Hall/Hyman Letter, 1890 - Amherst Co. VA & Loudon Co. VA COPY OF LETTER DATED 28 SEPT 1890 FROM CHARLES HALL, BROTHER OF JAMES E. HALL, TO REV. SAM HYMAN Lynchburg, Va. Sept. 28, 90 My Dear Cousin I guess you think that I wait a long time before answering your letter, but as I did not know Cousin Willie's address I would try and find out. He is in Ronoake City Va So if you will address him a letter Ronoake City, Va. you will be apt to hear from him. I am informed that your neice Mrs. Hicks is living 6 or 7 miles from this City and that her P.O. is Burford's Station, Amherst County Va They say that Willie is doing well in Ronoake and that he is makeing money. This is a growing little town on the Norfolk & Wester R.R. between 50 & 60 miles from Lynchburg. About 10 years ago there were only 1200 or 1500 persons there. Now there are between 15000 and 20000 there now. Your step mother Mrs. Hyman is dead. She has been dead for several months but the family never let us know anything about it. I have no papers or letters relative to Grandfathers History only the book which I speak of. I will send it to you. Will express it. I wish we could find out some thing about that estate & if there is any money for us I wish we could get it. Aunt Ann Hicks says that she can remember the time when Grand-father started to go to England after the money, but Grand mother objected to his going. She wept and hung to his neck. beg'ed him not to go. He even started and got as far as Amherst Court-house and then turned back home. If you remember in those days, it taken a Ship six or eight months to cross the Atlantic. Consequently it would take it the best portion of 2 y'rs to make the trip and Grand mother was afraid some thing would happen to him & that he would never return It is said that this money was left to him by an Uncle and a Maiden Aunt by name of Frior and that each of them left him five millions $5.000.000 a piece This money is said to have been deposited in the Bank of England over 60 yrs. ago. If this be true it is quite a large sum by this time. I will send you the book and you can form you own opinion We are all well father Aunt Ann send love. My wife joins me in much love to you and yours. Write soon your Cousin Chas [Marginal note] Aunt Ann Hicks is in her 74th year Pa is 72 Submitted by Kenneth W. Dobyns **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************