Jinks recently posted information, from GenForum, about the E-Bay auction of a Civil War letter from Jane (Jincy) Moore to her husband, James David Pate. The 27 Oct 1864 letter read as follows ..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 c! an. 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 the 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 f! urlough 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 The letter seems to names four of their sons, i.e., Bennett, John, Sam and Hansel. The latter two children were not yet born when the 1860 census was taken- 1860 Wilcox Co GA, pps 756-757, site 202/202 JAMES (D) PATE 42 W/M b GA 29 JAN 1817 JANE PATE 35 W/F b GA 12 OCT 1825 WILLIAM B PATE 17 W/M b GA 02 OCT 1842 ELIJAH M PATE 16 W/M b GA 24 JAN 1845 JOHN F PATE 13 W/M b GA 22 JAN 1847 MARGANN JANE PATE 11 W/F b GA 12 NOV 1848 NANCY M PATE 9 W/F b GA 14 MAY 1851 LAUREANN PATE 6 W/F b GA 20 APR 1854 ELIZABETH C PATE 4 W/F b GA 19 FEB 1856 NARCISSA M PATE 1 W/F b GA 02 AUG 1858 TEMTA PATE* 77 W/F b NC 1783 They are shown in the following GedCom extract. Descendants of James David Pate 1-James David Pate (29 Jan 1817-28 Aug 1865) Sp: Mary Jane (Jincy) Moore (12 Oct 1825-28 Apr 1887) 2-William Bennett Pate (2 Oct 1842-10 Dec 1915) 2-Elijah D. M. Pate (24 Jan 1845-8 Oct 1860) 2-John Thomas Pate (22 Jan 1847-) 2-Maryann (Polly) Jane Pate (12 Nov 1848-) 2-Nancy M. Pate (14 May 1851-) 2-Sarah Laura Ann Pate (20 Apr 1854-) 2-Elizabeth C. (Betsy) Pate (19 Feb 1856-) 2-Narcissa Moore Pate (2 Aug 1858-) 2-James Hansel Pate (May 1862-1939) 2-Robert L. Pate (1863-) 2-Benjamin Samuel Pate (23 Apr 1864-3 Jan 1907) I can't discern which unit James David Pate served with. His older son Bennett Pate served- Company B, 19th Georgia Cavalry, also Company G, 10th Confederate Cavalry and 5th Cavalry Battalion, Hillard's Legion. He, and later his widow, applied for pension in Wilcox Co Georgia. James David Pate died shortly after the end of the war. I do not yet know the cause of his death. Perhaps it was war related. I only hope the person who purchased the letter is a descendent and appreciates it. Joel