Hello, and thank you for your kind generosity in wanting this letter to get into the correct family's hands!! I do research here in Monroe County and started working on this Black family in late winter, '07. Just this past May, the fellow I had been working for actually came to Monroe from his home in FL. so I could take him around the county to old homeplaces, cemeteries, etc. He will be overjoyed with the knowledge that this letter exists! I will forward your message to him so that he might get in touch with you. Many thanks, Mary Anna Riggan Aberdeen, MS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Family Historian" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:59 PM Subject: [MSMONROE] J. R. Black/Robert Black Families > Hello list! I just joined this list for the specific > purpose of reuniting a family with a letter from/to > their ancestors. I am not researching this family, > and I really have no idea how it ended up in a box > under my mother's house. > > I have come across this letter written May 22, 1877 > from Robert Black to his nephew J. R. Black. In the > 1880 census I found the family living in Smithville, > Monroe Co., MS. There is no envelope; however, the > letter is very readable. I am typing it here as it > has some "newsy" information about births and deaths > and neighbors, and perhaps it could help someone in > their research. In addition, if anyone knows of > someone researching this family who would like me to > mail the letter to them, I would be more than happy to > send it along. (I think after 130 years, it's time to > rest again with family, don't you?) > > May 22nd, 1877 > Mr. J R Black > > Dear Nephew - I am come to your uncle George's to > night and have just read your letters to him and me > and we now write you an anser. The connection here I > believe are all well at this time. I will state to > your mother that there are two more boys in the > connection your uncle Walt's daughter Mary and your > uncle Topes (?) daughter Milissa can both boast of > fine sons a few days old. Your uncle George has wrote > about all the news there has been several deaths round > about. Ben Gibson died about a month ago. There has > been but one or two weddings in this vicinity since > you were out here. I was sorry to hear of the death > of Cynthia Irvin (Irvin is crossed out) Tickle and > Martha Irvin. Tell the old man Tom Irvin that I often > think of him and family. They seem almost like > kinfolks. Give my best wishes to W. A. & Mary Ritter > and Sam & Delilah Bundy and especially to my old beau > & every body else. When John S. Sophisan was up here > last month he said he was going to answer your letter. > Perhaps he has fishing to do makes him slow to write > to you or rather perhaps he is being fished after by > several calico dresses for he said he had received > three or four April fools. My health has been good. > My crop looks tolerably well. Write again Soon. > Robert Black (name underlined). > > A Family Historian in Galt, CA > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >