please remove suncommu@doitnow.com from list thank you. -----Original Message----- From: TNixon@aol.com <TNixon@aol.com> To: HALL-L@rootsweb.com <HALL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 9:05 AM Subject: HALL/Mississippi > >I type the following letter exactly as I found it. > >Crawfordville, Miss. >Aug. 25, ' 72 >Dear Mother and Sisters and Brothers: >I take the present opportunity to write you a few lines to inform you all that >me and Rebecca is well hoping when these few lines come to hand it may find >you all well. I received your letter today dated on the 10th of August and was >glad to hear from you all. Mother you wanted me to let you now what I wood >take for my claim in the land. I dont no you do what you think is best and it >will be satisfaction with me if you want to sell it you can do so or you can >rent out it will sout me. I want bee contrary you say you have written three >letters and got no ans. I have not received them as for my part I have not ben >able to no whar to write your post office has bin changed. I want you to write >to me and give me all the news of the surrounding country. I want to no what >G.W. Hall is and all his family is and if William Hall is living at the same >old place and whear W.N. Hall and the rest of the family Ward is Sarah is and >what she is doing and be shore and tell them to write to me. I will say >something about my crop I think it will make 8 bags and corn nuff now I am >working my self I think you all could do a little better in framing I want you >to write to me how all the churches is prospering I am going to for my letter >I think I will settle my self here we have good preachers here give my best >respect to Uncle Billy Tucker and Aunt all of the inquiring friends so I will >close for this time as you wrote such a long letter to me I will give you more >in the next letter I remain you sun and brouther untell deathe J.D. Hall >(Written to Miss. Mary D. Hall, Centerville, Abbeville County, S.C.) > > > >---- > >