Vance185
Transcription:
[The 1860 Census lists Newton as a 19-year-old laborer living in the household of Mary Vickery in Mecklenburg County.]
Aug 17 1863
Mr govner vance
dear cir I have bin in cirvis
19 months had bad helth
an colden get A furlo an I
com home an my helth ar
A litle beter iam ready
an wiling to return I want
yo to send me a repreave as
iam A feard thay will
punish mee I belong to 1 infrey [1]
1 South carlina Rg
I am a native of north carlina
a lincolnton Co an in listed
in charlott NC W. W. adams
captin of they co H W. M. Butler
privet Peter newton
[page 2]
direct yore leter leter to co
Eli newton ton
iron Station NC lincoln [2]
Footnotes:
- 1st Regiment SC Inf. (Butler’s)(1st Regulars)
- Iron Station in Lincoln County
Date:
August 17, 1863
Collection:
Recipient(s)
From
From State:
North Carolina
From County:
Lincoln
From Note:
"Iron Station"
Transcription/Proofing Info
Transcriber:
Andrea Cudworth & Michael Ellis
Transcription Date:
November, 2011
Proofer:
Andrea Cudworth & Michael Ellis
Proof Date:
November, 2011
