Hall/Hyman Letter, 1891 - Amherst Co. VA & Loudon Co. VA


EXTRACT COPY OF LETTER DATED 17 MAR 1891 FROM CHARLES HALL, BROTHER 
OF JAMES E. HALL, TO REV. SAM HYMAN
 
Lynchburg Va 
March 17th 1891 

My Dear Cousin, 
.... Aunt Ann Hall -- Uncle Dawson's Widow also made a very 
important statement. She said Soon after I was married, Mr. Hall was 
going to Bedford Co. to see a Mr. Reynolds on business or with the 
expectation of moveing (sic) to that Co. I began to cry as I did not want 
him to go. Father -- she had referance to Grandp. -- saw me crying and he 
remarked -- ah! those tears! you are just like Betsy. if it had not been 
for her tears I would now be a rich man. When I started to England to get 
it she was so distressed and cried so, that after going some distance I 
returned home. She also said that Grandpa recd two letters notifying him 
that this money had been left to him she said, the first letter was 
delayed on the way, and they wrote him second time, and he recd both 
letters at the same time. Ludwell Hall says his Grandfather told him 
several times that he recd two letters from England notifying him that 
this money had been left to him. He also said that he had heard him say 
that if he -- Grandpa -- did not get it, his heirs could if they would 
apply for it, and all they would have to do, would be, to prove that they 
were the heirs of John F. Hall Now Cousin, I have endevered (sic) all the 
way through our correspondence to state just what I was told & I have 
never allowed my imagination to get the best of me. I do not believe 
myself that the sum was as great as it was represented or reported to be 
$10000000 yet I believe it was quite a large am'nt. I believe it is there 
.... Is Mr. Brown a Lawyer. Some of the heirs think that if Mr Brown 
succeeds in finding out that the money is there, it would not be wright 
(sic) to take it from him and put it into the hands of another to collect 
.... The address of your brother Willie was sent to me by Tip Hyman your 
half brother .... Charles Hall is a soon (sic) of Uncle David Hall. There 
are 4 sons & 1 daughter Children of David N. Hall .... Fletcher Ludwell. 
He is the oldest son. John Wesley is the 2nd son. Charles Lee is the 3rd 
Martha Jane the daughter and Wm Walker the youngest boy Enoch Dawson Hall. 
There are five living heirs of Enoch Dawson Hall Emma E. Hall the 
oldest who married Day. she died leaving two sons both are of age. Alice 
J. Hall married a man by the name of Lane. She is also dead. left three 
children 2 boys & one girl 2 of them are not of age, and a guardian would 
have to be appointed. 
John Fletcher, the only son of Uncle Dawson, is living at Buena Vista 
Va. Zuleika married Chas. Day. Flora W. Hall married a man by name 
George Maberry and lives about 1 square from me. Uncle Fletcher D. Hall 
had only one child a daughter Mary F. Bateman Aunt Harriette Ann Hicks 
never had any children Charles T. Hall. Sam N. Hall. James E. Hall. 
Isaac S. Hall -- Isaac Samuel. He was named for you. you ought to write 
to him. Of course it is unnessessary (sic) for me to give you the names 
of your family as you know them as well as I do .... 
Aunt Ann Says that Grandpa's father lived in Franklin County and that 
he was married the 2nd time. She says that Grandpa did not like his 
stepmother & left home on that account He was the oldest child by his 
fathers first wife, or the oldst (sic) Son and that -- and his being 
called Friar, after, or for his English relatives was why this money was 
left to him. Grandfather had land in Franklin Co. and traded it for land 
in Amherst County Pa was telling the other night of an accident that once 
happened to his Grandfather. said he had often he'rd his father speak of 
it. He said that his father was a very large stout man. He was at a mill 
on one ocasion (sic), and that he started to cross the race with a very 
heavy load on his shoulder, and when he had gotten about half way over, 
the plank began to slip with him, and he aimed to jump over but failed to 
do so, and as he went down one of the Grate-bars went through the calf of 
his leg, up through his thigh and into his side & if he had not creened 
(sic) to one side it would have killed him. Pa says that Grandfather told 
him that when he left home, he still had the grate bar and would show it 
and relate his narrow escape to all came to see him .... 
Your Cousin Charlie



Submitted by Kenneth W. Dobyns <kwdx@erols.com>

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