Harriman, Tennessee,
April 12, 1921.

My dear Miss Armstrong:- Thank you so much for your letter
of Monday and for sending the Maryland Book.  I will take
good care of it and return as soon as I can.  In the meantime
if you need it don’t hesitate to say so.

I am still at work on the Reese line.  Have not yet found
the data I want, but feel sure I will.  You now how much
time these things take.  Will keep you posted about this.

Who wrote the article on the Howard family, in your book?
I hope you did for then you may be able to help me with a
question.  Who were the parents of Samuel Howard of North
Carolina who married Martha Lewis?  They lived in Morgan Co.
Tenn., and kept a tavern.  Samuel & Martha Lewis Howard had
a son Nathaniel Howard who married Christine Cook of Rosses
Landing (Chattanooga) Tenn.  If, between us we can work up
this connection with the Benjamin Howard of Wilkes Co. N.C.,
I feel sure we can work it to advantage.  Please let me know
if you have any data that will help.

You mentioned that you had more data on the Donelson family,
for your second book.  Have you this data in shape that you
could send it to me?  I am looking for a connection between
the Eaton family of Eatons X Roads to the Donelsons, some
Donelson who had service good for C. D. papers.  A Miss Eaton
of Eatons X. roads married a Henry McPherson, and I must
connect this Miss Eaton with the Donelson's to make it worth
any thing to me.  You will remember I told you I was looking
for King records too.  Have you the King notes in shape to send
me?  Is there any Colonial services in the line you have?
I will be so glad to hear from you regarding these matters.

I am enclosing a copy of my sister's D.A.R. paper on the service
of Wm. Hill Sr.  I am glad to give it to you for a D.A.R.
bar, but for goodness sake don’t pass it on to any one else,
as this very service is good for a C.D. paper in the N.C.
Society.  Please make your cousin or whatever she is, promise
not to give this to any one else.  I have spent no end of 
time and a lot of money getting up these Hill records, and
I don't feel that I can afford to give them away.  See if you
can get this cousin lined up for C.D. papers on this line.

Yours very truly,

CKH/K



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