Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Sayers-Moorman Family Letters, Mss. Collection 2001.23, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Acquisition Information

Donated by Ruth Ann Chitwood in 2001 as part of the W. R. Chitwood Collection.

Biographical Information

Susan Sayers Moorman (1861-1925), Nell Sayers (1863-1947), and Helen S. Sayers (1866-1955) were the daughters of Robert Sayers (1828-1911) and Catherine Crockett Sayers (1830-1891). Susan Sayers married Dr. J. B. Moorman in 1888 and had one son, Robert Sayers Moorman (1893-1941). All three sisters are buried in East End Cemetery in Wytheville, Virginia.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of poem, "The Angry Pullet, " by Helen S. Sayers, written on 8 May 1881. Also included are three letters. An October 1910 letter written by Garnett B. Lawson to Helen Sayers, Wytheville, Virginia invites her to visit. A 21 March 1912 letter, written by Nell Sayers, Tucson, Arizona, to her sister Susan Sayers Moorman in Wytheville, mentions her concern about the capture of the Allen family members who were involved in the Hillsville shooting, tuberculosis of Fanny Barnitz and a friend, Willie Withers. She also writes about her hosts in Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. Parkingson and summer boarders in Wytheville. An undated letter from Susan Sayers Moorman to an unknown recipient completes this collection.