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The following* letters are some that
vere written by Sgt. L. W. Griffin,
of Co. D, 16th N. C. T., to his father,
Wm. L. Griffin, register of deeds of
Hutherlord county. Co. D, was organ
ized by Capt. H. D. Lee in Forest
City (Burnt Chimneys) and was the
first of Rutherford County's eleven
companies to enter service.
Hospital on The Charles,
Town Road 5 Miles from
Richmond, July 31. 1862.
.Dear Father and family:
I take this opportunity to let you
know that brother is some better. He
*ias been mending very slowly. I am
tolerably well at this time. Certainly
slad to hear that you are coming
here. I will be pleased to see you
»nd George.
Our whole division has left for
Stonewall. The Yanks have all gone
there too, and left all their sick.
Many are dying, and it is not unusual
'or as many as seven each day to
oass on. I have saved my brother
igain it he doesn't have a "backset."
There is about 21,000 sick and
vounded men here from A. P. Hill's
Division.
It is very hot here at this time. If
you don't leave home before you get
"this letter come down the Charles
Mty road until you meet A. P. Hill's
Jivision. and they can tell you where
the hospital is located.
To Sisters: So you want the name
jf the mail boy? I would tell you,
but he isn't worth a name and I don't
vant you to belittle yourselves to
"talk to them. They aren't worth any
thing and like a lot of other Demo
crats they all stay at home until
"hey are conscripted. I am really
glad they have passed the conscrip
tion laws. Probably we will have
nore mail boys to serve the large
number of men that will come here
by conscription. And let the M
pass and have nothing to do with
them, yet they are not quite as bad
as the mail boys,, for they were not
secessionists and did stand for the
union.
I must close and go make brother
Jim some corn mush for his supper.
I grave ten cents a pint for corn meal
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Whenbetter automobiles waibuildjhem
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j and had to pay twenty-five cents
1 for a quart of milk for him. I only
I let him have a little portion at a
j time.
Give my love to all my enquiring
friends.
L. W. GRIFFIN.
Near Petersburg, Va.
October 18, 1864.
Dear Sisters:—
This beautiful morning affords me
a chance to write you, and tell you
how much I enjoyed your letter of
October 9th, which I received last
| evening.
I There is little news here other
, than that the men are deserting daily
from both sides. Many of our men
are going over to the enemy, while
| some few of the Yanks have come
' over to us. There is very little fight
ing, only sharpshooting. They say
j General Early has whipped the
Yanks in the Valley that were com
ing to reinforce Grant. Indications
are that there will be a furious fight
as soon as all the forces here get
lined up.
It is getting cold here. Many are
'deserting to keep from fighting here
thi« winter. I don't see how we will
stand it as we have no wood and
almost no clothes. You said you would
send me some blankets if you could
1 get them. I wish you would send
Mose with them at your earliest op
portunity, as it is getting colder ev
' ery day. I am looking for him every
1 day, and unless you send them soon I
will "be gone up the spout." Send
' anything to eat that you can. They
! are only giving us loaf bread and
not half enough of that. We get a
supply every two days, so I eat mine
up the first day and do without the
next. I have no money, but I sup
, pose we will draw some within a few
1 days.
1
1 If I can get a box by Mos:i I will
I be prepared for a few days any-
J way, and will enjoy one more feast.
I You say that the dogs are low
j spirited. If I was there I think I
; could cheer them up by taking them
' hunting. It would help me as well
as the dogs. I don't know when I
i will get home. They are issuing fur
-1 loughs so slow, and there are eight
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928
j or nine ahead of me, so I may not
{be there before next Spring.
If Cousin Jim has not gone to the
• front give him my respects. Write
j when you can and if you can do so,
i please send me a box with something
|to eat in it.
I Your loving brother,
L. W. GRIFFIN.
I On the Lines at Petersburg.
November 13, 1864.
j Dear Father and family:
I This morning affords me an op
i portunity to write you, by which you
| will see that I am well and hope
; that these lines will find you en
j joying health.
J There is again little news to write,
j No serious fighting, only sharpshoot
i ing. I suppose old Abe L. is re-elect
| ed, so that means that we will fight
j all the winter. The weather is bit
j ter cold and we have orders to build
winter quarters here on the lines. We
start woi-k next week. When we
j finish we can then enjoy our boxes
I if you will send us one.
j Please send me another box as
j soon as you can and send me a
■ piece of soap and anything to eat
i that you can spare. The last box
! was good. I was nearly starved and
j the sweet bread was so good that my
| mouth still waters. The biscuits were
; good, but were mashed. I have
| enough bread today for dinner, then
; I will do without until I draw again,
which will be within a few days, I
hope, I hope I will get a box soon.
If you do not bring it please let
me know when you will send it as
. there is so much pilfering and thiev
ing going on that it is doubtful if I
would get it unless I was at the de
! pot when it came in. I would like
|to have some more apples; the oth-
I ers that you sent were delicious. Tell
; Scott that I appreciated the tobac
i co that he sent me.
Your loving son,
L. W. GRIFFIN,
j Preserved with this letter is the
; following parole pass:
Appomatox C. H., Virginia.
April 10, 1865.
(Paroled Prisoner's Pass)
The bearer Lorraine W. Griffin,
of Co. G, 16th N. C. Troops, Prison
jer of the Army of Northern Virgin
j ia has permission to go to his home
! and remain there undisturbed.
W. A. STOWE.
Col. Comm. Reg.
All Confederate soldiers who were
with Lee at Appomatox when he sur
f rendered in April, '65, were consid
jered as prisoners of war, and were
| paroled, and given the above
1 form properly filled in.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
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Under and by virtue of the power
lof sale contained in a certain Deed
In Trust made and executed on the
7th day of May, 1927, by and be
tween J. E. Furr and wife Viola C.
! Furr to W. L. Brown. Trustee for
\ Forest City Building and Loan Asso
! ciation, said Deed In Trust being on
! record in the office of the Register
|of Deeds for Rutherford County, N.
j C.j, in Book V 4 at page 277, the pur
pose of this deed in trust to secure
i certain indebtedness and default
I having been made in the payments of
1 said indebtedness, the undersigned
i Trustee will on
FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 1928
: within the legal hours of sale, jii front
• of the Farmers Bank and Trust com
!pany building in the town of Forest
j City, N. C., offer for sale to the last
; and highest bidder for cash or good
| security the following described real
j estate, to wit:
! Lying in the town of Forest City,
jN. C., and on Arlington street and
! known as lot No. 14 of Block "D",
J 45 feet front including 5 feet of lot
No. 15 of Block "D'\ The lot being
I 45 feet front and 156 feet deep. For
j a more complete description of said
lot, reference is hereby made to a
i copy of the map of Biltmore, a sec
■ tion in Forest City, N. C., which is
! now on file in the register of deeds
office for Rutherford County, N. C.
This the 25th day of Jan., 1928.
1 16-4t. W. L. BROWN, Trustee.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR SHERIFF
I hereby announce myself as a
• candidate for Sheriff of Rutherford
' County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary, Saturday, June
2. Your support respectfully so
; licited.
i HORACE B. DOGGETT.
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behave better when paddled from
the rear.
MASONIC NOTICE —Forest City
Lodge, No. 381, A. F. & A. M., meets
every second and fourth Tuesday
nights at 8 o'clock. Visitors welcome.
J. S. Wood, Secretary, B. M. Price,
V r . M. 30-tf
TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF LAND
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' j Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in that certain
deed of trust dated December 10,
1925, made and executed by Jane
Ford, to R. R. Blanton, trustee, and
appearing of record in the office of
the Register of Deeds of Rutherford
county, in Book A-2, on page 91, de
fault having been made in the pay
. nient of the indebtedness secured
. therby, and the holders of the same
, having requested the trustee named
therin to sell the said property in
. accordance with the provisions of
the said deed of trust, the under
signed will offer for sale to the
highest bider for cash at the court
house door in Rutherfordton, N. C.,
on
i SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1328
'at about the hour of 12 o'clock M.,
i the following described real estate:
Lying and being in Cool Springs
Township, Rutherford County, North
Carolina, and more particularly de
scribed and defined as follows:
Adjoining the lands of Tom Good,
P. G. Womic and Crockett Butler,
■ Jeff Smith and Bill Doggett. Lying
on Floyds Creek about 3 1-2 miles
South of Forest City; beginning on
> a stone Nancy McDaniels and Wm.
Doggett's corner; thence with their
line North 56 1-4 West 4.50 chains
; to a W. 0., Crocket Butler's corner,,
also Nancy McDaniel's; thence with
this line South 36 1-4 West 7.57
chains to their W. 0 t corner, also j
Lewis McDaniel's corner; thence with
Lewis McDaniel's line South 75 East j
13 chains to stone, his corner; thence !
North 18 East 3 chains to stone, his
corner, thence North 55 East 9.13
chains to his corner; thence North ]
Oil East 13.25 chains to his corner, 1
■ also corner of Nancy McDaniel, 28 1
and 60, also tract in Womick's line 1
on East side of road; thence with
i Womick's line North 30 1-2 East
3.83 chains to stone, his corner;
, thence with the Mosley line North
57 East 5.78 chains to bend of road;
thence with it North 37 East 5.51
chains to Jeff Smith's old corner;
thence North 71 West 7:50 chains
to stake Jeff and Richard Smith's
corner; thence North 57 1-4 West
12.12 chains to stone on North bank
of branch; thence South 67 West
3.47 chans to small pin; thence
South 80 West 8.48 chains to stone
• at edge of bottom; thence South 36
i 1-2 West 3.25 chains to a W. O.
bush; thence North 89 1-4 West 2.35
i chains to stone Wm. Doggett corner;
i thence with his line South 33 West
11.39 chains to beginning, contain
ing 44 1-4 acres more or less, much
more or much less. Reference to
bound and distances and number of
1 acres.
This the 7th day of February, 1928
R. R. BLANTON, Trustee.
■ Ridings & Jones, Attys. 18-4tj
NOTICE OF SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
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State of North Carolina,
County of Rutherford.
Undei and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain Deed
of Trust made and executed by J. I
G. Wilkins, widower, B. H. Wilkins, •
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single. Camilla Logan and her hus-!
band', Roland L:»»an. on the 16th day 
of April, 1927 conveying all their !
undivided interest in and to a cer- j
tain tract of land hereinafter de-'
I
scribed, and recorded in the office r
of the Register of Deeds for Ruth-!
erford County, North Carolina, in j
Book A on page 206, said Deed of
Trust being made to secure certain i
indebtedness, and default having l
been made in the payment of said j
indebtedness, the undersigned Trus-J
tee will oil
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SATURDAY. MARCH 3, 1928 ;
at 12 o'clock M., in front of the j
Industrial Loan & Investment Bank,;
irt Forest City, North Carolina, offer •
for sale to the last and highest bid-1
der for cash all of said undivided 1
interest in and to that certain tract j
of land lying and being in Cool j
Springs Township, Rutherford Coun- j
ty, North Carolina, and more partic
ularly described and defined as fol- j
lows:
' Lying and being in the town of
' Forest City, North Carolina and on |
; Forest Street and shown 1 on the map j
'of the C. M. Harrill (deceased) prop- 1
erty made by J. A. Wilkie, Surveyor, j
as lots Number 3 and 4, said map j
j being on record in the office of the I
I Register of Deeds for Rutherford ,
! County, North Carolina in Plat Book |
'l at page 17. Reference to which (
is hereby made for a full and com- ■
plete description.
1 This the Ist day of February, 1928. I
18-4t. T. J. MOSS, Trustee.
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