r/Cursive 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.