# 3
Friday morning
My darling boy,
Your kind messenger of heart felt affection reached 'Diey' just as the sinking sun touched the tree top, and Nature received in happy silence his parting benison -----Need I tell you darling, what a warm reception it met with? No, I'll leave it to your vivid imagination! For you are aware of the deep, deep love I have for you, mama's youngest boy [1]. You know that every hair of his dear head is counted in my heart to hang loving thoughts upon. You wondered why I did not send you a few lines by Henry, but how could I? when I did not know that he was going to White Oak, or at least I know not when he would.
And so you want me to appoint a day to unite our destiny? I will be better able to do that the next time I see 'my dear', for I (thinking you would not care) have written to Mr. Muse, my preacher who baptized me, to come the latter part of February, then I would (as I had promised him) let him perform the next solemn act of marrying me to the man of my choice. Was I wrong in so doing? If I was forgive me; for he was not only my minister, but a dear friend at whose house I boarded while in Cuthbert [2], and he made me, or rather I promised him, that if I ever married that I would write and let him come to perform the ceremony. I don't much think that he would come so far, but I must wait and get a reply to my letter.
I have been sewing so much that I am feeling real badly from the close confinement, so if Henry will take me (and I know he will) I will go over and spend a week with my friend Helen Jones. She lives in Liberty near Walthourville [3]. I expect I will see Josie Morton {4] while there. If you have her charms made had you not better send them for me to take or you can send them in a letter yourself. In her last she asked if you had finished them. She also sent love to you.
Won't you please go to see Cornelia Tupper [5] while in Sav. She will have a few things for you to bring to me. Tell Mr. Hull [6] I say he must make her acquaintance too. May be, she will come back with you. If you feel like it, make Cornelia go with you to see Miss Mongin she is anxious to see my darling. Won't you please bring what Nina gives you for
Your own little
Loulie
P.S. Lillie told me that she was going to write you a note and told me not to get jealous. Give a great deal of love to cousin Mary and Cornelia. If I go next week with Henry I will drop you a few lines so that you will not take your long ride for naught. Your Loulie.
[1] mama's youngest boy - Nate had a brother, Burwell Brown (1818-1902), 20 years older than he was. Family notes say Burwell was elected to the Georgia Legislature in 1843. Burwell married Jane Copeland and had 2 children: Simon Hadley Brown (1845-1906) and Burwell Atkinson Brown (1849-1923). Burwell is buried in the Homeward Cemetery with his parents and brother Nathan.
[2] In 1859, Loulie graduated from Andrew Female College in Cuthbert, Randolph County Ga, south of Columbus, Ga., established in 1854, and still thriving as a small co-ed literal arts institute
Andrews College buildings in 1900,
from the Andrews College webstite.
[3] Walthourville; in Liberty County, near the Atlantic Coast Line railway. 'Andrew Walthour, born in 1750 was the youngest of six children born to Johann Casper Waldhauer, who migrated to Savannah from Austria in 1746. The Waldhauers were supposed to land at the port of Philadelphia, but their ship was captured by the Spaniards. They alternatively setup a homestead in the Ebenezer community, which is now called Effingham County. Johann was 55 when he arrived at Savannah. It should be noted that in 1860, the census reported that the estate of George Washington Walthour was the largest slave holder in the south with 300 slaves. Mr. Walthour's plantation was one of six noted in Liberty County having larger than 1000 acres of land and more than 100 slaves.' http://www.cityofwalthourville.com/about.html
1855 Map of Liberty County above shows Walthourville in the center, just north of Macintosh County. Source: J.H. Colton Map of Georgia, 1855 http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/liberty1855map.htm
[4] Josie Morton - Henry Nicholes (Loulie's brother) married Josephine Morton in 1894.
[5] Cornelia Tupper - Louisa's middle name was Tupper, and she refers to Cornelia as a cousin.
[6] Mr. Hull is likely Robert Newton Hull, 2nd Lieutenant in Nate's Company formed
Aug 5 1861; he is referred to as 'Nute Hull' and 'Newt' in later letters, i.e. a nickname based on his middle name Newton.