Thanks very much Linda. Do you know anything about James D. Pate's military service? Jeremy Utt >From: "Lindy Hard" <ssautyvalleyfarm@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com >To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] Jeremy Utt's Pate Ancestors >Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:07:56 -0600 > >1864 Civil War Letter from wife to husband [Was on sale on Ebay 15 Oct >2002; transcription made while item was featured on e-bay] >"Abbeville, Wilcox County Georgia, 27th October 1864... My dear Husband, I >received your kind and affectionate letter dated 17th of this instant on >Monday last and was most happy to hear from you and to learn that you were >still able to be up about I am happy to inform you that we are all well at >present and getting along as well as possible considering the times, and I >do hope and trust that these few lines may reach your safe and find you in >the enjoyment of the best of health. I was sorry to hear that you had to >leave Macon, I was sorry to hear that you could not get a furlough, but you >must keep trying perhaps you will succeed some of these days I will put up >the sugar cane as soon as I get done hauling in my corn, I have not done >gathering corn but I reckon I will get done this week. There has been no >cold here to hurt anything yet, no not enough to kill the gourd or potato >vines. I have right smart of peas picked and will pick more as I get time, >I have got up seventeen very nice meat hogs and will get more as soon as I >can. I will take care of the potatoes I have seven pigs near about raised, >and twelve more about the yard, and John saw twelve more in the woods, >which >makes 31 that I know of, and I will get up more as fast as I can You may >be >assured that I will take care of everything the best I know how. I will do >what you say about Davis and Rhodes places and get the rent home as soon as >I can. I reckon that Jonathan Walker will help John get those two hogs out >of the double run he saw them theres the other day. I was glad that Bennet >got to stay with you some I wish you could be together all the time. I got >a letter from Bennet at the same time I received yours and he was well at >that time. My tax is paid already. Mr. Jonathan Smith paid it for me, he >sold some of your steers and paid your tax and brought me the balance of >the >money. Your tax was 392.18 the war tax is not paid yet. I have done all >I >could to get you a detail, keep in good heart I will try again I want you >to >get a furlough and come home and get your clothes. Write soon and let me >know where you are, if I had known that you had been in Macon all this time >I would have sent you more provisions I sent you a parcel of sugar cane, >five pounds of bacon, two chickens and a par of socks and some potatoes and >would like to know if you got them. Your Mother, Hansel and the children >all want to see you very much and send their love to you. Sam grows >finely. >I remain, My dear Husband your affectionate Wife Jane Pate." >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeremy Utt" <jeremy_utt@hotmail.com> >To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:11 PM >Subject: Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] Jeremy Utt's Pate Ancestors > > > > Linda, > > > > NO! I did not know that such a letter exists! Yes, I am very new to > > genealogical research, where the Pate family in concerned. Please send >me > > the transcription when possible (I would GREATLY appreciate it). > > > > I hope that whoever bought the letter will one day bequeath it to the >Museum > > of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA, or to a Georgia state achieves >agency >so > > that "the rest of us" might have some sort of access to (or ownership >of) > > it. > > > > Jeremy Utt > > Powhatan Co., VA > > >**************************************************************************** >*** > > > > >From: "Lindy Hard" <ssautyvalleyfarm@worldnet.att.net> > > >Reply-To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] Jeremy Utt's Pate Ancestors > > >Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:39:10 -0600 > > > > > >Jeremy, since you seem to be a new researcher to Pate genealogy, did >you > > >see > > >the 1864 letter that went on sale on e-bay in 2002 from your ancestor >Jane > > >Moore Pate to her husband James Pate who was away at war? If not, I >made >a > > >transcription of the letter and have it in my database and will send it >to > > >you. I have no idea who bought the letter. > > > > > >Lindy Hard > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Jeremy Utt" <jeremy_utt@hotmail.com> > > >To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:13 AM > > >Subject: [PATE GENEALOGY] Jeremy Utt's Pate Ancestors > > > > > > > > > >> Generation 7) JAMES PATE (B: ???) married Jane Moore > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.942 (20041207) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.nod32.com > > > > >