Daniel wrote me some time ago to write to you if I knew where to write to him, and if you should direct your letter to Trenton, Gibson Co - _ __ only Remains your Afectionate Nephew until death. JGBRANCH __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Christine Grimes Thacker ___________________________________________________________________