Congrats Lenora, Good to hear you have made a little headway... Mollie ----- Original Message ----- From: <LAnde12781@aol.com> To: <TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:06 PM Subject: [TNDICKSO] J.V. Mitchell/ Ask for it all > To all who looked so hard.. I have just received and extra envelope of Civil > War papers.... in recieving the first pages i noticed that there was a top > corner of a letter handwritten that was laying on the copier when they sent > my records for Jeremiah...... after sending back the requested amount money > due I copied that corner of the letter and included a few extra bucks and ask > if the a letter was still in the file that I wanted that also as it had a > family name in the corner.....I was still trying to be absolutely sure that > was my Jeremiah V. Mitchell...... > > Lo and behold an envelope came back already with not only that but copies of > six other letters that had been type in behalf of Jeremiahs getting a > Pension... took three years to finally get it! the letter was written by > W.J. Dudley Climer! Who I suppose is probably the father of Dudley Climer > that married my Susan Mitchell! and it stated that they had been neighbors > for many years... and gave particulars........ > Another letter was from J. Averritt who stated that Jeremiah was his > uncle and lived near them and told that Jeremiah had quit school to join the > Confederate Army!.. He told of the battles the family had said that he fought > in and the defeats of the army and the fears for Jeremiah's safety by the > family.. and that Jeremiah was very young and barfooted and ill health > because of the hardships of the war..... > > The reasoon that I tell all of you is to tell you that when you write fro > somone's war records.. you might get something differnt. or even more evry > time you ask! All the letters were in the file and it would be better if > they copied whole files upon request......My daughter in law just received > pages and pages of war records to add to her grandfather that were missing > from the file when she had first sent for it.... > > So I am a happy camper tonight after all these years on this member at > least... maybe now I can find wife Mary Jarrett... It also told me that > Jeremiah was in school when the war started.. maybe there are old school > records for 1861 somwhere......and that fact that for at least twenty years > Jeremiah was a member of the law as they said... and served repeatedly as > Justice of The > Peace...... lots of nice family things to know........ > > So all keep trying and you might get a lucky as I did... > > Lenora... > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > Have you posted your histories or lore lately? > To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >