[001] Page 1st Near Calhoun, Jordan [County] [Georgia] May 1 1875 Col Jordan, Dear Sir, yours of 29th ult. is at hand, with notes [and] I hasten to answer your enquires. I received 25 Negroes from Isaac Ramsey 2 [January] 1st 1859, valued at $18,000. I bought from Isaac Ramseys estate 1st Tuesday in December 1860 four negroes one woman at $1190 One man $1600 one boy at $1760 [and] one boy at $1105. On 1st Tuesday in [February] 1861 at sale of Mrs Ramseys part of the negroes I bought one man at $1,400.00 one man, wife, [and] 1 child at $1,900.00 one man, wife [and] 3 children at $3,900.00 Add 1st negroes received (Jany. 1 1859) $18,000 Boy Bob at $1760 [December] 1860 $1,760 Boy Lewis at $1105 [December] 1860 $1105 Boy Ben at 1600 [December] 1860 $1600 Girl Betsey at $1190 [December] 1860 $1190 whole amount of negroe bought $30,855 Thirty thousand eight hundred [and] fifty five dollars I can not now say exactly when Phorien [?] Ramsey paid the cost of his note but I am disposed to think it was in the year 1862. If I had the old note Phorien Ramsey gave for $7700, and see all the credits on it, I could tell more about it. It was paid previous to March 10th 1863. I am almost certain for at Macon I spoke of this, and you will see a note for $2585 given by John Bonner for money which I [received] at Macon at that time. You also see one note the $1800 which I got in [September] 1863. I think you had failed to send a copy of one note. Gen. Toombs [?] said that there was one note for $4700 dated in May after I come from Camp Davis in 1862. I see none of that date [?] [002] By my calculations, the amount of money paid to me for sale of land as shown by the notes [and] credits amount Oct. 24th 1865, to $8378.60 cts [?] Amount paid for perishable [?] property Nov 1st 1865 5,057.18 The money paid for the land was $8250.00 I believe, and for the perishable property I think $7500 now you see my calculation for the land is very nearly the amount but for the perishable property there is a deficiency of near $2500.00 I maybe have made a mistake or else some of the notes are not provided in court which were paid for the stock, [etc] All the notes of which you send me copies amount to (not any interest counted) $16,590 Deduct note for negro boy Lewis (no sale) $1,200 Amount actually due $15,390 Add value of negroes $30,855 makes $46.245 You know I sure that at Macon each of the legatees received $46,000 in deciding all accounts made by Mr. Ramsey during his life and that I then paid each one $460 which made each one have [?] up to that date $46,460.00 and you know by the return of the Ordinary of Columbia Co. that I have a receipt for $28,000 and one for $1,800 not including the negroes given by Mr. Ramsey in this lifetime. All the amounts make for my [unknown] up to Sept. 10th 1863 negroes [unknown] $18,000 amount received at Macon $28,000 amount received Sept. 10th 1863 $1,800 Paid my myself in Macon March 10th 1863 $460 Whole [amount] received for [unknown] up to Sept. 10th 1863 $48,260 [003] I enclose you a copy of my calculations [etc] of notes 1 note of $1475 [January] 3rd 1861 amounts [?] Nov 1st 1865 according to my account to $1933.55 1 note of $1170 March 4th 1861 to Nov 1st 1865 $1552.30 1 note of $3600 Decr. 29th 1862 to Nov 1st 1865 $4286.00 1 note of $2585 March 4th 1863 to Nov 1st 1865 $2959.97 1 note of $4760 Feby 6th 1862 to Oct 24th 1865 $6054.60 [total] $16,786.42 You will see by looking at all the notes that these are all the notes marked or paid or in any way [concluded?] by John or Mrs M Bonner the note for $1800, you see John Bonner says was returned for amount [?] of consideration, Jany 13th 1869. The note for $1200 for negro boy also has a similar endorsement and is true. Now you will see by the entries on the notes that the notes which were taken up for land were as follows. [remainder of page 3 not transcribed] [004] [accounts at top of page not transcribed] Now you see a deficiency of $2500 in the credits for stock [etc.] you see no other entry on the $3600 note but a credit of $905.36 Nov 1 1865. Now what went with the balance of the $3600, after the $905.00 was paid? It does not show what was done with it. Gen. Toombs lied about the date of the $4760. He said it was in May 1862 about 60 days after my return from Camp Davis. If you have sent me exact days I can show you that was a lie. I did not go to Camp Davis until March 1862 and the money was loaned before I left, so he is a liar. I expect you have sent me all the nots (as I see by the calculations) I mean all they showed in court but I saw others in DuBose [?] hands in the court here [?] I think any other [unknown] you need write. We will settle about the [unknown] I hope you will understand my [unknown] altho they are badly made. They are right I think. I will come down in some if all [?] We will [and] send love to the family, yours [etc] [William] U. [?] Bonner [remainder of pages not transcribed]