Fred I have a transcription of a March 28, 1798 letter from Felix Hughes in Coles Creek, Miss. Territory to Ebenezer Miller (my g-g-g grandfather) in Abbeville District SC. The letter generally describes the Hughes family's trip from Abbeville to the Natchez area. Felix, who was a schoolteacher, was engaged to tutor the children of Thomas Green, Jr., a prominent planter in the area whose father had been arrested by the Spanish authorities earlier for supporting the claims of Georgia to the territory. In the letter, Felix states: "Tho' I arrived at the Natchez on Feb. the 2nd, yet I had no opportunity of writing sooner, and am very happy to have one now. After a Voyage of four Months exactly, I and my Family arrived safe and in good health. Peggy had some little illness on the Way, and the Children had ye Whooping Cough, but they got partly well before we arrived, and look as well if not better than when we started. Brother Robt. [Robert Miller, Jr.] soon learned of our arrival, and immediately brought a cart and horses and took us out to his own house where Peggy[Margaret Miller Hughes] and the Children now are and will not hear of me taking them to Mr. Thom. Green's, with whom I have engaged the 13th Inst. to teach a School for 250 Dol. for one year. His family are all in good health and he intends going to S Carolina this ensuing Summer. He requests me to present his warmest Love to Mother, Brother and Sisters. He rec. only one Letter from you before I arrived. He would be very glad to hear again from you, particularly concerning John Green's affair, as you did not mention any thing to me relative to it. He thinks the Letter which might contain the Information must have been miscarried." My assumption is that this John Green was related to Thomas Green. The letter later mentions a Joseph Green, presumably the same family, who was living in Knoxville, Tennessee. A plat for John Green's property, which was on waters of McKinley Creek I believe, is dated 17 Nov 1766 and recorded at volume 10, p. 74. It is bordered by property belonging to John Trimble, Walter Trimble, Samuel Kerr, Hugh Herron and John Boles. This John Green might be related to your John Green. Bob