Robert Scott Letter
Sent in by Debbie Raque.This is a transcription of a letter sent to me by a cousin. It is from Robert Scott in Allendale, Ky. to his sister Mariah Scott who lived in Weston, Platte Co., Missouri. I have typed it just as I have it. All the spelling is original.
Following the transcription I will add my additions and corrections.
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Envelope addressed to B. F. Schell, Weston Platte Co., Mo. from Allendale, Ky. 2-15-1866
Dear Sister,
I now seat my self to rite you a few lines informating you that we are all well at present and hope when these lines reaches you they may find you and family enjoying the best of health. I haven't much nuse of importance to rite you at this time. Other than all the connection is well and gitting along very will. Jims children is all very near grone. He has three grone men and one of them married and he has four grandchildren. Harding is gitting along very well and has plenty of everything that one mite wish. He has seven children and four of them grone. Elijah T. is gitting along very well he is now a Dr. Dentist and a silversmith he makes a lot of money, and it takes the same to do him. He has nine children and four of them ded. Three grone and their postoffice is Hardin Co.:Glendale, Ky. Ned's widow is doing very will making plenty for support and makes sum money. She has six children. Three of them grone one married with three children. Marshall's widow was well last I heard from them. She has six children and two ded. Marshall was taken from his tabacco patch the sixth of october 1862 to the top of Moldoer Hill near Newmarket by the Rebels They takened him a bout one hundred yards from the top of the hill, to a plase of thick woods and tide him to a bush and shot his head all to peases, there was a report of four guns heard and his screams for mercy. They then taken a sword and cut off his right arm. It was about 9 or 10 days be four we found him, he was eat and tore to peases. There was an in quest hel over him and we halled his remains home, and put him away. Mariah I never none what sorrows was be fore. I will say no more about this. If I could see you I could talk for a week for it would take me that long to tell you all. Mariah, mother wants you to come and see her for she would help you all that she could and she wants you to send Jane and she will do a good part for her as she can. Mariah if you come I will help you all that I can. I would come out and stay a month or two if I could leave mother that long and then you could come home with me. I often think of coming to see you and the children. I will send you mothers minatures the first chance I get and mine too. You wanted to know your age you was borned May 26, 1826. So no more this time. Write soon as you git this and give me all the nuse. So remains yours truly.
Robert Scott
Corrections/Additions
The mother that Robert talks about in the letter was Mary [Graham?], widow of Alexander H. Scott. Mary was born about 1797 in either North or South Carolina.
Jim is James G. Scott, b. @1818, d. Nov. 25, 1898, married Anne McNabb
Harding is Alexander Hardin Scott, Jr., b. @1820, d. bef. June 16, 1889, married Kibba Etherton
Elijah T. is Elijah Thomas Scott, b. Oct. 17, 1816, d. July 22, 1868, married Emily Jane Gardener
Ned is Edward Scott, b. @ 1821, d. @ 1856, married Lucy Jane Cantrell
Marshall was Marshall Scott, b. @ 1829, d. Oct. 6, 1862, married Nancy Etherton
Mariah married 1st John Victor. They divorced sometime between 1858 & 1866. Mariah then married Benjamin Schell. I don't have information about the daughter Jane of Mariah's that Robert mentions.
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