16thVA
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2008
- Location
- Philadelphia
I just bought these two items relating to Greenbrier county. The first is Confederate bond for $500 to Samuel P. Hawver, March 28, 1864. Mr. Hawver was clearly a man of true faith. The signature is John Withrow, an attorney, whose brick house was transformed into the General Lewis Inn in Lewisburg, WV.
Here is the website for the General Lewis Inn
http://www.generallewisinn.com/#!history/ik6v7
The other is a letter from AWG Davis from the headquarters of Brig. Gen. John Floyd, Nov. 4, 1861, asking what he [unknown] did with the $2000 he was given to buy horses. I haven't transcribed the letter yet. The letter is folded 3 times and on one folded side it is addressed to "Samuel Hawver, Esq., Lewisburg, Va", with a corner note "M. Dolson". AWG Davis was Floyd's quartermaster, later became quartermaster in Greenville, SC, in 1862-3. He left service and died at his home, The Cliffs, in Lewisburg.
(Later edit)
Reading the letter now I had thought it was to Floyd, but it seems to be someone else. I thought perhaps Mr. Hawver but he is named as a third party in the letter, not the recipient of the money. So perhaps it is M. Dolson who was given the money.
Here is the website for the General Lewis Inn
http://www.generallewisinn.com/#!history/ik6v7
The other is a letter from AWG Davis from the headquarters of Brig. Gen. John Floyd, Nov. 4, 1861, asking what he [unknown] did with the $2000 he was given to buy horses. I haven't transcribed the letter yet. The letter is folded 3 times and on one folded side it is addressed to "Samuel Hawver, Esq., Lewisburg, Va", with a corner note "M. Dolson". AWG Davis was Floyd's quartermaster, later became quartermaster in Greenville, SC, in 1862-3. He left service and died at his home, The Cliffs, in Lewisburg.
(Later edit)
Reading the letter now I had thought it was to Floyd, but it seems to be someone else. I thought perhaps Mr. Hawver but he is named as a third party in the letter, not the recipient of the money. So perhaps it is M. Dolson who was given the money.
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