Mis098-TNX

TENNESSEE, MISC

Written to:                                                         State of Tennessee

June 12th, 1841                                                 Smith County   

PHILIP & ELIZABETH DRAPER                          Sent from Bagdad

Trenton                                                                         June 13th  -  18 cents

Gibson County Tennessee

Letter sent by THOMAS JEFFERSON DRAPER,

Memphis, Grandson of PHILIP WHITE DRAPER

Dear son and daughter

These lines come to inform you that we are all well at this time, your Mother has had a hard spell but has got

about again MR PATES family and all the Connection is all well as far as know I recd your letter the 30th of

May it come to hand the 7th of June  I was much gratified to hear that you were all well  I will inform you that

MARIAH LAW as was, is Dead she was in family way and come to her time to be delivered She was taken with

fits and lost her child and in three days died  I will inform that PARLEMAN PATE has been to the Illinois to see

if he likes some parts of it very well but dont say whether he will move there or not he has sold his land and has

got to move somewhere to Woodfolk he gets $1000 for it  ANTHONY has sold his also he git $1200 he sold to

ANDREW MC CLELEN  he Married MARGARET WILLIAMS and has got all SAMSON WILLIAMS land in the bond. 

SAMSON WILLIAMS is Dead.  PARLEMAN was at all the Childrens in that Country and they were all well then and

doing well Except JAMES he is not doing very well BETSEY and TRYPHENA has both got another heir latly

PARLEMAN was there in April CORENA has only 2 Children girl and boy  I recd a letter from JOHN dated 25th

of February 1841 they were all well there but had all been sick he started to come to see me the 26 of July and

was taken sick first day and had to return and in few days all his family taking sick but all got well again  old

MR HAYNES is Dead but dont say when he died PILATE DEEN was in the Country last Spring where COLEMAN

lives but did not see COLEMAN he heard from him he was well then and all his family  JOHN went out there some

time ago but dont say when he was not in 30 miles of COLEMAN he did not hear from him he was about to move to

that Country but his family being taken sick he has given it out and concluded to stay where he is. I will inform that

SUSANNAH MC CLEN and Mother is bot Dead  your UNCLE THOMAS DRAPER folks has got in a bad way they

have got to quarling and fighting about the property MILTON has beat JAMES YOUNG and threatens THOMAS

HUDDLESTON YOUNG is Adminstrator now they want to git the place Out of his hands and he wont give it up and

this appears to be the quarrel  our Crops is but sorry at this time there is very little Corn that is waist high we very

Dry at this time I have not got returns for our Tobaco yet I understand it sells very well from five to ten I dont know

of anything more at present I would be glad you would write to me and let me know when you could come as I want

you and JOHN to be hear together  if you Conclude to come at any time that you would write to John and let him

know what time you would be here and me also I shall conclude by subscribing myself

Your Loving Father till Death

PHILIP & SARRA DRAPER

NOTE BY JINKS PATE LEE;  2 Jan 2002

Philip is Father of Philip White Draper md Elizabeth Pate

Perleman Pate md Ravena Draper, sister of Philip White Draper

Perleman & Anthony Pate were brothers

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