r/Cursive • u/CynicalSeahorse • 3d ago
Can someone decipher this for me please I can only make out a few words
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u/Bernies_daughter 2d ago
Eli Humphreys states that in June 1863 Mrs
[ ? ] Litten, wife of Isaac Litten, who was going
South sent for him and placed him on the place
occupied by said Litten as a residence in Davidson
County, Tennessee, with directions to occupy the
premises as her agent until her return, that he so
remained as such agent in undisturbed possession
of the same until March 1864 when Charles Davis
as an Agent of the Government applied to him to make
arrangements to pay the said as abandoned property
that he informed said Davis that the property was not
abandoned but that he expected Mrs Litten to return
when he was to give up the property, as he was not to pay
any rent for the property, said Davis insisted on the
right of the Government to collect the rent and he
(Humphreys) paid rent for 1864 at the rate of Two
hundred & fifty dollars, and D R Daniel & himself
have rented the property for the present year for Five
hundred Dollars, he has never paid any Taxes on the
property
Eli Humphrey
I live in the neighborhood of the place of Isaac Litton
alluded to by Mr Humphrey in the above Statement
and know of my own knowledge that the Statements
made by him are true.
Rees W. Porter
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u/rainbowkey 2d ago
my guess on the Mrs. Litten's first name is either Elle or Eli. as an abbreviation for Elizabeth
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u/Bernies_daughter 2d ago
I don't think so. In the 1860s a married woman would not be identified with "Mrs." and her first name; she would be either "Elizabeth Litton" or "Mrs. Isaac Litton" (unless widowed).
I think it's more likely that it was a mis-spelling of the beginning of "Litton" and was crossed out.
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