Mc dowell Co
Oct 6th 1864
Dear husband,
I seat My self this
Morning to write you a few lines to let you
know that we are not well. I aint well My
self and the children aint well.
Francis Emmer is very low with the flux
and the baby is very sick. I dont
know
what
ails her. I recieved your kind letter that was
dated the 25 of Sept last Saturday and was
glad to hear from you once moor and
hear that you was still alive. I
hav wrote evry week but one I sent a
letter by Louis Walker and one by
Herksy[?] and paper to write two
letters. the Assosiation has past
over. there was 14 or 15 preachers
there. your couisen bob Moody was there. he
preached on sunday. it rained so
Much that they dident hav Much of a assosiation. it
has raind nearly all the time for 3 weeks.
it is raining now there is a power of
fodder lost. I hav saved the crib full
of fodder. I dont know what I am to
do. some boddy is stealing the
corn out of the field and stealing My
sweet potatoes after Me and the children
has
worked
so hard to Make somthing to live on. I
want you to keep trying to get a furlow.
tell them that your family is down with the
Measels and flux and there aint nobody to
gather the corn and I will hav to
moove and they Must let you come
and Moove. Me I haint got no peas
& beans picked yet and if we
dont get well &. it dont quit
raining I wont save seed. I hav had to go in the
rain so Much I [have] so much to do that I
dont see a well day. My grief and
troubles is Moor than I can bear. if you
dont get to come I dont know what will
become of Me and the children. my pen is so bad
I cant write and [p.1] My heart is so
full I cant think of what I ought to. oh
God have Mercy on My husband and
children and my self. Spar our
lives to meet in this world once moor
the 12th day of this Month is
a year that we hav bin parted and it seems
all most a life time. do the best
you can keep out of them fights as
much as you can and if you can get a
furlow come home if you plase but if
you cant get a furlow. you cant do
me any good to come but it would
do me harm you know if I was
able and the children was well I
would come to see you, if I had to
beg My way to you. I would tell you
Moor than I can write some times. I feel
like you will get to come home. the one
that told your forchen says that
you will get to come before you get
well but if they Miss it as bad as
you sed they did about the other it
wont be the truth. Brother Thomas is
alittle better. I wish you could bring
some of that tobacco home with you. I
think it is very Mean that they
don’t let you come. if you was a rich
mans son you could come. Marion
Higgins has bin at home a Month and
he looks well. Thomas
Satterwhit[e] & Willie Grason has ben
at home on a sick furlow. if you dont get
home soon I will send you a pare of
socks by bob Mooney.
friday Morning 7th
the children aint no better. I
think susannah [and]George Pinkney is
taking flux. Mary Glass is very low with
the flux. the flux followers the Measels. I
hope when I write again they will
be better. I hop the Lord will bless
you and Shield you from harm and
danger and spar your life to get
home soon
M. A. E. Poteet to My
husband F. M. Poteet [p.2]
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