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Title: James McCarley, Co. Antrim, to Robert McCarley, U.S.A.
ID3754
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
Filemccarley, james/214
Year1834
SenderMcCarley, James
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationfarmer?
Sender Religionunknown
OriginCo. Antrim, N.Ireland
DestinationCharleston, S. Carolina, USA
RecipientMcCarley, Robert
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipfather-son
SourceT 3655/1: Deposited by Mrs. E. P. Jones.
ArchiveThe Public Record Office, N. Ireland.
Doc. No.9802545
Date05/10/1834
Partial Date
Doc. TypeLTE
LogDocument added by LT, 09:02:98.
Word Count373
Genre
Note
TranscriptTo : Robt [Robert?] McCarley
Charlestown [Charleston?] South
Carolina
Newberry Courthouse
[U.S.A.?]

From : James McCarley,
[Knockboy?]
[County Antrim?]
[Ireland?]

5th October 1824

Dear Son
I send you these lines to inform
you that your Grandfather is died
7th Nov 1823 and your Grandmother 1 Mon [one month?]
after your Grandfather left me
and the land I opposed and my own house
that I had before your Uncle Moses was
left 30œ & his former possessions his Daughter
Jenny 30œ your Uncle Mathews [Matthew?] land
in & my old house in Knockboy together
with your Grandfathers chest & bed
your Uncle Mathew [Matthew?] was left 30œ &
your Grandfathers house & his land
your Uncle William was left 1œ
but it equals him in money I gave
him 7œ & Moses 7œ & Mathew 7œ & 10œ that
he got before his death which makes him
equal in money but the land he should
have got was left to Jenny McCarley
at your Grandfathers death [your?] Grandmother
was left 10œ & the land & his [clothes?] as
long as she lived but at her death
it was equally divided between I & Moses and
Mathew & Moses children 7œ each who
are 5 yrs [years?] & your Uncle Saml [Samuel?]
was left 4œ your brother John wants to know whether
he could live better by his trade or Farming
if he was to come
Your brother Stafford has made
a good proficiency in learning
& whether he could better by a Clerk
or Schoolmaster & intends to come
positively again next fall your
sister Jenny is well and is coming
on well and has 2 daughters and a son named
Robert
Corn is from 6/s [shillings?] to 6/s [six shillings?]
8 [pence?] p [per?] cwt [hundredweight?] butter 10/s
[shillings?] & [Carrots?] potatoes [8-?] p [per?]
[bushel?] & pork 50/s [shillings?] p [per?] cwt
[hundredweight?] cotton from 40/s [shillings?] to 200/s
[shillings?] p [per?] [----?] [---?] is married to
Widow Dale and mary Eliza Dale to David McCash
Junior of Knockboy [--?] Thos [Thomas?] Ferguson
is dead and carried out by the Sheriff Saml [Samuel?]
Wilson has bought all that farm and living in it.
We all enjoy a tolerable state of health
and join in love to you I add no more
at present but remain your affectionate
Father till death
James McCarley