McCuddy family papers

Woodford County Keny- August 2d 1831

Dear Miss I received your kind letter on the 31st of July it gave me much pleasure to hear you was well but I am sorry to hear you cannot enjoy yourself I thought when you left this if you was dissatisfied that you intended to come back you write you have waited a long time for an answer I never recieved your's therefore I thought you have never written, and I would write no more, you brother when he was up told me you was very well satisfied, and also told Mrs. [gap] same and [gap] thought you was so well satisfied that you had forgotten [gap] we are all well and I am in hopes these few lines will find you both enjoying the same blessing the people hear are very healthy. The crops of wheat are not good good as they were last year owing to the wet wheather. The crops of corn at this time are very promising, wheat is worth fifty cents per bushel and corn the same, you wanted to hear how the Mclure Law suit is going on there was noth ing [nothing] done at June court, as you was anxious to hear for a friend that wished to know, it gives me some satisfisfaction to hear of a friend in that, it has given me a great deal of uneasiness. I want you to tell you Brother what Mc.lure has stated that the day [???] run the line between Mr. Jones and himself that Mclure asked him was the fence his and Mr. Mccuddy said it was in the presence of Mr. Jones, and agreed that it was and that he had no claim to it, and that Mr. M.cuddy will qualified on oath to that I wish him as a friend to write to Mr. Jones as soon as you review this, [gap] by so doing he will verry oblige and you wished to hear from [gap] Price he is [gap] he died on July the 21st.. Mrs Louisa Paine's death is looked for every day with the same complaint, Mrs. Flemming has another daughter Mrs. Hagar has an heir, Bird Smith has bought Mr. Linns place. I saw you sister [ ? ] the 21st of July he told me that she looked for you verry hard in four weeks but many she never expected to see again in this world you say you have no expectations of getting company

Miss Sarah Mc.cuddy Logan county Russelsville Keny.. 18 3/4 [postmark: LEXN AUG 4]

you Brother told us that he should come back this fall when he left hear, Randle Harris died on the 31st of July as it respects religion there is verry few made a profession of religion since you left this, Campbelism has caused a great split among the churches. I will add nothing more but

But remain your affectionate and sincere well wisher [??]

Nancy H. Jones

Miss. Sarah Mccuddy Miss. Mary Mccuddy

cap the cuddy wanted to know if Mr Jones could let him have some money this fall tel him it Depends on these law sutes

you write to me about your good meeting I was glad to hear from them I have binn to too campmeetings this fall once was of the reformed methodist it was a great meeting, there was a beteen thirty and forty souls professed religion and the other was a [comberlen?] [prebeterian?] there was none profest at it & concferance was held at jacksville this fall they had a tolerable good time but I dont now how many profests gane Barton profest religion she is very much attend to what She was she is living in Jacksonville ant betsy is living at william Stevenson She has got que lively a gain and is verry industral & the last account we had from uncle presley he was living at uncle Coopers & Mother and family is some better satisfied then they was I must bring my letter to aclos the famly all joint with me in giving you both our best love and respects may god bless you both in time and in Eternity Js the saveear [savior] wish of your friends Jane sends her best love to you both

I must add a few more words we have had the beautifulest fall an the pleasents wether than I most ever saw it has benn warm and mostly dry we have not had any cold wether yet, you must not forget to rite to us again

Mary MCuddy Sally MCuddy Susan Barton [left margin:] Miss Sally you must send me words when you get married and I will do the same

[page 2] the Snow Ball Draft 1832 December 1832 [table of assorted numbers]

the blazing star Draft has got Mistplace we looked for it but could Not find it

Morgan City [Ille?] June

27th

Dear friend

We are in good circumstances as to our health buisness and &c but our country is suffering the ravages of war. the indians have desolated the frontiers by massacaring the inhabitants and our country men have taken up their arms and marched [against] the savages. a body of men under capt Stedman was attacted at a considerable distance from the main army, by a body of indians about dusk. the whites retreated after having 11 killed including one of the officers we do not know how many indians, 5000 more soldiers have just marched out with the intention of making a treaty on their own terms or destroying the whole tribe which is the fox indians. our country is not in so prosperous a state as it has been but is still the Eden which it has been

Miss Sarah McCurdy

Rusells Ville,

Kentucky

mail

represented to be. there has been a great may staw berries this spring anther wild fruit mother is still pleasead with the country. Eliza Ann has a daughter and call it Elennora Virginia, Aunt Betsey Burton is about the same as she used to be but more disadisfied Jane is living at Mr Stacy's in Jacksonville and professes to be much pleased with her [?] The widow Burtons family live six or eight miles from us on a farm of a hundred and sixty acres but we have no correspondence with them, Religion is in a prosperous state in Jacksonville the Methodists are building a fine meeting house conference will be held in it next fall. Mother has [?] very fine garden the most of the s[?] lived which she braught with her. I will give you a brief account of dear sisters death which hapend last August she died after an illness of fourteen days of a

fever she appeared perfectly willing to submitt to her fate and said she could not live a few days before her death. she died perfectly in her senses to the great distress of us all. I must draw to a close, give our love to your brothers family and to your sister

Miranda H. Rucker

Pleas Excuse this scribble as written in haste with bad pen

Where faithful love unites the heart

No time can change nor distance part

[left page] My dear Aunt I have not forgotten the obligations I am under to you Aunt Mary uncle Issac and famaly It still afforded me a melloncolly pleasure when I call to minde the seens of my Childe hood and youth when bereaft of my father that last was in some respects supplied by the guandien care of his friends

May the God of Heaven bless you all farewell Eliza Hughes

Sally McCuddy PS please give my respects to aunt Mary uncle Isaac aunt Mildred and their Children E. H.

[right page] Clinton County Ohio June 26th, 1831

Dear Aunt I received your letter dated Aprile the 29th from which I was pleasd to learn that you and all my friends in Logan were well But was sorry to hear that you and aunt Mary was displeased with your Change of residence But I am in hopes that time and further aquaintence will reconcile you to the country I was verry sorry to learn that you and Aunt Mary was so far deprived of Christian privileges as to have no Church of your order with which to meet in social worship but it is also to be hoped that time will obviate this difficulty, It appears from your letter that their has bin some misunder standing with regard to my religious friends you state that some says that I am of Campbellite Baptiste and some says that I am A member of the Christian Church I do not Clame the name of Campbell ite I consider it a reproche to any religious society to take upon them selves the name of any man I believe that Christian or desciple of Christ is name enough for any Christian altho I concur with Mr Campbell in his friends on Christian faith Reformation Baptism the operation of the spirrite and call to the ministry and many other things, yet I do not chose to be cauld by his name I consider party names party creeds confessions of faith and disciplants amongst the gratest evils that prevade the Christian world [gap] dose some metifician form a creede or confssion

to see you, a short time before, and that you were very well, I was glad to hear this much. Newton, Stephen and Aunt Sallie Dawson paid us a visit not long since, which we enjoyed, as only those can, who have been away from home, and friends, as long as we have. They staid a week with us, and were delighted with our school, our Teachers, and with our concert which came off while they were here.

I took them to all the public places in Nashville, and showed them, evrything I thought would interest them. Newton told me that you had paid us a visit, and of that, dark, muddy walk you took up to church one night. I know that you all enjoyed Brother Hayes's meeting, he is such a good man

Salisbury somerset Maryland

Esteemed Cozen A long period has Elaspsed sence I had the pleasure of hearing from you untell a few minuts ago was informed by a Gentleman from your part and promised to wate a few minets for me to write a few lines to you I was glad to hear from you and that you ware a live and well but was sorry to hear of the Death of my Dear old uncle and Aunt which was the first I have heard of it or indeed from any of you for near 15 years I should have written quite often if I had have known that you ware a living and still remained in the same County I do still wish to hold corispondence with my cousins while I live if I never have the pleasure of seeing them that is if my letters will be answered for it would be the wish of my Dear Father if he was alive I wish I had time to write a long letter and let you hear from our relations hear as well as myself As I never had the pleasure of hearing fr seeing of any of them but yourself I assure you I have not forgotten you, and do hope you have not forgotten me one of your own name I must inform that I still remain Sally MCcuddy Stayton and am so partial to the name that I have not changed it, I still live with My step Father and Mother as it has pleased God to spare them as yet, I am the only Child that lives with them the rest are all Maried and of, my constitution has always been delicate yet through mercy I enjoy a tollarable degree of health

[Page 2] 1834 [postmark: LEXN MAR 19] Mr Issac MCcuddy State of Kentucky Woodford County near Russellvi Lexington Logan Russellville Ky

Favord by Mr MCclaine