Written in 1917 by his grandmother to my maternal grandfather in response to his request for family history:
Dear Huborn,
Just a few lines to thank you for your invitation to visit you. There is nothing I would enjoy more if my health would admit. I know I would have a pleasant time with you and Ruby but as I grow older I feel the need of staying at home. My health is very bad this winter-----Now these records I am sending are to the best of my memory. I do not remember dates. Now if this is not satisfactory please let me know & excuse all errors.
With a heart full of love for you both, as ever,
Grammother Northcutt
Your grandfather J.H. Northcutt was the son of W.M. Northcutt who came with his father J.W. Northcutt from South Carolina and settled in Butler Co., Ala. Do not remember the date. J.W. Northcutt was a Methodist preacher. Your great grandmother Northcutt was a Miss Nancy Morrz (?) of Ahoobuta, Miss. who died when your grandfather was born. Don't know her parents.
Your great grandfather Benjamin Mason came to Alabama with his father Peter Mason from Savannah, Georgia. Do not remember their dates.
Your great grandmother Mason was Miss Margaret Mancil. Came from South Carolina with her father William Mancil during the trouble with the Indians. Do not remember these dates.
5 comments:
Yep, I repost often, and younger bloggers notice it too! Loved that your gg-grandmother wrote such great detail, as she could remember, about your ancestors. Have you done any work on your tree? I sometimes do things on Ancestry, but haven't had the bug lately.
I trust that you're saving all such items for your descendants.
Good stories bear repeating -- so I do hope to read this one again in the future. :)
It must feel good to have such a strong connection with one's roots. All I have is scraps, but very few names and even fewer dates, and no one left who remembers any of it.
I've not really done any family tree work but older members of both my maternal and paternal side have. I have saved all manner of ancestral stuff to thrill or annoy my children and their spouses.
Ah well! Readership changes, and even if it doesn't we're all in the forgetting years. 😊
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