1879-09-30 LGH from WA King
Williston Tenn
Memphis, yellow fever, TW Bottom, James A. Bradley [Mary Jane Williams' husband?], Uncle Bev [Beverly D Williams], Mr. Bottom wants to rent then buy, you [LGH] can act as my agent, Nannie, Sis sends love

1879-12-09 LGH from TJ Williams
Luna Landing, Ark
mother, 50 miles from Hamburg, receipt, money, sell the place, guardian,

LGH from SA Haley?
Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas
children Mary and Dalis Williams, they [children] want me to be their guardian, Mary old enough, wrote Mr. Brady thrice, several years before Dalis is of age, James Williams living on Mississippi River, Mary has wrote her Aunt Nancy

1879-12-18 LGH from M Bradley
Lexington MO
Lina, Nannie, �take her as your own and raise her�, poverty, husband died,

1879-12-31 LGH from H Bottom
Aliceton, Ky
James A. Bottom [buried in Aliceton Cemetery near Perryville] rent, corn oats, Walker Deed, Uncle Thomas, Nannie, Aunt Kaicel [Keziah?] Williams

1880-01-01 [actual date illegible] LGH from JA Ramey
fulton [Fulton CA?]
Josephine A. Ramey, receipt,

1880-01-03 LGH from WA King
Williston Tennessee
German National Bank Memphis, seventy five dollar check, �you did not pay yourself�, �sis sends kindest regards�, biscuits, yellow butter

1880-01-10 LGH from J [James?] Williams
Luna, Chicot Cou[nty] Ark
�sixty miles from Hamburg�, �send me the money in P.O. Order�

1880-01-17 LGH from TJ Williams [Josephine's nephew]
Luna Landing, Chicot County, ARK
Mr. Brady

1880-02-21LGH from SA Haley[sp?]
Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas
money, receipt, Hankley, Samey, Mary, Timey, Dalises

1880-02-25 LGH from Mollie Bradley
Lexington MO
Nannie Hankla, my little girl Lina, Lucy Tyler,

1880-02-27 LGH from DV Goodknight
Lane, Franklin Co., Kansas
cousin

1880-08-17 LGH from WA King
Williston Tennessee
sorry to hear Cousin Joe [Josephine Williams] in such bad health, Mr. Bottoms can have it for another year as I do not see any chance of selling, no yellow fever, Memphis, taxes, �If anyone wishes to buye, my half is worth twelve thousand dollars cash.�

1880-09-25 LGH from William S. Williams
Shady Grove, KY
Dear cousin, �rite smart of sickness in country�, corn, wheat, tobacco, stock

1880-10-11 LGH from BD Williams
Little Rock, Ark
settlement as adm [administrator] of Tho G Williams, my part is $566.38, Nannie, Uncle Thomas

1880-10-22 from WA King
Williston Tennessee
estate, Uncle Thomas, receipt, typhoid fever, pay the taxes,

1880-11-3 LGH from SA Haley
Hamburg Ark
nineteen dollars and thirteen cts that was coming to Mary, Dalises,

1880-11-14 LGH from W. A. King
Williston Tennessee
Bottoms

1880-11-19 LGH from BD Williams [1880 is estimated]
Little Rock Ark
Cousin Alvy, rent, 42 acres, �You have married one of my dearest cousins [Nannie] and there is nothing I would not do for her - I hope you will give her my love�.

1880-11-30 LGH from TJ Williams
Luna Landing, Ark
Sam, receipt, James

1881-01-30 LGH from J Williams [James]
Luna Landing, ARK
money, mother --

1881-02-14 LGH from WA King
Williston Ten
dreadful cold snowy winter, cotton, Mr. Bottom, anyone wishes to buy my interest,

1881-02-27 LGH from WA King
Williston Ten
Uncle Bev, draft, �you [LGH] lived close to the place� �better than Alvy�

1881-03-4 LGH from DV Goodknight
Lane, Franklin County, Kansas
Dear Cousin, John, fiddle, Tom, dance, Ren, Nannie, Cousin Nannie, pictures, Alice, Advocate, Berry, Bob, John, �I often think of olden times, how much fun we used to see. I tell the children the young folks do not enjoy themselves as well as we did.� �tell Mother to write often�, Fletcher Tom Joe, Topeka, �your Cousin DV Goodknight

1881-04-16 LGH from H Bottom
Aliceton Boyle Co Ky
�Mr. Turner Bottom wishes to rent the Walker Place� �payable to Williams and King� one hundred & fifty dollars, J.A. Bottom [James A. Bottom? -mule trader at Grove Hill, Alabama who has a large obelisk in Aliceton Cemetery] Included in the Samuel Williams envelope is a note written and signed by LGH regarding Estell Tewmey and Bettie. A recipe for curing beef is included.

1881-06-13 LGH from AE Haley and SA Haley
Hamburg Ark
Dallas, �I wrote to Joe [Josephine?]several times and no answer� Nanny [Nannie] Dalis, �send a receipt for that was coming to Mary� [Thomas was married to a Mary according to the 1870 census],

1881-07-26 LGH from WA King
Williston
drought, Bottom, wheat, Michellsburg, rent, Uncle Bev (Beverly), Michelsburg, Danville, wife

1881-10-21 LGH from BV Williams
Little Rock, Ark
Alvy, Willy Kings part of the place, sale of the land, taxes, worth $2500, �you [LGH] could afford to give that for it�. �Give my love to Cousin Nannie & Josephine�.

1881-11-22 LGH from BD Williams
Little Rock, ARK
deed, my half, Mr Bottom, �You [LGH] move into the house [Thomas Williams'] as soon as you can get the possession from [James A.] Bottom and if you and Willie King [W. A. King] cannot trade you can rent his part from him this will make you new home and I rather you and Nannie would have it than any of my relations. Give my love to Nannie & Jo [Josephine]

1881-12-22 LGH from WA King
Williston Ten
thousand dollars, agent, deeds, �Uncle Bev the old fellow mad as a wet hen�, Aunt Rachel [Mary Jane Williams lived with Rachel, 1850 US Census], Uncle Tom's estate, Mr. Brady, �he [Bev] has treated me unfairly�, 2500,

1882-01-09 LGH from BD Williams
Little Rock, ARK
�Dear Cousin�, �I am glad you have moved. I now hope Cousin Nannie will improve fast� �Your Cousin�

1882-02-26 TJ Williams from LGH [Letter written by LGH but never stamped or mailed
Perryville Ky
Luna Landing, �Your Aunt Joe [Josephine Williams] is in very bad health now I fear she will not recover. Your Aunt Nannie is up though in delicate balance�, more rain, high water, corn worth one dollar per bu, Dallas, estate wound up right,

1882-03-11 from William S. Williams
Shady Grove Ky
Cousin, JL Powell, wants to buy,

1883-08-25 LGH from S Mcginnis [Sarah]
Greencastle, Ky
Webb, Whitehouse, Crane, stone fence, [A second letter dated Aug 16, 1882 in same envelope undated postmarked Fulton CAL]

1884-02-09 LGH from Sarah E Mcginnis
[This envelope was unusual in that it was canceled in hand writing, not hand stamped] Green Castle, Ky [north of Bowling Green]
money, Whitehouse, Webb, [Second half of letter is addressed to Mrs.Nannie Hankla and begins �Dear Friend�], Emma Webb, �60 professions at Richardsville�

1887-02-01 LGH from JA Ramey
Cloverdale Cal
Dear Uncle T[?]ree money, Santa Rosa, church, winter, Aunt Nannies health, Your Niece

1888-1-5 LGH from T[?] J Williams
Luna Landing, Ark
Ren, receipt, �the Death of my only Sister�, �give my love to Aunt Joe and Nannie tell Aunt Joe I have written to her several times and got no answer� [Josephine died in 1884], Sam

1889-01-04 Sarah [Bellows Dye] Hankla
� Bank of Perryville
statement July 1, 1898 [Shows that LGH's mother was living at the Hankla-Walker house in January 1899]

Submitted by H. Scott Hankla, Jr., Frankfort, KY, July 3, 2018