The letter was from W. A. Todd, Coryell County to his brother F. F. Todd, Nacogdoches, TX. Jan the 20, 1868 Dear Sister I seat my self this morning to answer your kind letter which came to hand the other day. you appear to rather think hard off us for not writing to you oftener just like I did aboute you and others iff tha would not write to me I would not write to them but this is rong. if one smite the on one cheek turn to him the other if I donte write to you you write to me the oftener and donte bee so peevish A P Sanders and J W Lemmonds I understand has moved on the Brases River 22 miles above waco patens mills is their P o we are getting along tolerable well concidern the hard times we kild 1700 hundred pounds porke I haint solde enny porke is worth 4 1/2 to 5 cts corn 35 to 40 salt $7 to 8 sack wheat $2 per bushel tell mother I would like to go to see her but I cant posabley leave home now mr. vandiver is gone to eastern texas and I donte know when he will get back we cant boath leve at once the indians came down last noon in 5 miles off hear and taken 3 horses from one man than ware seen going up cow house with 200 head supposed to bee 11 indans. 30 men was in persuit and onley 10 miles behind them the last account. tell F F and mr. brookshier I will wright to them after tha wright to me if I have anny thing to wright on. tell them to wright just as soon as ever tha posabley can get time W A Todd Martha says to tell you she haint got time to write to you now her and franklin appears to bee vary buissy she says to tell you that you have tide it on to her spinning bad she sys to tell you if you have supplide that country in thread just move your factary out hear you can doo well for awhile She tinks maby their womin enuf out hear to weave as fast as you can spin. but for goodness sake try to not hurt your self. The letter was written by William A. Todd to his sister in law, wife of his brother F. F. Todd. She was Elizabeth R. "Betsy Brookshire Todd, daughter of Farley Brookshire who later moved to Coryell Co. W. A. Todd and Mr. Vandiver were in the charcoal making business. Burned ceders to make charcoal??? F. F. (Felix Franklin) Todd moved his family to Coryell county about 1773. "F. F. Todd born 22 July 1821 in South Carolina and died at his home on Owl Creek in Coryell County, Texas on Jan 8th, 1892 at 3:05 P.M. F. F. Todd obeyed the Gospel many years ago as a young man and had been a faithful Christian all his life.....(church of Christ)" Copied from an old newspaper clipping. F. F. Todd's mother Mary was born 5 Nov 1781 and died 20 January 1884. Mary Todd and her son F. F. Todd are both buried in the Friendship cemetery in Coryell County. This cemetery is located in the Fort Hood Military Reservation. F. F. Todd had an uncle Adam Todd living in Madison Co., AR.. F. F. was a Tanner. This family was in South Carolina, Putnam Co., Ga., Mcnairy Co., TN., Berry Co., Mo., Washington and Benton Counties Ark. Upshur, Nacogdoches, Coryell Co's, TX. The brother W. A. Todd is buried in Blackfoot cemetery east of Gatesville. Or Davidson Cemetery as it is sometimes called. F. F. Todd bought 220 acres in 1884 in Coryell Co., TX. AB #375 out of the William Fisher survey. Cassie