{"id":3045,"date":"2013-03-22T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/?page_id=3045"},"modified":"2013-03-23T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T16:41:28","slug":"letter-davis-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/henderson\/private-letters\/letter-davis-5\/","title":{"rendered":"D. and Marthena Davis &#8211; 29 Sep 1851"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>\r\nAddressed to \r\nGreen A. Davis, \r\nUnion Parish, \r\nFarmerville, La.\r\n\r\n\r\nHenderson County, Tenn \r\nSeptember 29, 1851\r\n\r\nDear Son,\r\nI received your letter of September 2. I am very week and feeble \r\nat present. I was atacted with a bilous fever about the 10 of August. \r\nI broke the fever very qwick but mended slow.\r\nJames and Susan was atacted about the same time. Susan had a conjectiiv \r\nchill and wold have died no dout had the doctor happened to be thare. \r\nMany had died with it in these parts.\r\nAlso about the same time David Y. was atacted with Tyfoid fever and \r\ndied the 10 day. The family was moved to Matlocks. \r\nHis wife was taken first. The Matlocks hole family was taken \r\nbefore and afterwards. Not one of us coud go to see him. \r\nThey sent for myself and John B. At that time his wife had a \r\nchild born and died. \r\nNot one of the family ever saw him before nor after his death. \r\nThey brought him to my burying ground and buried. This has been the \r\nsicklyest time since 1840 and the dryest and hotest I ever saw. \r\nThear is few famileys that mis of being som sickness in it. \r\nThe fammins that threttins and the pestilent that now is in the land \r\nis a grate warning to every one to prepare for death.\r\nI returned last evening from a meeting on Maple [?] and came by \r\nMatlocks to see Betsy and child for the first time since they were sick. \r\nShe looks very week and lean as does all the fammily. I know not \r\nwhether you was aquainted with Matlock or not. He has undertuck \r\nthe aminastration of what he has left.\r\n\r\nD. Davis and Marthena\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOctober 2,\r\nI am not as well as I have been. My ride Saturday and Sunday was too \r\nhard for me as week as I was. My old lady is complaining of teeth \r\naches today. She has talem cold. We had frost Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.\r\nI shall rite precisely the same about the seasons and crops that you did. \r\nIt has been dryest I ever saw. There was barley rain anuff to bring corn. \r\nNo more till August to wet over a inch deep, then there was anuff to \r\nstart corn again. It come out better than coud be expected. \r\nNow since turnip and gardin is none as you might say, though my turnips \r\nis good. So I stop for Michel Montgomery to rite down.\r\nDavid Davis\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDear Cousin,\r\nI imbrace the present opernity as I happed to be here at the time \r\nthat Unkel David was wrighting this letter. Mother is well and family.\r\nJohn M. and his family is well. Tha live with me and mother. David G. \r\nMontgomery has gon back to North Carolina. \r\nI am not maried yet but I am in hops that the time is not in \r\nfar distant when I shall hear the glad sound \"I pronounce you man \r\nand wife\". But the girls all tell me so proud \"they don't eat mush\" \r\nand when I go to court them they tell me to hush, no more on that \r\nsubject. \r\nI am going to start to Missouri in about twenty days and \r\nI expect to stay until Christmas. I want you to writ to me all \r\nabout the country where you live. \r\nWrite to me or I will write again no more.\r\nI remain yours. \r\nM. Montgomery\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFriday 3rd\r\nI wated for John B. a day or three thinking he might come to see me. \r\nhe had not been for some time. I expect Henry Morris dead. Thely sent \r\nfor his sroud yesterday. They live neighborurs on Cubb. I ad no more.\r\nYour affecionate father til death. \r\nDavid Davis\r\n\r\nI have brok my ax this morning and am vext. I want to build my house \r\nthat we had on hand for sometime. It will be 22 x 14 logs high which \r\nwill make good roome [?] above.\r\nDavid Davis\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressed to Green A. Davis, Union Parish, Farmerville, La. Henderson County, Tenn September 29, 1851 Dear Son, I received your letter of September 2. I am very week and feeble at present. I was atacted with a bilous fever about the 10 of August. 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