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John Bell - Jonesboro Whig 02/19/1845

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Date: 19 Feb 1845 to 19 Feb 1845
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Guilford County NcArchives News Letter from John Bell concerning Captain Robert Bell Copyright. All rights reserved.

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The Jonesboro Whig, And Independent Journal, Tennessee February 19, 1845 Letter of John Bell to a friend in "The Jonesboro Whig, and Independent Journal," vol. VI, February 19, 1845, Jonesboro, Tennessee, p. 2: Nashville, Dec. 6th 1844.

My dear Sir,

I have received your letter informing me that I am charged with having Tory blood in my veins, and you inquire if I am the son of Saml. Bell and Margaret Edmiston, whom you say you knew, I am the son of those persons you describe in your letter. I have also heard them speak often of you, and I need not tell you who they were; but lest you may have forgotten some part of the history of my grand parents, I will inform you that Robert Bell, my grand father on the father's side, was an active Whig during the whole period of the Revolution - was with Gen. Greene in his Southern campaign - fought in the battle of the Eutaw Springs with his company, and received the thanks of Greene in a special letter to Gov. Caswell of North Carolina. He had no office higher than that of Captain, but he in effect commanded a Regiment in the battle at Eutaw Springs because the Frenchman [Col. Malmedy] who had the nominal command of the Regiment could not speak English so as to be readily understood; and I have seen his letter thanking my grandfather for his services during the battle. He was also the man who captured the celebrated Tory, Col. Fields. It is not surprising that our opponents should now seek to make the sum of Tory blood in the country as great as possible, since they have given the highest office in the country to the descendant of one - though I never used that fact against him in the canvass. With many thanks for the interest you have taken in the character of my ancestors, and trusting that you will call upon me if ever come to Nashville, I remain,

Your very sincere and obliged friend,

John Bell



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