February 2, 1847

TO:  James Johnson Carthage PO Moore County NC

State of Tennessee Jackson County this the 2 day of feb 1847
Dear Brothers I have once More taken the opetunity of
Writing to you to in form you that we are all
Well at presant Hoping these few lines may rich
you all injoying the same blessing When they come
To hand I must in form you that I have bin
looking for a letter or some of you to come to this
country but are faild in Writing or coming
And I want to hear from you very bad once more
I Was in hopes that my Mother in law would come
last fall I had a good place picked out for her
I in tended to swap part of my land for it but
has a man least it for fore year now every place is
Setting up very fast I have bought one hundred
acrs more land I have about four hundred acrs now
I think that if you ever intend to move you
had Beter leave now for land is giting Dearer and
harder to come at every year if you are not able
to move yet I dont think you ever will be in that
Country so I would leave inahow for I have not
wanted to be back there sence I left and if I was
back there I would not stay for I could to to texes now

And have a greatel more then when I come
to Tennesseee  I must in form you that we
that we had a daughter bornd the 4 day
September last and we call her name Nancy levincy
I must in form you that Mony is scarce in this
country now for tere bin a Mirel Clan of counter
feiters and Robers they have split our specie
Mony and has Robed a great Mony houses and
some of them is Runaway and some of them is shot
and some of them in gail and some of them is sent
to the Penetentiary they was Wimen and men and
Methodist preachers in all about 300 in Jackson county

Janeral Johnson to Brother James and Harville Johnson
I Must in form you that we have had a very cold
Winter sence christmas there has bin thre or fore
snows and I have kiled fore Deer in A few days and
and they are plentier now then they wer when I come her
I would write A great meny things More but I have to
start to white plains so I must close my letter at
presant By saying that ll of our connections are
well as far as i now so nothing More at presant but
remain your efectionate brother until Death Janeral Johnson
James Johnson Harvill Johnson Hardin Johnson I Want all
of you to write as soon as soon as posible Janeral Johnson
Elisabeth Johnson I Writ no more my letter ends
her is love to you my inquiring friends
John AD Johnson Margret ann Johnson Nancy levincy
                                         Johnson

David SC Johnson this the 2d day of february 1847
I will inform you that crops was generally light in this
settlement the spring was too wet and the summer too
dry and there was a hail the 27th of april last which
spoiled the wheat and rye in this neighborhood wheat is
about 75 cents per bushel corn is worth one Dollar per
barel pork is worth 2 Dollars and a half per hundred
salt is worth 50 cents pr bushel Cows and Calvs are
Worth from 6 to 8 Dollars sows and pigs is worth from one
Dollar and a half to 3 Dollars sugar and coffee is wor
ten cents per pound wool is worth 20 cents per pound
Feathers is worth 25 cents per pound and we can get any
thing we want out of the store for wool and feathers
iron is 5 cents per pound but there is a forge in about ten
miles of us and we can dig ore enough in a day to get
20 pounds halled to us we can git seven poiund
of coffee or seven dozen of thread for every dozen of chickens
we can spare we can git eny thing we want
for trade with out mony  A man can git a bushel
and a half of corn for a days work or ten pounds of
pork or he can git 25 cents for makin peg
shoes or 50 cents for makin a pir of sowed shoes
spining wheels is worth from a dollar and a half to
two dollars flax wheels is worth about three dollars
in trade   good looms is from 3 to 5 dollars so every
thing is cheap and I dont think it necessary to rite
any more about them so I end this subject
William W Johnson if you can beat me a writing I
can beat you a spelling from June till January for a
button unkle William W sears I
want you to write to me as soon as you can and let
me know whither you are comeing to this Country
or not I have two girls picked out for you I
want you to come and take choice of them
David SC Johnson to grandmother William W sears Mary
ann and Catherine Jane sears when this you see
Remember me David SC Johnson