Here is another of my TURNER letters from our ancestors. My grandmother saved several TURNER letters from the 1800's that she passed down to me. Whenever she got them out she was so proud of the fact that her ancestors could write. I will type out the letters as I get time in the same style and line length as the originals for other TURNER searchers to enjoy. Your comments are appreciated.
The following letter is from John H. HIN ? and Permilia TURNER CARTER in Monroe Co. KY to Samuel C. TURNER in Patrick Co. VA. Contact me at n4jed@aol.com
(This 12 inch by 15 inch letter was folded to mail size, sealed
with a red wax, addressed;)
Mr
Samuel C Turner
Elamsville Patrick Co.
Virginia
(across the top of the address face in another handwriting it says)
Centre point Ky paid 3
(page one)
Monroe Cty Kentucky
Dec 30 1855
Dear Sam and Tiny I
will write you as few lines to
let you now something of Kentucky
you have both perused shooting
creek and this is as fair a
sample as I can come at though
not quite as god a looking a
place as that on the account
of dry creeks choise mills and
people in general the ladys
hear all wear yarn dresses striped
in the filfen shorter than any
little children ther and no pa____
lets squar handkerchiefs round
the neck with the dirtest bon
nets i ever seen on all the
tim white yarn stockings well
soled and coars peged shoes
no maner of politeness about
them I have been tryig ever since
I came hear to get one to sit
down longenough to set up to
her though have give it up
as a bad jod as tha apear
so wild and savage I have travel
ed over seven countys in the
State but I dont think she
hear So fair as the geantleman
is concerned if I must call them
geantlemen drinking and gambling
(second page)
is there ocupation Sam mee
and Jo is just in one noch
waying 100 and 90 and Joes wife
is a small woman waying 100
and 66 lbs tell Margaret Ferguson
i have been to Sandfords and
found them all well and doing
well a pearenty Say to mr
I S _dams I received his leter on
the 25 and was glad to hear
they was all well I will
write to him soon Sam
you must write to mee and
give the news generally as
ther is nothing hear to write
about be shore to write whether
Mat Roberson is dead or not
and how you come on at wits
spur since you got your dith
coat Tiny tell mee who is
your bea since the old wons
is all dead give my respects
to unkle Shady and Aunt
Judy and Dicy Corn tell her
to write to mee and give mee
the news from goblintown
give my respects to Haty Ann
and the widow allso I must
come to a close by saying
farewell
John H. Hin?
(third page)
Sam I will write you
and Tiny a few lines as Hampton
cant fill up sheet I promist
to write what sort of a look
ing woman joes wife was she
is fair skined blue eyed light
hair white eye brows rezembly
lithe helton moor than any
body els I ever saw though very
kind and friendly I like her
tolerable well for the acquaintence
She had a good bed frog bedstead
and a few bed quilts is all I now
of in the way of beding 4 chairs
a pair of fire dogs and aunt rachels
saddle is all she had that I know
of tha hav two beds a good table
and a box for a cubboard a house
a bout the sise of the lewry nailed
boards plank laft and dirt chimney
a nother little house for a kitchen
and smokehouse we want you to write
whether Mr and old Betsy is maried
or not I will deseribe Bobs folks
in the next letter as I hav no
rom this time Mary is to be
maried wednes day to Eaf willia
ms She will marry at old
Smiths makes no weding pleas
if you rite any thing you dont
wish all to no put it in hamps
letter I must come to a close by
saying fare well Sam and Tiny
Permelia Carter
(n4jed@aol.com)