A number of people from Floyd County move to Tennessee in the early
1800's. Here is another letter
from
Daniel Spangler written to his people back home. Unfortunately one
half of a page is missing.
The
half that remains contains a number of names which someone may be able to
connect with their
ancestor
who had moved to Tennessee.
Jack Spangler
Ellicott City, MD
******************
State of Tennessee August the 14th 1842
Coffee County
Long to be remembered and never to be forgotten Brothers and Sisters and
Cannesions {Cousins}
Thourgh the tender mercies of God I am permited to write you a few lines to
Inform you that
mysely
and family and Cannesions are all injoying a Reasonable portion of health at
this time
for
which I have to return my thanks to God who is the giver of all good things for
his tender
mercy
confured upon us fron the yearlist down of out lives down to the present
time. Hoping
that
these may reach and find you all well.
My dear and loving friends I have to inform you that we have sum Gloscans
things in this country.
It
seems that there is a gineral Reformation taking place in this country {word
missing} and is
more
Big meetings hire now than Ever I Known in my life and numbers of people have
professed
religion
and we have had a probacted meeting near clost by us it commenced on
Saturday the
30
day of July and continued 11 days and 10 nights and there was something between
30 and
40
persons Professed Religion amongest them my Daughter Milley and my sun Samuels
wife professed
religion
at this meeting, and I have to inform you that I have professed a high hope sum
thing about
6
weeks ago all my family are all professors of religion only my yungest
daughter, and the work is
going on purty ginerally throughout as fare as I can hear fron Every quarter
and we hear from your
county
and we have intelligents that there was a meeting commenced and continued 40
days in your
county
and I want you to write to me and let ne Know whether it was anywhere near you
or not and
write
to me how you all are a coming and in the way of Religion at that 40 day
meeting. The news
came
to our country in a letter.
Dear brother Samuel Spangler you wrote me a song Ballod and Brother Jacob when
he moved {Jacob
had
moved to Missouri} off he took it with him and I want you to write me another
one and send it
to
me if you have forgotten what sung it was I will inform you that it was mother
sung.
I will now come to something about the situation of our country. The
health of our country is very
good
as yet I have heard of sum folks deaths this season but I Believe health is
good at this time,
money
is not to be had for any produce we can make here, neither can people get money
to pay their
debts,
our crops is indifferent this year. Wheat crops have failed for three
years our corn crops are
very
indifferent this seansons and there set in very dry and cut our corn crop
short.
I will inform you that George Spangler and his family are all well and wish to
be remembered there.
Respects
to you all let old Mr. Epperly* know how they are they have none made any
professions of
religion
lately.
(Half of the last sheet is missing - Here is what remains)
I have nothing more
present only wish
Death
PS I want you
as soon as you receive this
about your crops and
have this year From
Daniel and Elizabeth
to Samuel and Rothori
John & Susannah Spangler
Spangler and wife
Spangler and Sister
Ana to Henry
John and Rothonene
Sowers, George &
George and Katherine
and Nancy Epley said
best wishes to be remembered
friends of Daniel Spangler
Mr. Samuel Spangler
as soon as this comes to hand
To Fountain Spring Post office
I will inform you
is broken up at
Direct your letters to
county,
Dear Brother
to me commencing the
us, is there write to me
what you have done
To Mr. Samuel
Spangler
Daniel Spangler
State of Virginia
Floyd
Woodbury Tenn
County
Jacksonville
30 August 1842
* I suspect he was refering to Jacob Epperly who was the father of "Brother George Spangler's" wife Elizabeth. In an
earlier letter Daniel had encouraged "old Jacob Epperly" to move to Tennessee which he apparently did not do.
Jack Spangler Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:32 AM