L. G. Hankla Letters
List of letters dated 1879 to1889 to Lorenzo Goodnight Hankla (1846-1920)
Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky
Note: The following list of letters with names, quotes and keywords was taken from letters scanned in 2013 by H. Scott Hankla, Jr., grandson to Lorenzo Goodknight Hankla (1846-1920). Most have to do with settling Thomas G. Williams' (1805-1878) estate, for which Lorenzo Hankla was Administrator. Hankla was married to Nannie Williams, Thomas Williams’ niece. Williams lived and died in the Hankla-Walker House near Perryville, KY.
(Note: To bring up letters, just click on the title of each.)1879-06-20 LG Hankla (LGH) from WA King
Williston Tennessee
wife sick, doctor, Bedford Iron Springs Virginia, kidney liver, Robersons well, stage leaves Michelsburg for Harrodsburg, daughter Marion, worked as hard, fallen off twenty pounds, good butter and milk you all have, corn cotton wheat oats, love to Cousin Nannie and all inquiring relatives, Mary Jane Brady, write me what that place is worth and about what I could sell it for.
1879-09-30 LGH from WA King 1879-12-09 LGH from TJ Williams LGH from SA Haley? 1879-12-18 LGH from M Bradley 1879-12-31 LGH from H Bottom 1880-01-01 [actual date illegible] LGH from JA Ramey 1880-01-03 LGH from WA King 1880-01-10 LGH from J [James?] Williams 1880-01-17 LGH from TJ Williams [Josephine's nephew] 1880-02-21LGH from SA Haley[sp?] 1880-02-25 LGH from Mollie Bradley 1880-02-27 LGH from DV Goodknight 1880-08-17 LGH from WA King 1880-09-25 LGH from William S. Williams 1880-10-11 LGH from BD Williams 1880-10-22 from WA King 1880-11-3 LGH from SA Haley 1880-11-14 LGH from W. A. King 1880-11-19 LGH from BD Williams [1880 is estimated] 1880-11-30 LGH from TJ Williams 1881-01-30 LGH from J Williams [James] 1881-02-14 LGH from WA King 1881-02-27 LGH from WA King 1881-03-4 LGH from DV Goodknight 1881-04-16 LGH from H Bottom 1881-06-13 LGH from AE Haley and SA Haley 1881-07-26 LGH from WA King 1881-10-21 LGH from BV Williams 1881-11-22 LGH from BD Williams 1881-12-22 LGH from WA King 1882-01-09 LGH from BD Williams 1882-02-26 TJ Williams from LGH [Letter written by LGH but never stamped or mailed 1882-03-11 from William S. Williams 1883-08-25 LGH from S Mcginnis [Sarah] 1884-02-09 LGH from Sarah E Mcginnis 1887-02-01 LGH from JA Ramey 1888-1-5 LGH from T[?] J Williams 1889-01-04 Sarah [Bellows Dye] Hankla Submitted by H. Scott Hankla, Jr., Frankfort, KY, July 3, 2018
Williston Tenn
Memphis, yellow fever, TW Bottom, James A. Bradley [Mary Jane Williams' husband?], Uncle Bev [Beverly D Williams], Mr. Bottom wants to rent then buy, you [LGH] can act as my agent, Nannie, Sis sends love
Luna Landing, Ark
mother, 50 miles from Hamburg, receipt, money, sell the place, guardian,
Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas
children Mary and Dalis Williams, they [children] want me to be their guardian, Mary old enough, wrote Mr. Brady thrice, several years before Dalis is of age, James Williams living on Mississippi River, Mary has wrote her Aunt Nancy
Lexington MO
Lina, Nannie,
“take her as your own and raise her”, poverty, husband died,
Aliceton, Ky
James A. Bottom [buried in Aliceton Cemetery near Perryville]
rent, corn oats, Walker Deed, Uncle Thomas, Nannie, Aunt Kaicel [Keziah?] Williams
fulton [Fulton CA?]
Josephine A. Ramey, receipt,
Williston Tennessee
German National Bank Memphis, seventy five dollar check, “you did not pay yourself”, “sis sends kindest regards”, biscuits, yellow butter
Luna, Chicot Cou[nty] Ark
“sixty miles from Hamburg”, “send me the money in P.O. Order”
Luna Landing, Chicot County, ARK
Mr. Brady
Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas
money, receipt, Hankley, Samey, Mary, Timey, Dalises
Lexington MO
Nannie Hankla, my little girl Lina, Lucy Tyler,
Lane, Franklin Co., Kansas
cousin
Williston Tennessee
sorry to hear Cousin Joe [Josephine Williams] in such bad health, Mr. Bottoms can have it for another year as I do not see any chance of selling, no yellow fever, Memphis, taxes, “If anyone wishes to buye, my half is worth twelve thousand dollars cash.”
Shady Grove, KY
Dear cousin, “rite smart of sickness in country”, corn, wheat, tobacco, stock
Little Rock, Ark
settlement as adm [administrator] of Tho G Williams, my part is $566.38, Nannie, Uncle Thomas
Williston Tennessee
estate, Uncle Thomas, receipt, typhoid fever, pay the taxes,
Hamburg Ark
nineteen dollars and thirteen cts that was coming to Mary, Dalises,
Williston Tennessee
Bottoms
Little Rock Ark
Cousin Alvy, rent, 42 acres, “You have married one of my dearest cousins [Nannie] and there is nothing I would not do for her - I hope you will give her my love”.
Luna Landing, Ark
Sam, receipt, James
Luna Landing, ARK
money, mother
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Williston Ten
dreadful cold snowy winter, cotton, Mr. Bottom, anyone wishes to buy my interest,
Williston Ten
Uncle Bev, draft, “you [LGH] lived close to the place” “better than Alvy”
Lane, Franklin County, Kansas
Dear Cousin, John, fiddle, Tom, dance, Ren, Nannie, Cousin Nannie, pictures, Alice, Advocate, Berry, Bob, John, “I often think of olden times, how much fun we used to see. I tell the children the young folks do not enjoy themselves as well as we did.” “tell Mother to write often”, Fletcher Tom Joe, Topeka, “your Cousin DV Goodknight
Aliceton Boyle Co Ky
“Mr. Turner Bottom wishes to rent the Walker Place” “payable to Williams and King” one hundred & fifty dollars, J.A. Bottom [James A. Bottom? -mule trader at Grove Hill, Alabama who has a large obelisk in Aliceton Cemetery]
Included in the Samuel Williams envelope is a note written and signed by LGH regarding Estell Tewmey and Bettie. A recipe for curing beef is included.
Hamburg Ark
Dallas, “I wrote to Joe [Josephine?]several times and no answer” Nanny [Nannie]
Dalis, “send a receipt for that was coming to Mary” [Thomas was married to a Mary according to the 1870 census],
Williston
drought, Bottom, wheat, Michellsburg, rent, Uncle Bev (Beverly), Michelsburg, Danville, wife
Little Rock, Ark
Alvy, Willy Kings part of the place, sale of the land, taxes, worth $2500, “you [LGH] could afford to give that for it”. “Give my love to Cousin Nannie & Josephine”.
Little Rock, ARK
deed, my half, Mr Bottom, “You [LGH] move into the house [Thomas Williams'] as soon as you can get the possession from [James A.] Bottom and if you and Willie King [W. A. King] cannot trade you can rent his part from him this will make you new home and I rather you and Nannie would have it than any of my relations. Give my love to Nannie & Jo [Josephine]
Williston Ten
thousand dollars, agent, deeds, “Uncle Bev the old fellow mad as a wet hen”, Aunt Rachel [Mary Jane Williams lived with Rachel, 1850 US Census], Uncle Tom's estate, Mr. Brady, “he [Bev] has treated me unfairly”, 2500,
Little Rock, ARK
“Dear Cousin”, “I am glad you have moved. I now hope Cousin Nannie will improve fast” “Your Cousin”
Perryville Ky
Luna Landing, “Your Aunt Joe [Josephine Williams] is in very bad health now I fear she will not recover. Your Aunt Nannie is up though in delicate balance”, more rain, high water, corn worth one dollar per bu, Dallas, estate wound up right,
Shady Grove Ky
Cousin, JL Powell, wants to buy,
Greencastle, Ky
Webb, Whitehouse, Crane, stone fence,
[A second letter dated Aug 16, 1882 in same envelope undated postmarked Fulton CAL]
[This envelope was unusual in that it was canceled in hand writing, not hand stamped]
Green Castle, Ky [north of Bowling Green]
money, Whitehouse, Webb,
[Second half of letter is addressed to Mrs.Nannie Hankla and begins “Dear Friend”], Emma Webb, “60 professions at Richardsville”
Cloverdale Cal
Dear Uncle T[?]ree
money, Santa Rosa, church, winter, Aunt Nannies health, Your Niece
Luna Landing, Ark
Ren, receipt, “the Death of my only Sister”, “give my love to Aunt Joe and Nannie tell Aunt Joe I have written to her several times and got no answer” [Josephine died in 1884], Sam
– Bank of Perryville
statement July 1, 1898 [Shows that LGH's mother was living at the Hankla-Walker house in January 1899]