Allen McCLAIN Jan 10 93 (1893)
Jim I rite a few lines to you I am in Bad health & not abel to dooe Evey thing you say you doing well that is the way to do soe you Right & when you doe that youwill feal Rite Jim I wont you to goe and see Tommey & see what he is doing I sent him thirty dolars Sant tuis(?this) draft & see if he got hit I wont you to rite to me all Bout what he is geting done I have rote toe your unkel Bud the same Joe you Rite to me Jim I wont to Noe if you even give me your Note for the money that you have had from me if you did I have lost hit & I have forgot what hit was But I think hit was a Bout one hundred Eighty dolars or $200~ (end of page 1)two hundred But I dont Noe how muth hit was I wont to fix my Bisenes up Rite if I can soe Rite to Me all about hit Jim I got a good home hear for you if you will com & live on hit the place I Bilt for you But if you are Sads fied (satisfied) of corse I wold feal Beter if I had some of the Boyes where I cald Bee with them Naw I loan on this Sujelt (subject) Jim you sed you had plenty to Eate well I was glad to hear that and you sed you had little money & out of deb that the way for a man to live Naw dive that way & you wont Bee afrad ofens appears soe man at pres I still remains your sicker frend & Pa Allen McClain
I wot you to Kis Luse for mee & tel her I wot see her Bad.
NOTE: This letter I found this in a trunk of Lucy McClain Satterwhite, daughter of James Allen McClain, son of Allen McClain and niece and namesake of my grandmother, Lucy Carolina McClain Jones. I have typed this letter exactly like it was written……and he was an educated man! Allen McClain died June 2, 1893 at his home in Weakley County, Tn. The house is still standing and very livable. Allen was born February 14, 1826, son of John and Lydia McClain, one of the original 4 McClain settlers to Weakley County.. Submitted by pj Thompson Lamb
Lee JONES from M.B. Watkins -The following letter was found in my grandfather, William Lee Jones’s papers. 12/7/1914 Maxville(?), Ark
Mr Lee Jones
Dear sir Please find incloseed Check for which send me 200 lbs of 15 Ct tabaco and 20 lbs of 15 Ct tabaco Ship to Batesville Ark and obligeM.B. Watkins
NOTE: Again this is typed exactly like it was written…..wonder how much the check was for? William Lee Jones born July 7, 1874 and died at his home in Weakley County, July 19, 1948. “Lee” as he was called was the husband of Lucy Carolina McClain born April 30, 1877 and died in the same room as her husband, August 13, 1964, my dear Mama Jones! Submitted by pj Thompson Lamb