Person:Hannah Davis (106)

Letters from Sister Mary Vandle

1816 Letter:

Dearest Sister,

We imbrace this oppertunity of Informing You of our Present Sittuation We are All Well At Present And I hope that those few Lines may find You and Your family Injoying the Same blessings. We have nothing Verry matearl to Inform You of only We are onsettled At Present And have a thought of Moving Westwardly Next fall If Times donte Alter for the better. Now this is to let you no that We would be Verry Glad If you or Some of Your Family could Make it convenient to come and See us before Next August for I Expect Its out of My power to come and See you. In the present Sittuation that We are In. We live on the State Roade that Leades from Richmond to Lexington in Kayntucky and keepe a Publick house of Entertainment Which Makes it Impossible for me to leave home Any Length of Time. I shall Stop Wrighting Any more of Sirgamstances and Inform you of my family. James Vandle lives in Greenbrier County and has fore children, Charity McClung Lives in Kyntucky State Barrens of Greenriver, Warren County. Hannah Westlake Lives in ohio State. The Ballence Lives with me and in the Same Nabourhood. Dearest Sister If you cant come out this Winter I want you to Write to me as Soone as this comes to hand. Write the particular of Your Situation. I waunt You to Write by Maile Direct to Giles courthouse Parrisbourgh. to the caire of Elijah Peeters the Distance from the Place to Whare to Live oute be more than 250 Miles At the Moste. Now I shall conclude my Letter by Ascribeing Our Selfs Your Loving Sister and Brother Until Death.

Abraham and Mary Vandle

John D. Vandle

1819 Letter:

Addressed to: Mrs. Hannah Craig; 25 Boncam County, N. Carlina

Return Address: Giles CHU 11th March

Giles County February 14, 1819

Dear Sister I take this opportunity to Inform you that We are all well at Present and I hope that those few lines may fine You and Yor family Injoying the Same Sort of Blessings of Life. I have nothing in Perticuler to Inform You only Brother John Davis and Wife are bouth Deade and thar children Are put out to good places. Daughter Polley is maried Lately to James Westlake from the ohio. he lives within five miles of Us. We are onsettled as yet but we Sepose tht In A Short time we will no. I had a letter from Daughter Charity McClung from the Barne of Greenriver Kamtucky Stating they are all well and doing Well. So no more but Remaining Your Loving Sister Until Death.

Mary Vandal

NB we all Remember our love Aunt and cossins John d. Vandal Jole Vandal, Jamima Vandal, Dittin Vandal, Betsy Vandal.

Source: Rootsweb

1.   United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

   Name: Hannah Craig
   Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Buncombe, North Carolina
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Hannah's husband James Craig had died in 1808. so who is this Male over 45?]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 5
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
   Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
   Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
   Number of Household Members: 12