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| Letter from Robert Miller to Ebenezer Miller: Charleston 9th March 1811 Dear Uncle This comes to inform you that I am well and hopes you are the same. The price of Cotton appears to be on a stand. It is about the same as it was when you were down in February, prime 12 1/2, inferior from 8 to 10 Cents. I don't think there is any probability of its rising this season. Tobacco very dull, first quality 4 Dollars. I would be glad if you know of any waggons that will be shore to come here about the last of May or first of June, that you would let me know a short time beforehand so that I may have my clothes in readiness to go with them. A very good opertunity offers at present for me to get up the Country. D. Harthorn told me if I wished to go, I might ride with him in his Chair. T. Crayton is in Town with horses, and says he expects to be down in Mayor June with more and perhaps may have some to take back. If so, I can get riding one of them but it is uncertain when he will come or whether at all, therefore if any waggons should come from Abbeville about the last of Mayor first of June, I shall go up with them I add no more but remain yours, R. Miller Letter from Robert Miller to Ebenezer Miller: Washington, M.T. Novemr. 13th, 1815 Dear Uncle, I arrived at Uncle Hughes in this Territory after a journey of 24 days in good health. I had company all the way. I would have wrote to you before this but have been waiting until I could write you something satisfactory on my own situation. I am now at the town of Warting, six miles from Natchez, where the seat of Government is held. The Legislature is now sitting. I am engaged as enrolling Clerk for the Council Chamber during the present session at three dollars a day. Uncle Hughes is Secretary to the Council and has the power of appoint an enrolling Clerk, which he gave to me. I am in hopes by the time the Legislature adjourns, I may be able to get into some permanent business. I have not been to see any of my relations yet. I staid about a week at Uncle Hughes and then went to Natchez and staid in a store without getting any wages until the Legislature met. Since then, I have been at this place. Uncle Hughes has been really very friendly to me. He went with me to Natchez and done everything in his power to get me a situation, but most part of the Merchants in Natchez were gone to New York and other town to the northard for goods and have not yet returned. On their return, I have little doubt of getting into business." Felix Hughes to Ebenezer Miller30 Apr 1821:"Brother Robert and family are well; he still lives on the West bank of the Mississippi, so does Cousin Robert, he was lately at my house and promised punctually to write to you. John S. is living on a tract of land of mine in Claiborne County, his Sisters live with him. If you should write to him, direct your letter to Port Gibson, Claiborne County , Miss." Letter from Robert Miller (son of Andrew) to Ebenezer Miller Concordia, October 18th, 1822 Dear Uncle, It has been such a length of time since I last wrote to you that I now feel ashamed to address a letter to you. IfI had any sufficient apology to offer, I could write with some better face. I left Natches near three year since and settled myself on the West bank of the Mississippi near to the place where Uncle R. Miller formerly lived. It is an obscure out of the way place, no post office nearer to me than Greenville or Natches, and I am but seldom at either of those places. I have all along been intending to write you before long and it has been passing on in that way until the present moment....I have settled about 25 miles above Natches and bought a claim to a tract of land which I believe I can hold. I have about 60 acres in cultivation; 40 in cotton, the balance in corn. My Cotton was remarkably good until the Rot got into it which injured it considerably, but I still hope I will be able to gather 50,000 pounds in the seed or upwards. I have got gathered about 20,000. I hope to be able out of this crop to pay all my debts and have money sufficient left to purchase two more hands. I have now got six grown hands & 3 young negroes, a fine stock of Cattle, horses, hogs, & I hope, in a few years more if no misfortune befalls me, to be able to live as I would wish." Letter from Hibernia Hughes to Sarah Miller, 27 Jan 1833: "I presume you have heard of the death of cousin Jane Price, Cousin Stephen Miller, and Cousin Robert. They all died since I came home, Cousin Jane died with twelve hours sickness, and left two little children and Mr. Price has taken them to his fathers, and Mother has taken Uncle Joseph's two little daughters, Rebecca, and Zilpah , and it's thought that Cousin Stephen1 died with the cholera, on his way from New Orleans home, but Cousin Robert's death was a shocking affair, he was shot by a trifling gambling scoundrel, and died in eight hours after; and his Brother John Sample has moved over and taken possession of every thing, he says he intends being appointed guardian for his sister that is living with Mother, but he is in as much need of a guardian as she is, for he is a wild Harum Scarum fellow, Mother and Brother Phil went over the river last week to see some thing about Roberts affairs but John was not there and they could not do any thing. Mother says she wishes you to tell Cousin Andrew, please to ask Uncle if ever he gave little Robert any money or any thing for Peggy. She says she wishes to know and will be much oblige Cousin Andrew or Uncle if they will write immediately and give her a statement of the whole affair.--234 John S. Miller was appointed curator of the absent heirs of the succession of Robert Miller--bond dated 3 Jun 1833 James Miller appointed curator of estate of Robert Miller, Bond dated 21 Dec 1836 Robert Miller, son of Andrew, is presumed to be the Robert Miller Junior referred to in various Concordia Parish documents between 1821 and 1831. Mortgage from Robert Miller to Natt & Cotten, Rodney, Miss. dated 17 Feb 1831: cotton plantation containing 422 acres on west margin of Miss. River about thirty miles above the town of Vidalia, being the same on which Robert Miller now resides, and eighteen slaves on such plantation (all named). Mortgage from Robert Miller to A. Fisk & Co. dated 17 Feb 1831: see above--also sells to A. Fisk & Co. his crop of cotton now about to be planted & which may be raised upon the said plantation during the present year. | ||||||||||
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