I am not sure when she copied this, I got a poor copy from a Texas cousin a couple of years ago. I have left all the old spellings, etc.This is a copy of a journal as recorded by Archibald Newton McLarty who lived in Georgia. The journal is a brown pasteboard backed book about 18 in. long and about 6 in. wide. It originally contained about 100 pages, but about 39 pages were missing when I made this copy. The journal belongs to Mrs. Essie (McLarty) Hitt of 309 S. Page St. in Dallas, Texas. Her father was G. G. McLarty.
This is a record of the daily life of A. N. McLarty as he lived it from Jan. 1st, 1847 until about 1861. His entries were not regular after about 1853 It is `written in brown ink, which may be some other color faded, and is clearly legible. Considering the education he must have received, it is unusually good.
The inside front cover is cowered with figures he made as he kept record of his finance, the number of bushels of wheat he sowed, the number of rails he split, etc. This is also written; A. N. McLarty-his hand write.
I. S. H. McLarty was born December 25th 1841
Whin this you be remember me and Bair me in your mind . Let all the world say as they will speake of me as your frind.
A. N. McLarty
I have tried to copy spelling as he recorded it . Capital letters occur at odd places in every sentence and punctuation markings are almost; entirely absent. I have used dashes to separate his phrases but have not copied the capital letters.
The first twelve pages are missing and appear to have been cut from the book:.
January 1, 1847
Journal Book; for A.N.MLarty.
1. All of my family will and we grubed to day-cloudy; with rain.
Grubed in the morning and then wint to the balifs election William Morgan and Chaffin Hartsfield elected-Cloudv with rain George Mclarty bought Jackson Baggets mair at $65.00.
3. Sabeth morning all of the family will-Cloudy and cold with some rain, -heavy rain in the evening at home all day
4. Made two pair shoes-Cloudy and very stormy in the evening.
5. Made shoose-Clear day.
6. Wint to Wilsons shop-Returned home sick.
7. Made shoose-unwell all day -very stormy with snow.
Roled logs at Asa Sewells and then wint to George Mlarty, with Danell- very cold day.
9 . Received $100 from Danell made Danell titler to no. 114-47 and I went to Squire Watsons- Retumed home- hung my meat and found Anns jar broken.
10. Sabath day - All well and at home all day- rain all day- heard a number of guns to day.
11. Made shoes -very cold and clear-we have been out of milk for some time but the old black muly had a calf to dav
12. Went to Villarica-changed my money and paid all my dets and have $66.40 cents in hand yet.
Grubed in the morning and then went to Smiths mill.-Cloudy and cold.
Returned home from mill unwell---
-(entries for Jan. 15-19 are missing as the pages are torn .
20. Grubed in the morning and then went to shop in the evening - very cold wet day
Grubed 48 rods apeace today- very cold and clear-very tired
Grubed in the morning and then went to the Wilsons- Stayed all night - Bleed more at the nose that night than ever I did- clear and cold
Loaded my apple trees and went to the powder Springs- Sold 250 trees and returned to John Mlartys - Stayed there all rain night- William Duncan died today
Sabath morning returned home all of the family well-rain
Grubed all day-cloudy in the morning and clear in the evening.
Grubed and made one pair of shoose- grate deal of thunder and rain and very worme.
Went to Frances Winns to Machien jouse raisen and the children grubed. Clear and cold - Mr. Clinton died today.
Took up my apple trees and rubed my trees in the orched-cloudy and very cold rain at night and stormy.
(two coffins are drawn in the margin)
Grubed all day - cloudy all day and cold- John Magines died today
Grubed in the morning and cut and hauled wood in the evening- clear and cold
Sabath day at home all day - clear and plesent day, I am thirty five years old today.
Sixteen dry dayes and fifteen wet dayes in this month.
Employed every.(rest of page missing)
February 1st. 1847
Grubed in the morning and loaded my apple trees to go to Campbellton- clear and worme.
Went to Campbellton- Sold one dollars worth of trees-Macay(sp?) negros sold generly very high-returned home very dark night and very wet and cold and very stormy.
Done no work to day - high winds today and very cold.
Made two pair shoes to day and the children grubed- John C. Whittley grubed today and Green Maguire- clear and cold.
Grubed all day - tolerable cold day - John C. Whittey and Green worked to day.
Grubed all day with the same hands - very plesent day- cloudy in the morning.
Sabath day- went to Robert Benson to see their child-found it better- stayed all night- Cloudy day and worme.
Returned home and grubed all day - clear and plesent day - Sold Green Wedington three dollars and half worth trees.
Grubed all day - very warm day -thunder and rain at night.
Grubed all day - clear and cold day- John C. Whittey and Green grubed to day.
Grubed all day-very cold to day.
Went to log roling at Wm. Maguires-the hands worked very lively-hevy roling finished in good time - clear and cold day.
Grubed in the morning and planted my irish potatoes in the evening-Clear and plesent day.
14. Sabath morninga grate deal of fire in the woodsmoderate day
'to make apple trees thrive-to every gallon of soft sope, put one half pint of salt and one half pound of sulpher and paint the tree down from the fork.
15. Planted my apple seed and moved my lane fince-clear and worm day
16. Made some railes and cut logs and the boyes plowed dark wet day
17. Grubed in the morning find then plat shucks for a horse collar ,but i could not make it-- grubed in the evinin: --rain
18. Went t0 smiths mill slept their after nightcame home at 10 a clock wet day and very worm
19. Grubed all day-cloudy with rain
20 Cut wood in the morning and wint to Entricans log roling in the evening-cloudy and very warm with rain.
21. Sabath day at home- wrote t0 brother Alexander to day-remarmable wet in the morning and very worm.
22 Grubed all day and mashed my nose with a stick of wood --very cold day and cloudy
23 Went to John Baggets log roling and Alexander plowed-cloudy and pleasent day
24 Wint to Jeames Endsleys log roling and father and the boys grubed- clear and cold
25. Made wagon frame and made gluts and ring mall and the boys plowed for granpap all day--clear and plesent day
26 Made shoes to day and haled wood stormy day day very heavy rain and thunder
27 Made one pair shoes and loded my waggon to start to market- started and lay at mckonels stormy night snow and thunder.
28 Drove to Atlanta stay their that night-- saw the cars run very brisk-clear and cold ---their was eight wet days in this month and twenty clear ones employed every day in this month except one
March 1847
1. Done my trading in Atlanta -started for home day on Nickagack- clear and cold.
2 Drove home -found my family well-clear and cold.
3 Mended shoes and worked on the celler-cold and very wet day.
4. Asked hands to help me to chop in my new ground-cloudy day.
5 Chopped in my new ground-had twenty-four hands t0 chop -a fine days work done- clear and plesent day.
6 Choped to day very tired to night--warm and plesent to day
7 Sabath day at home to day --very wet day with thunder
8 Choped to day --cloudy with rain very warm.
9. Commenced spliting rails. I split 285 , Alexander and Robert split 213, Anthony split 198 in all 696.
10. Split rails t0 day, I split 206, Alexander and Robert 180, Anthony 181 --in all 566--hevy rain to day very worm
11. Split rails to day- I split i36, Alexander 107-- Anthony 105 in all 348--very wet day-worked in spells-very warm day.
12. Made one bridle tremendious rains all day and thunder~--rain from every corse.
13. Made rails to day--Alexander and me made 300 , Anthony made 284--in all 584-cold day with snow in the morning
14. Sabath day-at home to day--very cold day.
15 Made rails to day- John Endsley made 402--Alexander made 214~-- Anthony made 308-- in all 924 clear and cold day
16 Made rails to day John Endsley made 214 ~ Anthony 206 ---Alexander 200 -- in ill 620-- clear and cold-and windy day
Haled wood intiie morning and went to Smiths Mill- clear and plesent day
Returned home from mill and the boyes plowed. for granpap-clear and plesent.
19. Roled logs for jackson bagget and the boyes plowed for grandpap clear and plesent.
20 Wint to Smiths Mill and took 100 apple trees to Mr Deadingley and stayed all night --cloudy with rain -lay in smiths mill all night with out any supper thought it bad lodging.
21 Sabath --this day came home from Smiths Mill rained so the night before i could not come home-very cold day with snow and rain.
22. Cut grafts as S. L Mclartys --came home and grafted ~4 rows across my garden and the boys plowed for granpap. plowed my mule colt a little and haled one load of rails with it-clear and plesent day.
Grafted in the morning and split rails in the evening-cloudy with rain.
Grafted all day and the boys helped me-clear and plesent day- I am very t1red
Grafted in the horning and split rails in the evening-finished grafting today---clear and plesent day.
commenced at the east corner
stake pound apple--winter apple
morrison apple-winter apple
virginia green winter apple
northern king-winter apple
red tuner-summer apple
town pippens-winter apple
pound pairs-fall fruit
northern gold summer apple
yellow june-summer apple
huses crabb-winter apple
horse apple sumner apple
pound sweet--sumner apple
haslseedl ing winter apple
this Grafting is done in the year 1847 in March A.N. mclarty
26 worked all day on one tree with Granpap and Anthony to help me --the big white oke in the orched~cloudy and cold with snow and very high winds
27. Haled rails to day and cool~very stormy day and cold but clear.
28 Sabath day at home to day -clear and plesent
29 Halled manure t0 day for granpapclear and plesent day.
30. Halled manure to day for pap clear and plesent
31 Halled manure to day -clear and windy eleven wet dayes in this month
employed every month day
April 1847
Halled ashes and dung to day-clear and plesent day.
Rain in the morning--I went to the road to work but found no hands their and came home --bilt some fence--very worm day.
Wint to Wilsons to the shop-3 plows layed and two sharped and granpap and the boys halle dung-thunder in the morning clear in the evening and very warm.
Sabath day -wint to church to day-Mr. Winn preached his text was the wise virgins and the foolish-clear and plesent day.
Thrashed our oats and plowed some-I wint to Wilsons to the shop-thunder in the morning-clear in the evening
6. Commenced sowing our oats-broke my mule to day to tlle harrow and plow-rain at 12 o clock with thunder.
plowed all. day-puting in oats-clear and warm!.
finished sowing oats to day by hand work-very warm day - high wind
9. Roled logs for pap in the morning and roled logs for John Endsley- clear and plesent day.
10. Worked on the road to day and the boys and granpap roled logs and haled rails--rain to day.
11 Sabath wint to church to day-Whitley preached wint to S. H. M Larty at night--clear and wnrm.
12. Came home fron S. H. Mlartys -commenced ridging my cotton patch-rain at 12 o clock--choped in the newground in the eveningrain to day.
Worked at different things to day-clear and warm.
Planted my cotton to day -warm with thunder.
Plowed in the morning and set out one row of apple trees -very stormy in the evening with some rain.
Plowed to day and Ann quiltedclear
Plowed un well-sore eyes-clear.
Sabath day at home-sore eyes-clear,
Plowed to day-clear.
Cliped sheap to day -clear.
Plowed to day-clear day.
22. Planted paps patch of corn and scatered his manure-cloudy day.
23 Commenced building newground fence-cloudy.
24. Helped S. H. M Larty to role logs-clear-put my rnair to the horse.
25. Sabath day at home to day-clear.
26. Built fence in the morning and roled logs for Mr Entrycan. In the evening.
27. Built fence to day-very tired to night-clear.
28. Haled rails in morning and asked hands to my log roling in the evening.
29 Roled my log to day-hands worked very brisk- finished in good time -cloudy.
30. Roled logs for Mr. M Kelvy - cloudy and rain . ---fore wet dayes in this month and 26 dry days-a fine month for doing work.
May 1847
Built some fence and wint to cortlay in the woods that night thunder and rain hurd the wolves at our camp.
2. Sabath at home to day very sore eyes cloudy.
3. Planted my sweet potatoescloudy and very cold.
4. Built fence to day very tired to night clear
5. Built fence to daycloudy with rain.
6. Roled logs for E. Maxwellclear day.
7. Burnt some of my new ground rain.
8. Worked on my nurcery and went to Georgesrain.
9. Sabath daycame home from Georgescloudy.
10. Worked in my newground burning it off-clear.
11. Burned at my newground-clear very tired.
12. Burned at my logs in the morning and worked at my cotton in the evening --clear.
13 Plowed my orched corn clear and cool.
14. Burned at my clearing and warm.
15. Burned at my clearing and warm.
16. Sabath- went to Wilson- clear rain and hail at night.
17. Commenced planting my newground-rai.n in the evening-Mr. Bated died to day.
18. Planted at the newground -- some rain.
19. Planted to daydear and cool.
20. Burned at my newground-very tired to night-clear and plesent day
21. Burned at the new groundcloudy.
22. Burned at the newgroundheavy rain to day.
23. Sabath day at home to day--clear
24 Planted corn to day-clear.
25. Planted corn to daywent to see George in the evening rainin the evening.
26. Went to Georges to day and to the mines wet day.
27. went to see George to day found him better rain to day.
28. Went to Smiths Mill with wheat---came home after night clear day.
29. Worked over my sweet potatoes and cottonclear day and very worm.
30. Sabath day went to church to day but ? not get in the houseclear and warm.
31. Plowed for granpapclear and warm day
June 1st 1847
1. Plowed for Granpapvery warm and some rain.
2. Plowed for Granpapvery warm day and clear very tired to night.
3. Plowed for granpapclear and warm.
4. Plowed for my self to dayhevy rain to day.
5. Worked my apple trees to daycloudy with rain.
6. sabath day at home to dayclear and worm
7 Plowed in my new groundclear.
8 Plowed in the new ground cloudy in the morning.
9. Plowed in the new ground in the morning and some lite rain clear in the evening.
10 plowed in the new ground - hevy rain in the evening.
11 Commenced harrowing my newground clear and plesent day.
12 Layed by my sweet potatoesclear
13. sabath day wint to John F. Morris.
14. Wint to Campbellton to cortstorm in the evening.
15. Harrowed corn to dayagrate deal of thunder a grate distance offno clouds to be seen.
16. Harrowed corn to dayno rain.
17. Harrowed in the morning and howed in the evening clear and very warm day.
18. Howed corn to day finished howing the new groundcloudy and warm.
19. Worked granpaps potatoesvery hevy rain to day.
20. Sabath day at home to daywent in the evening to see Georgefound him very sickplesent day.
21. Cut wheat to daytwo hands from Wilsons and Mr. Endsley and Miller cut for usplesent day.
22. Cut wheat to dayMr Miller and Endsley cut to dayplesent day.
23. Bound wheat and howed cotton clear.
24. Plowed corn to daycloudy with some rain.
25. Plowed corn to day.
26. Harrowed my apple trees hevy rain.
27. Sabath day at homehevy rain
28. Raised the Machier house and plowed some cornclear to day.
April 1847
Halled ashes and dung to day-clear and plesent day.
Rain in the morning--I went to the road to work but found no hands their and came home --bilt some fence--very worm day.
Wint to Wilsons to the shop-3 plows layed and two sharped and granpap and the boys halle dung-thunder in the morning clear in the evening and very warm.
Sabath day -wint to church to day-Mr. Winn preached his text was the wise virgins and the foolish-clear and plesent day.
Thrashed our oats and plowed some-I wint to Wilsons to the shop-thunder in the morning-clear in the evening
6. Commenced sowing our oats-broke my mule to day to tlle harrow and plow-rain at 12 o clock with thunder.
plowed all. day-puting in oats-clear and warm!.
finished sowing oats to day by hand work-very warm day - high wind
9. Roled logs for pap in the morning and roled logs for John Endsley- clear and plesent day.
10. Worked on the road to day and the boys and granpap roled logs and haled rails--rain to day.
11 Sabath wint to church to day-Whitley preached wint to S. H. M Larty at night--clear and wnrm.
12. Came home fron S. H. Mlartys -commenced ridging my cotton patch-rain at 12 o clock--choped in the newground in the eveningrain to day.
Worked at different things to day-clear and warm.
Planted my cotton to day -warm with thunder.
Plowed in the morning and set out one row of apple trees -very stormy in the evening with some rain.
Plowed to day and Ann quiltedclear
Plowed un well-sore eyes-clear.
Sabath day at home-sore eyes-clear,
Plowed to day-clear.
Cliped sheap to day -clear.
Plowed to day-clear day.
22. Planted paps patch of corn and scatered his manure-cloudy day.
23 Commenced building newground fence-cloudy.
24. Helped S. H. M Larty to role logs-clear-put my rnair to the horse.
25. Sabath day at home to day-clear.
26. Built fence in the morning and roled logs for Mr Entrycan. In the evening.
27. Built fence to day-very tired to night-clear.
28. Haled rails in morning and asked hands to my log roling in the evening.
29 Roled my log to day-hands worked very brisk- finished in good time -cloudy.
30. Roled logs for Mr. M Kelvy - cloudy and rain . ---fore wet dayes in this month and 26 dry days-a fine month for doing work.
May 1847
1. Built some fence and wint to cortlay in the woods that night thunder and rain hurd the wolves at our camp.
Sabath at home to day very sore eyes cloudy.
Planted my sweet potatoescloudy and very cold.
Built fence to day very tired to night clear
Built fence to daycloudy with rain.
Roled logs for E. Maxwellclear day.
Burnt some of my new ground rain.
Worked on my nurcery and went to Georgesrain.
Sabath daycame home from Georgescloudy.
29. Plowed in the morning and went to Wilsons in the eveningcloudy
30. Came home from Wilsons and plowed in the evening.
Very fine season through out this monthdone a grate deal of work in this month. Remember six days shalt thou work.
G.G. McLarty and Josa Owen was married Nov. 8, 1871 (at bottom of pagein pencil)
July 1847
Finished laying by granpaps corn and cloudy and cool day.
Commend laying by my newgroundcloudy.
Plowed in my new ground.
sabath daywent to church to dayMr. Whitley preached from the 3 rd chapter of Malachi and the 18th verse.
Plowed to day clear - gragted some to day and have been at it for some time.
Plowed to day in the newgroundclear day.
Plowed in the newground -very dry and warm.
Commenced thrashing wheat to daythrashed William Mequgts wheat 20 &1/2 bushelsno rain
Plowed to day -their has been a grate deal of rainwent round for some dayes but we are very dry.
Finished plowing corn to day by 12 oclock we had a fine rain this evening.
Sabath day at home to dayrain to day.
Haled wheat to day and thrashed 13 bushels-a grate deal of rain went to mill in the evening.
Returned home from mill and cut oats clear day and warm.
Cut oats to day -very warm.
Cut oats to day and thrashed John Whitleys wheat 6 bu. .
17. Finished cutting oats clear
Receipt to preserve cider take a pint of pulverized charcoal and put it in a barel of new cider and the cider will never fermentnever contain any intoxicating quality and become more palatable the longer it is kept.
Sabath day pap and me wint to John M Lartys but no one at home.
Thrashed Entricans and M Kelvys wheat 41 bushels.
Haled in granpaps wheat and thrashed some first rate -rain to day.
Cleaned up granpaps wheat he had 73 bushelsno rain
Thrashed my wheat 26 bushels and thrashed some for Entrycan and M Kelvy cloudy but no rain
Thrashed balance of Mr. Entrican and M Kelvys wheat 33 bushels rain to day -- masured my wheat to day 39 bushels.
Went to Wilsons and got my mair shodstayed thre all night very hevy rains today.
Sabath at home to dayI had the headake in the forenoon very bad not much rain.
Worked my apple trees to day a hard dayes workcloudy
Halled oats to day no rain
Went to Smiths Mill-returned home at night
Bilt some fence and thrashed some for Jackson Bagget cloudy and cold and some rain
Thrashed the balance of Jackson Baggets wheat-he had 17 bushels.
Went to Vilarica to dayleft my cloath with the Mr. Patterson. Their was preaching their and (fining-pining ?) for burning a negro mansome drinkind and some wanting to fight and some at one thing and some at anothera grate deal of wickness going on Employed every day of month.
August 1847
Sabath at home to day
Started to Atlanta
Drove in Altanta sold flower at 2 bacon at 8 payed 30 for molasses and 10 fo coffee and sugar drove out lay 5 miles from town.
Drove home by John Morris the worst road I ever drove.
At home to day haled some house logs for granpap my eyes very sore - some little rain
Wint to S. W. M Larty on a visit.
Came on to the cort ground and Mr. Carlton came home with me.
Sabath day at home to day.
Cut crib logs Robert Benson worked with me hevy rain in evening
Cut crib logs
Robert Benson and my self made shoes for S. W. M Larty5 pairs.
I wint to Villa Rica and Robert Benson and Alexander cut logs.
Wint to Campbellton to drill.
At Campbellton muster- hevy rain in evening.
Sabath day wint to church. Mr Winn preached .
Thrashed Mr. Maqurts rye and helped McKelvy to lay the foundation of his house.
Helped McKelvy to rais his house.
Wint to Villa Rica
Helped granpap to saw board timbar.
Wint to Georges to get his wagon.
Wint to David Whites
Sabath day at Whites all day.
Came to Parkes Stricklins stayed their all night.
Came home and took Georges waggon home.
Helped granpap to raise his smoke house.
(rest of this month is missing )
First part of September is missing
Sept 20. Wint to mill and boys puled foder.
Worked on the roads and the boys puled fodder.
Puled fodder in the forenoon and tyed fodder in the eveningrain.
Rained all dayworked with granpaps tobaco.
Split punchions for cribs floor and tyed some fodder.
Tyed fodder and puled some.
Sabath day wint to John Baggets.
Cut a board tree and maid some boards.
Puled fodder to day.
Split boards and tyed fodder.
Finished my fodder-I have 6800 bundles.
One month and two days at the fodder.
October 1847
Wint to Vila Ricastayed all night at S.W. Mlarty with the sick.
Came home and split boards and Ann and me wint to John F. Morris.
Sabath day-came home from Morris.
Wint to the general election Carlton and White for repersentiveCarlton 38 and White 29 votes forgoverner Towns 54 for Clinch 15 Camp for senit 8
Layed the foundation of my crib.
Went to campbell to cort cort called at 12 oclock - wint to Thomas camp at night.
At cort all dayMr. Camps at night.
At cort all day- went to Mr. Carltons at night.
At cort all daydismised in the evening got 45 cents for my weeks servicescame found my family well.
Sabath day went to Wilsons to day with Anna and Margaret.
Worked at my crib all day.
Worked at the crib all day.
Picked cotton to day picked 192 lbs.
Hevy frost this morning puled corn for granpap.
Went to crassamere to cort of enquiry took a grist of corn to mill with me. Hevy frost in the morningcommenced halling Grandpaps corn.
Finished puling and halling granpaps field of corn22 loads went to William Maquirts for Annagot kicked by Jackson Baggets mair on the knee.
Sabath day went to John M Larty with Anne and Pap and Mom to see John found him better.
Went to Mr. John Carltons to send for lot no 163came back to Thomas Bullardsstayed with him all night.
Came home done no work tio day.
Kiled a hog for pap in the morning and pap shucked his corn in the evening.
Cribed paps corn hard dayes work.
Went to mill.
Halled paps fodder and made boards.
Sabath day at home to daya grate dill of rain to day.
Split boards in the morning and then went to John Baggets corn shuckingshucked until after midnight.
Worked at my crib in the morning then went to Endsleys corn shuckingfinished by 8 oclock.
Went to Jeames Endsleys corn shucking.
Went to G.W.M Lartys corn shucking.
Went to G. S. M Larty. And hunted some for my hogs but did not find them.
Hunted my hogs and found them and caried some corn to their bed.
At home to day Sabath day unwell to day.
This has been the finest month for gathering crops I ever saw. (rest of this page in pencilat later date.
F. W. Mattoxto Ish M Larty
stamps 10 cts imvelops 10 cts.
Paper 10 cts one hankerchief 60 cts
socks 50 cts one pint of whiskey 50 cts.
November 1847
Hunted my hogs found some of them -the boys helped granpap to hall corn.
Made one pair of shoes for S.W. M Larty and hunted hogs some.
Shiled corn in the morning Alexander was very sick all day -unwell my self.
Caried corn to my hogs and wint to S.W. M Lartystayed all night.
Came home in the evening.
Roled the logs on my wheat land.
Sabath day wint to churcha stranger preached a fine sermon.
Commenced diggin potatoes-helped to clear two hogs of S.W. M Lartys that Mr Silman kiled by misstakeone wayed 125one 136when clean.
Dug potatoes - caught one of my wile boars cut him and put him up.
Scraped manurewet day.
Hunted my hogs and wint to Williams Maqurts corn shucking.
Hunted my hogs to day Samuel and George Wilson and family came from North Carolina.
Hunted my hogs in the morning and then hilped McKelvy to raise stabbs(sp?).
Sabath day at home to day.
Went to Villa RicaBaught from Sheays and Stokely
100 worth coffe
6 yards alpaca 1.00
7 do calico 25
2 do black tambrick 10
2 dozen hookes and eyes 10
1 lb salaratas 10
1 dress shall 1.62
36 yards shirting 360
Hunted wolves to day.
Hunted to day- shot a buck and got him.
Dug potatoes to day.
Put up my potatoes and kiled a hogvery cold evening.
Went to S.W. M Larty for seed wheat.
Sabath day at home.
Finished sowing paps wheat.
Went to S.W. M Larty to corn shuckingcame home very wet.
At home to day-dark and wet.
Went to John M Larty to see his daughter Ester married-cold snoy dayFrancis Winn married her to Canidy Entrican. (Samuel Kanada)
Came on to Mr. Entricans to the infarm(sp?) my teeth aked very bad at night.
Hunted my hogs all day but found none of them.
Sabath day at home to day-saw my hogs to day.
Commenced sowing my wheat sowed 4 bushels to day.
Finished sowing wheat and wint to Jackson Bagget to his corn shucking- my tooth aked very bad.
December 1847
Wendsday worked on the road very wet day and very cold.
Thursday worked on the roadtired our old black cow had a calf to day.it had been ten months and twenty two dayes since she had her calf before.
Fryday-Worked on the road and went to mill -returned at twelve oclock.
Saterday-went to S.H. M Larty on a visit.
sabath dat went over to S.W. M Larty came home in the evening.
Monday Wilson and Hearvy and Green and Sam Wilson hilped me hunt hogs - we kiled fore that made 525 lbs. Pork.
Salted my meat and hunted my hogs.
Hunted hogs to day.
Made a pair of shoes for C.B. M Larty.
Made one pair for Mary.
Made one pair for Robert.
Sabath day at home to day.
Made one pair shoes for Anthonyit has been very wet and warmI have had back ake very bad.
Commenced puling corn to daymy back hurts me bad yet.
Haled corn to day.
Hunted hogs.
18. Hunted Hogs.
Sabath day went to S.W. M Larty.
Hunted hogs in the morning and went to McKelvys corn shucking.
Helped Maxwell to build his crib and shuck in the evening.
Puled at my corn.
Puled and haled corn.
Haled 15 loads of corn.
Chrismas day John M Larty children, Margaret Ann and Martha, John and Jeames and George and John Morris Sanday and William.
Sabath day at home very cold day and clear.
Went to mill late getting home at night.
Made one pair shoes.
Kiled two hogs and started to Atlanta
Drove into Atlanta and traded - sold wheat at 75 cents flower at 250 bought coffe 11 lbs to the dollar shugar 12 lbs to the dollar salt at 2.00 per sack molasses at 35 cents.
Drove home after night getting home the last day in the yearthus ends the year 1847- When this you se remember me and vear me in your mindlet all the workd say as the will speake of me as you find.
Archidald N. M Larty (at the bottom of page at latter date) Jeames Patrick M Larty was born 24th Jan 1867.
Dec 26, 1847
Births
A.N. M Larty was born the 31 day of January 1812
Ann M Larty 29 th Sept 1814
Louisa C. Mlarty on the January 1828
A. M Larty 16 th of April 1833
Mary C. M Larty 15 th of March 1835
Robert W. M Larty Aug 7, 1837
D. M Larty was born 27th of Sept 1939
John S. H. M Larty 25 th of Dec 1841
George G. M Larty 10 th of May 1844
Samuel W. M Larty 13 of Aug 1846
Charles Newton M Larty 16 of Nov 1848
Parkes Stricklin M Larty 26th Oct 1852
Anne M Larty 27 th day of Feb 1855
Anne M Larty departed this life on the 28 th day of Feb 1855
Thomas Jacob M Larty born 1st day Sept 1857
Rebecka Ann 10 th of August 1859
Jefferson Davis 9 th of Sept 1861
Margret Orpha 10 th Feb 1866
John M Larty Senior was born 25th of Dec 1775
departed this life the 21st day of January 1853
aged 77 and 28 days
Anne M Larty departed this life the 14th day of November 1855 aged 41 years 1 month and 13 days
John M Larty Jr. Born 7 th of March 1802 departed this life the 14 th day of March 1856 aged 54 years and 7 days.
D. M Larty departed this life at Look Out Mountain hospital , Tn August 10, 1862
Mary M Larty senior departed this life March 1866
N. M Larty departed this life the 16 day October 1867 aged 55 years 8 months and 16 days.
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Linnie Farmer departed this life on the 7 of April 1867
Harvey M Larty wife departed this life Nov 1873
J.B. M Larty departed this life Dec 4, 1883 aged 5 years 2 months 18 days
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N. M Larty and Ann Gilliam was married the 7 th June 1832
Joseph R. Farmer and Mary C. M Larty was married June 15, 1854
William A. M Larty and Anna Jane Hanner was maried November 5, 1856
N. M Larty and Louisa C. Vansant was maried on the 9 th of October 1856
R. W. M Larty and I. V. Trantham was maried on 31st July 1857
A. D. M Larty and Nancy Laminack was married Sept 1861
M. A. M Larty was born mar 1874
C. A. M Larty was born 27 Oct 1875
S. W. M Larty and Barba was married 1969
G.G. M Larty and L. J. Owen was married on the 8 th of Nov 1871
S.H. M Larty and I M S Conner was married on the 10 th day of July 1867.
Journal for the year 1848
January first Saturday at home
Sabath day at home to day plesent.
Monday went to the general election
Shucked my corn -hands worked welldone in good time.
Put up corn today
Covered corn and shucks do
Wilson and me hunted hogs cold
Hunted hogs to day and made pegs for shoes
Sabath day wind high at home
Helped granpap to kill his hogs
Salted paps meet.
Made shoes -two pair for Wilson
Made shoes for Wilson two pair
Made shoes for my self
Done different kinds of work to day.
Sabath day at home very warm
Shiled corn and made shoes for my self wint to mill in the eveningWilsons mill.
Came home from mill.
Hunted for hogs to day-found none -put fore hogs up.
Helped Wright to raise his house.
Hunted hogs to dayfound my sow-commenced getting stabe logs.
Worked at getting stabe logsAnn and me went to Robert Bensons.
Sabath day came from Bensons.
Worked at getting logs for stabe.
Worked at getting logs in the fore noon and roled logs for A. McKelvy in the evening.
Hunted hogs with Wilson
Went to John M Larty with (faded)
Made one pair shoes for Wilso.
Helped William Maqurt to raise his house.
Sabath day at home to day.
Getting logs to day I am 36years old to day.
February 1848
Cut two boars and spayed five sows of my woods hogs-worked at getting logs.
Wint to look Wilsons pens very wet day
Finished gitting stabe logs.
Helped granpap to hang his meet and made latter for stabe
Cut and marked granpaps pigs and made my self a pair shoes.
Sabath at home to day wrote to father in law.
Went to S.H. M Lartys for the saw and sawed of my stabe logsMrs. Winn died to day.
Haled logs to dayvery windy day -hard work with fire.
Finished halling logs and layed the foundation of my stabe.
Raised my stables.
March 1848
Commenced gragting
two first rowes; hall seedlings
two second rowes; pound apple-winter
commenced at west end to first stone yellow june from 1st to ? stone red June from 2nd to dre town pippen -from 3 re to 4 pound pairs from 4 th to 5 th horse apple from 5 th to six th mewes crabs- from 6 th to 7 th summer apple -from 7 th to 8 th may apple from 8 th to 9 th northern good from 9 th to 10 th morrison apple. This grafting done in the year 1848
from 10th to 11th hallsendlings- from 11th to 12th red June from 12th to 13 th Sewell seed from 13 to 14 th town pippen from 14 th to 15 th pound apple winter.
The above grafting stands for the year 1849 - I went over the old grafting and let the old stones stand for this year. A N. M Larty
April 1st 1848 (entries not as regular from this point.)
Went to cort to serve of grand jury -their five dayes.
10. Commenced plantin my orched corn.
12. Planted my pack above the stable.
Commenced braking the new ground and I wint to Winns and bought a stear to plow.
19. Mare colted to day
Commenced planting the new ground
planted to day.
May 1848
1 Sold the white cow to Wm. Maquiorkcommenced dressing my apple trees to dayplanted to day at my corn in the new field.
2 Planted to day.
3 Finished to day plantin and harrowed the orched corn.
10 Made a pair of shoes for pap and half soled Alexanders a grate deal of rain to day.
13 Planted my sweet potatoes.
15 Commenced working my new field.
20 Very warm to day and like for rain.
21 Polly M Larty died to day S. W. M Larty s wife.
23 grate rain to day.
27 Finished plowing over my new groundhevy rain in the evening.
June 1848
1 Jeames Endsley cutt wheat for me to day.
2 Jeames Endsley cutt to day -wet day.
3 Started to Atlanta with Mr French.
5 Sold my meet for $6.30 cents per hundred wt.
8 Thrashed Samuel Wilson wheat -12 bushels.
9 Thrashed my own 28 bushels.
10 Thrashed Willis Finchs 16 bushelsMaxwell 29 bushells.
14 Thrashed John F. Morris30 bushels.
16 Thrashed Thomas Garner - 45 bushels-some rain
17 Some rain to day.
18 Hevy rain.
19 Plowed in the forenoon a grate deal of rain in the evening - went to Arnols mill at night.
20 Came home from mill.
21 Plowed some.
22 Plowed to dayThursday
23 Plowed in the fore noon
24 Worked at covering granpap kitchin.
26 Finished Mr. Baggett wheat 721/2 bushels.
28 Finished William MacQuirkwheat 76 bushels
30 Commenced cutting oats.
July 1848
1 Finished plowing corn by 12 o clock
2 Sabath day
3 Finished cutting oats very tired thrashed a grate deal this year for the public
11 I took the fever - very bad.
12-16 bad
17 fever-cooled some
18 fever about the same
19 about the same
20 about do
21 better -set up a little
22 better still
23 Road over to E.W. Maxwellmy health is still improving.
24 I am still improving in health for whitch I desire to thank Almighty God for all his goodness to mewe have all apairence of a bountiful crop -more than ever we made in one year by one half-I have had 8 bushels of wheat ground and 70 bushels yet.
25 I feel very nervious to day but I am still getting better -grate rain to day. I rested very bad last night.
26 Very nervious this morning bad cold -hevy rain in the evening -bad tooth ake at night.
27 Plesent morning -planted cucumbers to day for late ones to pickle if the are not too late.
28 Went to G. W. M Lartys and then to S. W. M Larty
29 Then to S. H. M Larty
30 Then came home -found George sick.
31 Very wet day wet all this month.
August 1848
1 Clear in the morning and cool rain in the evening.
Clear day went to S. H. M Lartys.
Clear and cool day Robert Bensons little Sam died.
Clear and cool in the morning-went to se Robert Benson child buried the buired at S. W. M Lartys.
Went to cort to day - a grate deal of drinking their some quarling -rain in the evening.
Sabath day at home- John Bagget and wife came to see us.
Very unwell all day hevy rain in the evening.
Unwell to day-went with Washington Hawkins to look at the level lot.
Unwell all dayrain in the morning lite.
Very unwell all daygetting weaker every day.
Very unwellAlexander went to S.W. M Larty for to get his Uncle to get Wistan bossom of Wild Chery.
Alexander came home with the bolsomI took of it this evening- no severe cough in the eveningWilson came to se me this evening.
Sabath day-I had no severe cough to day-Wilson and his children stayed all day.
Granpap went to Arnolds mill fodder. My cough is not bad to day but very weak the boyes puled fodder.
Unwell to daycoughed more than commontoth ake at night-puled fodder
I am very weak-puled fodder.
Some little better to day-puled.
I think the bolsom does me a grate deal of good-soe rain to day. But it rains every day-the boyes stil worker with fodder - commenced feeding my hogs.
I am a good deal better to daysome rain very stormy night.
Sabath day at home unwell-cool day-some rain in the morning.
Went to S.W. M Larty-clear day.
Returned home from S. W. M Larty - clear but it rained a grate deal at night-the boyes got a heap of fodder wetJohn Clinton died to day. (coffin drawn in the margin)
Went to Jackson Baggetts and William Maquirks to day rain to day.
Dark day- the boyes put up some fodder.
The boyes puled some fodder very wet day and night.
The boyes trimed the grafts- Wm. Maquirk and family came to se us. He who relates falts of others to you designs to relate yours to others.
Sabath day at E.W. Maxwells to day-I am still getting better-no rain.
The boyes commenced pulling the new ground fodder-Wilson and me looked some for our hogs.
The boyes puled fodder-very fine day- but warm and clear.
I wint to G. W. M Larty for papers and the children puled fodder clear day-cool in the morning.
I worked a little with the boyes clear and dry day-the boyes has done very well at saving fodder this month.
September 1848
I went to Arnolds millput up some fodder.
Worked at the fodder -warm and dry.
Sabath day at home.
went to mill and the boyes pulled fodder-like for rain.
Puled fodder -cloudy in the forenoon-some rain -very lite.
Puled fodder in the forenoon-very cloudy day.
Cliped sheep to day -very tired -like for rain.
Done no work to day-clear and cool the boyes worked some at the fodder-finished the fodder.
Commenced pulling corn-clear and cool day.
Sabath day at home.
Went to G.W. M Larty with the wagon.
Started to Atlanta.
Drove to Atlanta.
Stayed at town-rode on the cars to the store-Mounting and Back payed 50 cents.
Drove home to G. W. M L arty-rain
Came home - clear and cool
Sabath day at home to day- Margaret had her baby at night.
Went to G. W. M Larty
Started to market
Drove to Atlanta
At the Whig meeting
Started home. ( entries 19-22 scratched out)
19. At Jeames Stewerds all day.
20 Went to A. G. Weaingtons to se his daughter married
21 Came home from the weding.
At paps in the fore noon and gathered my apples- 28 bushels.
24 Sabath day- went to Jackson Baggetts.
Kiled a beef for pap.
Went to hunt my bull.
Sowed some wheat.
30. Went to John F. Morris with Ann.
October 1848
Sabath day cloudy
Went to the general election- Harlson and Willimson for congressHarleson 47Williamson 15. Came home haled 7 loads of corn.
Puled corn for pap.
Haled corn for pap.
Shucked paps corn.
Cribed at paps corn.
Do Do ( the Do is used as ditto )
Commenced gathering my corn to day.
Commenced gathering my corn.
rain
Gathering corn.
Do Do
Commenced halling corn W. Maquirk shucked.
Went to the Shaws.
Sabath day.
Halled corn-Wilsons boyes helped me.
Finished halling to John Endsley shuckedMary and Archy went to scool.
Jeames Endsley shucked.
Had my own corn shucked-my crib full and some left.
Cribed corn
Do Do
Sabath day.
Put up shucks.
Went to S. W. M Lartys to make shoes.
Made shoes.
do do
do do
Went to Jeames Cort -sold apples.
Sabath dayDavid and Selina White came last night to se us.
David and Selina returned home- I helped Willis Finch with his saw mill.
Went after my (most of this page faded)
John Endsley died this month
November 1848
Wendsdaywent to David Clinton sale
Hunted my steer
Hunted the steer to day.
Made one pair of shoes for S. W. M Larty a grate deal of rain.
Sabath day clear
Made shoes for my self
General election for president16 for Talor 66 for Ca (?)
Dug potatoes to day
Dug potatoes and put them up payed G. W. M Larty for my paper
Commenced harrowing my wheat ground
Finished harrowing my wheat ground.
Sabath day at home -a grate deal of rain.
Monday went to S. W. M Larty corn shucking.
Got 4 plows layed came home.
Commenced sowing - wheat.
Sowed wheat to day - Ann had her baby to day.
Plowed some to day. Halled some wood.
Helped Madison Greeman to raise his housecold with snow in the evening
Sabath day at home
Kiled hogs to 15 head 1994 lbs.
Salted my meetborrowed 117 lbs salt of papJudge winn died to day. (paid pap is written through the 117 lbs) commenced sowing wheat againwent to help make Judge Winns coffincame home found Ann very sick.
Sowed wheat to day - Ann sick all daya little better in the evening.
Sowed wheat to dayvery tired to night.
Wet day-went to mill to day.
Went to Jeames cort as a witnessthe cort decided I should not have pay for atendence then offered me pay but I would not have itTugle was the lawyer.
Sabath day at home.
Made one pair of shoes for Antony-plowed.
Helped Asa Sewell to kill his hogsplowed
Finished sowing wheat.
Helped Canidy Entrycan to work on his house then went to mill
December 1848
Came home from millwent to help Canidy Entrycan to rais his house-a grate deal of rain and hevy wind
Made wagon frame and geed traugh
Sabath day at home.
Started to Atlanta
Traded in Atlanta
Drove home after nite.
Haled Wilsons salt home and took a bull to him.
Headake all daywet day
Worked at making stable doresMr. Daniel payed my forty seven dollars to day.
Sabath day at home W. M Larty and Charity and John Endsley and wife was with us all night.
Hung my meet and made fire for to kill paps hogs.
Helped pap to kill his hogskiled six - 925 lbs of pork-cold and cloudy day.
Went to John Clintons sale property sold very well-I wrote to brother Alexander and John P. M Larty to day.
Made shoes to day -wet day
Made shoes to day. - wint to mill.
Came home from S. H. M Larty mill-very wet
Sabath day at home to day.
Scraped manure in the fore noonmade one pair of shoes for E. W. Maxwell in the evening.
Made two pair of shoes for E. W. Maxwell.
Made one pair of shoes for E. W. Maxwell. Bill for wating on me - seven dollars and twenty five cents.
Went to J.C. Whittleys and worked on his clock then scraped manure -very warm
Went to Villarica-bought of Stokley and Sheets50 yards shirtingone handsaw- 1 file - one yard calico- gun flints- $5.50 payed cash.
Hunted for my hogs to day - did not find them - the boyes scraped some manure-not much
Went to John F. Morris with John C. M Larty and George and Mangum and Alexander and Robert S. H. M Larty and wife was here to day and a number of the friends children.
Chrismas dayvery wet daywent to granpaps a good many there all dayalexander went to Uncle Wilsons-Mary to Uncle John Morrissome cooler in the evening
Went to help John C. Whitley to kill his hogsBingley and John and George and Alexander, RobertReal Chrismas diner done by 12 o clock then went to hunt that the call deer and meettired enough
Kiled 19 hogs to dayvery wet in the fore noon Bingley and John and George and Mr Sewell and Mr Whitley helped me 1776 lbs pork.
Salted my meet thin wint to brother Wilsons.
Came home from S.W. M Larty rain all day.
Went to help Wilson to kill hogs.
Sabath day at home to day
January 1849
Went to the election- cold day
Helped Jackson Baggett to kill hogs
Wint to John F. Morris
Came home from Morris
Wint to mill
Went to the election - W. M Larty 41 votes S. H. Watson 38 -E. W. Maxwell 35 for balifs W. M Lung 47- W. Maquirk 41 Chafin Hartsfield 30 cold day
sabath day fire out worked with it - commenced snowing
done no work to day
Hunted hogs to day- went to mill
Helped pap to kill his hogs - cold day
Helped Wilson to catch his hogs headake very bad all night
Wilson came and helped me to bild hog pen to catch my wild hogs
Went to baite my hog pen -saw nine deer- caught 3 of Wilsons hogs- all boars - cut them - went to mill
Sabath dayAnn and me went on a visit to Mr Sewells
Started to Atlantalay at Jeames Stewards
Drove to one mile the other side of the river
Drove into Atlanta- traded - came out two miles wet dayrodes very bad
Drove home very cold
Made trap doors to hog pen
Traped 7 hogs to day-went to the scool housedone some work on it then Wilnesday old man Winn will
Sabath day at home.
Traped two more hogs and caught one -cut 2 bores for myself one for Wilson.
John Bbaggett spayed 7 sows for me.
Helped Wilson to build a hog pen
Helped granpap to lay the foundation of his stablessplit out spoke timber.
Helped granpap to raise his stable.
Went to mill-clear day hunted hogs
Sabath day at granpaps all day
The school commenced to daycut a road to day.
Went to help S. W. M Larty to hunt hogs.
Made shoes to dayI am 37 years old to dayheadake a grate deal this month
February 1849
Made one pair of shoes for Mary and mended my ownAlexander has plowed 2 days
Hunted hogs to day
Done different kinds of work to dayAnn White and Wilkeson came to se us.
Sabath day at home to day.
Done no work to day
Killed my pigs to day
Helped S.W. M Larty to kill hogs
Looked Wilsons hogs pen - done no work
Put in a bill of lumber for a house.
Helped S. H. M Larty to role logs
Sabath day - went to se Easther Entrycan.
Helped to rais Wm Maquirk house.
Made hems - went to the shop -hiaffer calfed.
Commenced hewing for my house.
Worked at hewing
Worked at hewing sold one dollars worth apple trees to Umphry
Helped John C. Whitley to role his logs
Sabath day at home
Worked at hewing -John C. Whitley helped me to day.
Worked at hewing John Whitley worked to dat
John worked today.
Drove to Atlana
Sold bacon at 6 cents
Started for home
Sabath day- drove home
Went to S. H. Watsons to day.
Went to mill
Dug my apple trees to start to market with them-the children went to school thes month- 52 days for one scollar
March 1849
Started with my apple tree - lay at Mr. Mmaronys
Drove to Parkes Stricklins
Drove to D. Whites
Sabath day at Whites all day.
Went to Merietta
drove home found all well
Planted my apple trees and went to S. W. M Larty for oats and cut grafts at S. H. M Larty
Commenced grafting in the old graftingthe boyes commenced harrowing.
Grafted to day - very tired to night. Some rain to day
Grafted in the fore noon the boyes plowed in oats-hung my meet in the evening
sabath day at home
Grafted to day 400 graftesthe boyes plowed in oats I sowed for the boyes I am very tired- it has been a very warm day.
Grafted to day and the boys plowed a grate deal of rain at night
Grafted some in the morning
very stormy
Made two pair shoes for S.W. M Larty the boyes plowed some hard ground.
Graftes three rows of trees to day- then Ann and me went to S.W. M Lartys on a visit.
Came home from S. W. M Larty - Sabath day.
Mondayfinished grafting all that I think will dothe boyes plowed to dayI stuck up lumber at the sawmill.
Made one plowstock and worked on the wheellbarothe boyes plowed some rain.
The boyes plowed in the forenoon grate storm
Went to mill and took S.W. M Larty --wheat home 8 bushels
Came home from S.W. M Lartysowed oats -sowed onions seed- e.W. Maxwell child very sick
Haled my meet to the factory
Sabath day-drove home
Started to the factory with S.H. M Larty
came home from the factory
Went to S. H. M Larty for his wagon.
Haled manure6 loads
Haled manure 14 loads
Helped Jack Baggett to role logs the boyes haled manure.
April 1849
Sabath dayat home to dayS.W. Mlarty and Bingley came to se us
Haled manure (12 loads) and howed the gardin and beded out our sweet potatoes
Haled manure to day 14 loads
Haled manure to day14 loads
Roled logs for Asa Sewel-the boyes haled manure - 4 loads
Roled logs for Canidy Entricanthe boyes went to mill
Roled logs for pap and myself done in good time Canidy and Esther stayed all night
Sabath day at home to day.
Commenced planting corn-planted the orched
Planted my pach below the house - went to S.W. M Larty- smith shop.
Cliped some sheep -plowed some in the nurcery-very dry
Worked on the scool houseAlexander cliped the sheep
Worked on the scool house.
Went to Villaricabought two pair of shoes
Sabath day at home -snowing very fast-George W. M Larty came to se us to day.
Put my bacon in the ashes to day15 hams -12 sholders- 4 midlings- the boyes plowed to daysick to day-bones aking-vegitation very much kiled with snow.
Worked on my grafts -sick all day. Children started to scool.
Came home from S. W. M LartyMr Freman was buryed to day.
20.Went with the children to S. W. M Larty and inoculated them with the cow poc. Parkes Stricklin and Mary came to se us.
At home - it still is very dry and cold- it looks like we would make no crop.
John Baggett and wife came to se us-John and me went to Mr Baggets
Done different kinds of work
Worked on the scool house.
Went to millbought books of Mr Wordlaw
Helped Freeman to roled logs-$4.95 cents
Laying off corn ground
do do
Sabath
Planted corn the old field
May 1949
Scaterd manure
do do
Thursday went to the shop
Wint to the cort ground -the boyes sprouted the old field.
Saterday worked on our leathes. Ann went to church.
Sabath day at home to dayfine rain
Worked on my apple trees
Worked on my apple trees and howed cornJohn C. Whitley worked to day.
Worked at my house lumber - Whitley
Hewed logs to day with Whitley
Worked at getting logs
Planted my sweet potatoes
Sabath day at home
Monday - trimed my apple trees -sick in the evening-the boyes replanted corn
Made one pair shoes for Bingley and went to mill
Came home from mill
Sprouted oats to day
Went to S. W. M Larty- came back and started to Atlanta
Drove to Atlanta-traded and drove out one mile.
Sabath day at home
Plowed corn to day
Plowed corn and apple trees
Plowed corn to day Wilson and Bingley came to se us
Cut wheat - Mr Endsley and Mr Miller and Binbley and Mary helped me
do do
Went to S. W. M Larty after my chairs
Sabath day at hpme to day
Went to Smiths mill-sold my fodder at 50 cents per hundred wt.
Went to Villarica and Georges to a sowing
Plowed corn clear day-Hearvy had the croop very bad
Plowed to day
June 1849
Friday plowing corn-Alexander went to Parkes Stricklins
Went to church and then to S. W. M Larty
Sabath day -went to church
Went to John M Larty for his stears
Loaded my waggon and started to market-lay at Howells fery.
Got my wheat ground at Donehoos mill
Drove to Atlana sold my flower at 3 and 3
Drove to John M Larty
Hevy storm in the morning-drove home and cut wheat for pap in the evening
Sabath day at home
Cut wheat for pap-hevy storm at night our land washed very bad
Commenced halling my timber for my house a grate deal of rain to day.
Worked at halling lumber
Worked at halling lumber -John C. Whitley worked
Worked at halling lumber -
Saterday haled some to dayAnn and me went to John M Larty on a visit.
Sabath day at John and Robert Bensons-came home in the evening
Commenced laying by the old field and thrashed John Baggetts wheat - 3 bushels and James smihs wheat 5 bushels- I was very sick all night
The boyes thrashed granpaps oats and wheat - 12 bushels - I was very sick all day and night.
Thrashed at my own wheat- I am some bettet to day
Finished thrashing my wheat- 50 bushels- I had 16 acres in wheat
Commenced thrashing paps wheat
Finished thrashing paps wheat 29 bushels
Sabath day-went A. McKelvys to hear Wynn preach
Plowed some commenced thrashing Asa Sewells wheat-very warm and dry
Thrashed Mr. Sewells wheat-29 bushels and
Thrashed John C. Whitleys wheat 33 bushels- thrashed Mr Meeks wheat -16 bushels- some rain-I plowed our sweet potatoes and apple grafts
Plowed in the fore noon done a grate half dayes work and thrashed Willis Finches wheat- 14 bushels- plowed some in the evening
Plowed in the morning and thrashed some of John F Morris wheat 7 bushels-plowed in the evening-hevy rain
Plowed some in the morning -thrashed some in the evening-finished thrashing to day- John F. Morris had 21 bushels
July 1849
Sabath day I went to Jackson Baggett
Cut oats Robert Miller cut for me
Mr. Miller cut for me to day
Cut oats to day - Anthony and me cut to day
Finished cuting oats to day and thrashed Mr Rights wheat- 6 bushels2 for Isac McKevy
Finished plowing our corn and finished tying our oats and haled in paps oats.
Haled in my oats - like for rain- I have 351 shocks of oats.
Sabath day at home.
Haled lumber for my housewent to S.W. M Larty
Haled oats for S.W. Mlarty
Went to the mines and home-rain all day- our child very sick
Stuck our lumber and cleaned our grafts.
Very sick in the fore noon-Mr Wordlaw came with book- I bought $1.30 cent worth of him-our scool broke up to day.
Put our wheat out to sun - thrashed John Maqouirk wheat - 2 bu. I have my wheat very dry and anough to do me this year of good wheat.
Sabath day at home
Seteled with C. C. Neil for our scool- $4.50 cents and settle with Mr. Finch for my lumber-$48.31 cents
Went to S. H. M Lartty to mill with 12 busels of wheat.
Went to Villarica with my flower - sold at 3 cents per lb. Came to S. W. M Larty at night.
Came home gathered some peaches.
Went to muster at Campleton- very wit day-stayed at Thomas Bullards at night.
At Campbellton-wet day- no muster to day-river very high-bad crossing the river
Sabath day- the scool commenced to day-gathered peaches to day went to S.H. M Lartys with one load-stayed all night-very wet.
The boys fetched another load and we came home after night.
I was very sick all day-Mother was very sick too-it is the wetest time I ever saw this time of year.
Done no work
done no work very wet
Done no work.
Went to Smiths mill very wet
sabath day
Gather peaches to day very wet
Gathered peaches-it has rained nearly every day this month.
(this in pencil-Danville Ala-Gibson Ville Ala. Noverber 31st 1871)
Family record of J.R. and M.C. Farmer
Joseph R. Farmer was born April the 14, 1825-Mary C. Farmer his wife was born Mar 15,1835-Selinah A. Farmer was born April 15,1855Elizabeth L. Farmer was born Apr 20, 1857Susanah C. V. Farmer was born Jan 16,1860- Joseph A. D. Farmer was born June 21,1862- A.C. Weems was born Nov 27,1848- Mary M. Weems was born Sep 17, 1874 Joseph R. Farmer departed this life Oct 14,1863-Susanah C.W. Farmer departed this life apr 7, 1869 - Selinah A. Farmer departed this life 19 day of Aug 1876
August 1849
Wedsday a good deal of rain - we are still gathering peaches.
Very wet day- the boyes haled peaches - I made a pair of shoes for my self
Went to the scoolhouse-grate rains to day-we have been haling peaches for some time.
Gathered one load of peaches and went to the cort ground
Sabath day at home
Went to S.W. M Larty to make shoes -worked at making shoes
made two pair of shoes
Made two pair of shoes- came home from S. W. M Larty
Commenced working on my house.
went to Smiths mill for joysts-but the never sawed them
Sowed the turnips to day and went to S.W. M Larty for his brad axe and the boys fenced the foder.
sabath day-clear
Monday worked at getting joysts-Robert Miller John Endsley-Parkes Stricklin worked for me to day.
worked at the joysts the same hands worked.
Worked at framing to day -the same hands worked.
The same hands worked.
Worked on the house.
worked on the house.
sabath day-went to Parkes Stricklins
Came home-the boys pull foder.
Worked on house
do do
do do
do do
Worked some -hevy rain
sabath day at home in the fore noon-went to Parkes
Puled fodder for Parkes
do do
do do
do do
Went to Campbellton to muster.
Births of E.W. Maxwell family
Mary Cornelia Maxwell was born Dec 24,1833Mangum calhoun Maxwell was born March 8,1836Elizabeth Ann Maxwell was born May 18,1838 -Latelia Caroline Maxwell was born Aug 9, 1840Margaret Ann Elisabath Maxwell was born Sept 29,1845 William Archibald Maxwell was born Sept 17,1848David Alexander Maxwell was born April 11,1851Edwin Wilson Maxwell was born Sept 12,1855
Margaret Maxwell departed this life April 16,1866 -- Mangum C. Maxwell departed this life in Ms that is we suppose so Elizabeth Ann Maxwell departed this life Aug 27,1839
September 1849
Saturday at Parkes Stricklins.
Sabath day came home found all well very cool day.
Monday - Parkes came to work to day
Worked on the house
do do
do do
do do Parkes stricklin went home -Alexander went with him -pulled some fodder.
Pulled fodder to day
Sabath day at home
Worked at the house
do do finished the fodder
Worked at the house
do do
Worked on the road to day Alexander and myself
Gathered our apples-55 bushels and kiled a beef
Sabbath day at home
Worked at my house Parkes worked to day.
Worked at the house(days spent on his house are numbered in the margin)
do
do
do
Finished weather boarding my house and went to muster but their was no muster- Thomas Bullard and Wm Maqouirk stayed with me all night.
Sabbath day at home
Helped John Whitley to raise his house.
Went to the shop to get the mules shod
Started to Atlanta
Drove to Atlanta-sold our apples at 87 cents
Drove home
went to muster at Cronanera the people behaved very bad
Sabath day
Oct 1849
1. General election
Went to the shop and to Villarica- a grate deal of rain
Came home from Wilson and commenced getting rock for my chimney
Went the shop-do-Villarica
Came home from the shop do
Worked at getting rock
Sold our apples 24 1/3 bushels 1.00 per bushel made a missake in the day
Payed Mr. C.H. Neil for my scooling -6.90cents
Worked at getting rock and commenced halling paps corn
Haled corn for pap
Frost this morning (hands drawn pointing to this entry -1st frost)
Shucked paps corn
Cribed paps corn-very tired
Sabath day
Commenced gathering my corn
Pulled some corn and went to John Endsley corn shucking
Haled some corn. Imade one pair of shoes for C. B. M Larty
Made shoes for my own family to day
Made shoes to day
Made shoes in the fore noon -done no work in the evening
sabath day at home
Shucked my corn and raised my crib
Helped Willis Frinch on his dam
Crived my corn
Helped Willis Finch on his dam.
Put up my shucks and gathered the balance of my corn
Went to S.W. M Larty to a frollic
Came home from S. W. M Larty -John Millir and Even Flow came to se us from North Carolina.
Went to John Baggett corn shucking
Went to George M Larty corn shucking.
Sick to day hunted some for my hogs
November 1849
1. The boyes dug potatoes - I was sick
2. Finished digging potatoes and Alexander and me went to Martins corn shucking-worked late did not finish
Done no work to day-very plesent day-I shot a good many squirls.
Sabath day - the old black cow calfed today
Worked at getting rock for my chimney
Sowed wheat
Sowed wheat - went to S.W. M Lartys
Helped Wilson with corn.
Worked do
Went to Villarica-came home child very sick.
Sabath day at home -our child very sick all day and night.
done no work -Alexander went to help his uncle S. W. M larty corn
I went to the mill and shop.
Worked at getting chimney rock
Worked at getting rock.
helped isac McKelvy to raise his house-very sick all night.
Done no work sick all day.
Sabath day went to John Baggetts
]Went to se Winters - stayed at R. Bensons.
Came home from Bensons and hunted my hogs- found thim.
Went after my bull- brought him home.
Went to Prayes mill for lumber.
Worked at different things.
Hunted hogs to day.
Sabath day at home - very wet.
Hunted hogs.
Hunted Hogs
Hunted hogs
Hunted hogs.
Built hog pens to day -two pens
December 1849
Saterday- hunted hogs to day- caught 3 hogs
Sabath day at home a grate many people here to day.
Caught two hogs.
The boyes haled wood to day - I caught one hog
Caught one hog
Kiled 6 hogs to day - 531 lbs. - caught one sow and pigs-cut 3 bore pigs and marked 2 sow pigs.
Hunted hogs to day and salted my meet.
Helped Wilson to catch some of his hogs -caught 7 of his -Morgan hogs
Sabath day at home
Monday hunted hogs.
Hunted hogs.
Helped Isac McKelvy to rais his house and shuck corn at night
Made one pair of shoes for John M Larty
Hilped pap kill hogs.
Cut up paps meet and went to Villarica
Sabath day at home.
Caught three hogs to day -392 lbs.
Started to market
Drove to Atlanta
Traded to day
Drove home -found all well grate storm last night
Hunted hogs -found my two big ones.
Sabath day at home.
hunted my hogs - found one
Christmas day at home all day.
Found two of my hogs.
Hunted hogs -kiled one 109 lbs.
Went to D. Whites
Went to Merietta
Came home from D. White
Went to S. W. M Larty
January 1850
At S. W. M Larty all day
Came home
hunted hogs to day.
Went to john M Lartys to help him move his house-moved it 165 yards.
moved the house again to day.
Sabath day at home
Went to election.
Made one pair of shoes for g. M larty
Made shoes to day
Made shoes
Made shoes to day for paps negroes-very tired of shoe making- Ann and me went to Jackson Baggetts
Came home from Jackson Baggetts-went to John M Larty to se Winter
sabath day at home
went to Campbelltown with Mr. Winn
Helped John C. Whitley to raise smokehouse.
Went after rock for chimney
Hunted hogs to day
hunted hogs to day-found some of them-sold 25 apple trees to Joshiah Kiker.
Went to mill to day.
Sabath day at home Mr. Smith preached to day at paps
Done no work to day -a grate deal of rain
Went to old Mr. Winns sale -property sold very high
At home -sold some apple trees
Caught two of my hogs and kiled one at home -388 lbs. Pork.
Bated my hog pen for my tame hog
Caught 3 hogs at night
Sabath day at home
Sold John C. Whitley a bunch of hogs for a rifle gun and seven dollars-sold Jackson Baggett a cow and calf for ten dollars-caught one hog
Hunted hogs to day
Commenced clearing
Commenced building chimney-I am 38 years old to day.
February 1850
Worked at the chimney
Went to my hog pens -very wet
Sabath day - caught one hog
Very cold - done no work
kiled hogs to day- 11 head
9. Worked on Chimney
Sabath day at home
Mr. Winter worked to day.
Do do
Rained all day
snowed all day
Worked on chimney
Mr. Winter went home to day Went to Villarica to day
Sabath day-Mr. Smith preached at paps
Very wet day - went to Wm. MaQouirk for his ladder ans windlass
worked on the Chimney
-23. Worked on chimney
24. Sabath day at home.
- 28 Worked on chimney
March 1850
Worked on chimney
do do
sabath day at home
Bad of stich in my side, finished the chimney
done no work to day.
Thrashed my oats
Mr. Winter and me painted the chimney.
went to the mill- stayed at S. W. M larty.
Went to the shop got two scoters made came home sick
sabath day at home
Went to S. H. M Larty to sow oats
Commenced sowing oats
Sowed oats to day.
sowed some in the morning
Started to Atlanta-
Drove in to Atlanta- traded with Norcross-sold bacon at 6 cents
Drove home sabath day- after night Parkes Stricklin came to day
Parkes and my self pined for worke
Commenced working on the doors.
worked do do
do do
Parkes worked do and I worked on the road.
Worked on the road
Sabath day at home to day-I went to Parkes on the hunt of Robert and back that night
Monday-the boyes went to sow oats but came back John Vann(sp?) died last night
went to help Wm Maqouirk to role logs.
Roled logs for my self-grate snow storm
Done no work today
Went to the saw mill for lumber
Went to John Endsley log roling and went to S.W. M Larty at night
sabath day came home from S. W. M larty
April 1850
1.Parkes commenced laying the flore
2 thru 6 finished floors
sabath Parkes went home - Alexander took him home.
The boyes plowed and I helped Maxwell to tole logs.
The boyes plowed and I work on the hearth stone.
Rain all day -layed my hearth in the chimney
Went to John C. Whitleys chopin frolic
Plowed to day and sprouted
Plowed to day-Alexander and Robert planted their pac of cotton
Sabath day at Brother John he was very sick
Fixed for planting cotton.
Commenced plantin cotton
Built fence in the forenoon and went to John Mlarty for cotton seed
Planted cotton
Planted cotton
Finished planting cotton to day-meeting at paps to day.
Sabath day- meeting at paps to day a grate meny people their
worked at ridging of corn ground
Commenced laying of corn-layed of the fresh field one way
layed it of the other way
struck of my cotton
Roled logs for A. McKelvy
alexander roled logs for Mr Entrycan - I went to Villarica-bought a cote
Sabath day -came home from S. H. M Larty
Went to help S. H. M Larty to make rails
Commenced planting corn the fresh field
May 1850
1. Planting corn to day and cuting logs on the old field-roled the logs on the old field-finished planting the fresh field
The boyes braking the midle of the fresh field and I am bruning the logs on the old field
Went to the shop and cort ground for the make my return and the boyes plowed.
Went with Anne to David Whites on a visit.
Went to church with D. White a prespetarion preached a grate deal of rain for two days
Came home from D. whites -found all well
Planted our sweet potatoes and commenced working our cotton
Sprouted our corn
Roled logs for A. McKelby-Alexander choped logs for granpap
Commenced planting the old field
Finished planting the old field
Sabath day went to S. W. M Larty
Worked at our cotton
Roled logs for granpap a heap of hands worked slow
Howing in the forenoon and roled logs for J. C. Whitley and the children howed cotton
The boys plowed and the children and myself howed the cotton
Worked at the cotton and the boys plowed in the corn ground
Worked at the corn
Sabath day at the meeting at paps-a grate many people their Mr. Smith preached from Romans-Mr greegs preached from the acts of the apostals-what shal I do to be saved
Plowed cotton and the boys howed
Rain in the morning -went to S. W. M larty to the shop-clear in the evening the boys howed
Worked at the cotton very tired to night
Worked at the cotton lite rain in the but not enough to stop the work
Worked at the cotton
Finished working our cotton over the second time
Sabath day at home -crops is very backward for this time of the year - I can not se our cotton from the house
Plowed corn to day very tired to night
Started to Atlanta layed the other side of river
Traded in Atlanta -sold my Bacon at 6 cents-bought coffe at 8 lbs to the dollar-rice 2 sugar 13 lbs.
Drove home found found all well
Went to Exekels foks sale
(in pencil)
Mooved the fodder - gave room to thrash oat -haled wood
Jan 9,1872 started two letters to Georgia
June 1850
Howed corn to day meeting at paps to day
Sabath day-meeting at paps to day-Mr Lingo preached
Plowed cotton Alexander and my self and the children howed cotton
Plowed and howed to day very tire
Plowed in the forenoon and commenced cutting wheat finished plowing my cotton the third time.
Finished cutting my orleans wheat and went to mill and the shop.
Came home from mill-it is eighteen year this day since Anne and me was maried-their has beena grate many ups and downs since that day.
Helped granpap to move his fence round his new ground-finished working over our cotton the 4 th time
Sabath day at home the children went to the babist meeting to day
Commenced plowing the old corn field
Finished plowing the old field the first time -we need rain very bad-dry and dusty
Received a gin of talor to day-the boys working for granpap -sold one dollars of coffe
Haled in my orleans wheat and thrashed it.
Cleaned my orleans wheat -16 bushelss-thrashedd J. F. Morris orleans 14 bushell-very sick at night
Thrashed J. F. Morris spring wheat 22 bushels
Sabath day went to meeting
Howed cotton all day
Thrashed Mr. Rains wheat 47 bushels
Thrashed Mr. Sewells wheat cleaned 20 bushels
Cleaned the ballince of Mr. Sewells wwheat 33 bushels-53 in allthrashed -Lewis Maqouires wheat 16
thrashed one load of Mr. Harpss 5 bushels-thrashed Mr. Thomassons wheat 37 bushels.
Thrashed J. Biggers wheat 3 bushels-tied paps wheat and thrashed some of it -rain lite
Sabath day at home to day -the children went to hear Winn at the new meeting house.
Thined corn and thrashed the ballence of paps wheat 27 bushels
Finishedd thining my corn and commenced howing cotton
Howed cotton to day -very tired
Howed cotton to day
Thrashed John C. Whitlley wheat 17 bushelss
Thrashed Willis Finchs wheat-John Maqouirk died to day
Went to se John Maqouirk berried Mr Neace preached a smart erecetement(sp?) among the people.
William Gilliam our father departed this life July 1st 1850
David Maxwell departed this live July 8, 1850
Aunt Ginney Mlarty departed this life July 18, 1850
Because we do not know the day Crist bids us always watch and pray
(coffin and flowers drawn in Margin)
July 1850
Cleaned my late wheat 10 bushels and commenced thrashing A. McKelvy wheat.
Finished thrashing A. McKelvy wheat 79 bushels John Shearers wheat 17 bushels
Howed cotton to day -Alexander plowed corn very tired to night
Finished howing over our cotton fifth time -went to meeting-Mr Lingo adressed the people on Liverty both sivel and religious-commenced laying my corn
Plowed in the forenoon -rain at 12 oclock-thrashed C. Wrights wheat 11 bushels.
Plowed in the forenoon-rain at 12 oclock-thrashed John Endsley wheat 11 bushels the ground is very wet.
Sabath day -went to S, H. M Larty
went to S. W. M Larty for to cut oats-cut oats all day
cut oats to day -very tired to night.
cut oats to day -rain very heavy
Cut to day very tired and headake at night.
Came home from S. H. M Larty and thrashed Mr. Meeks wheat 13 bushels-thrashed one load for John Entrican 6 bu. -worked my grafts and plowed my young archet (?) -my cotton is very grasy and it is so wet I can not plow.
Plowed some of the ground very wet
Sabath day at home- a grate deal of rain-went to Wm Maqouirk at night.
Scraped cotton it is very dirty
Scraped cotton to day- very tired
Plowed cotton to day and children scraped cotton
Plowed cotton and children scraped cotton -Ann and me went to meeting - old ant Jinny M larty died to day.
Plowed cotton -I unwell with a titeness in my head-Brother John M Larty has been sick for some time taken worse last night -heard from him to day some better
Plowed cotton to day -went to se brother John found him some better-received a letter Wm W. White stating that father in law had died on the first of June 1850.
Sabath day meeting at the cort ground-very warm day
Plowed cotton baught of Jacob Schoenfeld one dress for Mary one vest for Alexander. Dress 2.10 cents vest 2.00
Went to hall oats haled one load John C. Whitley haled for my went back stayed all night at S. W. M Larty.
Came home with another load a pease
Plowed corn in the forenoon-rain in the evening
Plowed corn to day
Finished plowing corn to day by 12 oclock-very warm but growing weather - Anne and me went on a visit to G. W. M Larty.
Sabath day went to S. W. M Larty-came home in the evening
Howed corn in the forenoon- John Whitley and me made a table for him-the boys howing for granpap in his newground
Howed for granpap to day the worst howing I ever done-we have worked very hard this year in our crop and thrashing
August 1850
I went to mill the boys howing for granpap- I am sick to day.
I went with cotton to S. W. M Larty -put posts under his gin house
Baught no. 159 in the 2 of Carrol from John Callton -came to meeting meeting at the new meeting house.
At meeting to day a good many of the friends with us.
At meeting to day meeting closed to day -very litle stir among the people .
Thrashed John Baggets wheat 4 bushels -thrashed Wm Maqouirks wheat 7 bushels-I have been sick for several days-very sick to night
Better this morning but very weak
Washed our late wheat this morning about half swam away and brlowed the ballence of our wheat
still dry
Went to the camp meeting
Sabath day at the camp meeting-came home in the evening
Started to the fare in Atlanta
Drove to Atlanta
At the fare more people their than I saw at one time
Still at the fare
Started home stayed at Parkes Stricklins
Drove home to day no rain yet
Sabath day went to John Carlton-great rain their to day
Came home from John Carlton
parkes commenced laying my flore to day-loft flore
Worked at the flore to day Parkes worked to day
Parkes worked till midle of day and then went to the lodge
Parke worked to day.
Parkes very unwell to day
Parkes worked to day very grate storm-Parkes went home to day
Sabath day Ann sick to day-Parkes came to day
Worked on the sash to day
thru 31 do do
went to Mark Mucelwreath on a visit
September 1850
Sabath day came home from Mark Mucelwreath
Commenced pulling fodder
Puled fodder
Puled fodder head ake to day put up two stacks to day. 88 bundles
Puled fodder to day put up one stack 400 bundles I worked to day with a very sore hand
Went to mill and Alexander and my self worked on the mutting house-put up one stack of fodder 500 bundles.
Tyed fodder in the morning put up one stack 700 bundles -rain to day very plesent showers to day finished putting up my newfield fodder to day 2400 bundles
Sabath day at home to day the children went to the Baptist meeting
Parkes worked at the Sasj(?) to day
thru 14 do do
15. Sabath day
Parkes worked to day at the parteteen(sp)
do do
do do went to the lodge
Worked on the partetion
Run the stairs to day
Made a shuter for the room door-Parkes wint home-Ann and me went to S. W. M Larty on a visit.
Sabath day started home met pap and mam John Morris and Caroline turned back to Wilsons their all day.
Picked cotton I picked 101 lbs.
Picked in the forenoon Parkes came this evening
Hunted a screw pin cut it to day.
Worked at the screw pin
Parkes and Alexander went to muster Mr Finch and Hearvy tryed to hal the pin but failed haled some tender.
Saterday W. H. Mlarty haled for me to day we haled the pin to day with hard work
Sabath day at home to day
Parkes worked today
Parkes worked for me 50 days on my house and 19 on my screw. George worked for me 15 days on the screw
October 1850
Parkes worked to day we worked on the screws
do half day
do
do
do half the day
sabath day at home
Parkes worked to day
thru 11. Do do Parkes wint home
12. We worked on the screw do do
Sabath day at home
Parkes worked to day
do
do
raised the screw
Parkes worked to day he went home
We worked on the screw
Sabath day pap and me went to se John he very sick
Worked at the Mechun house and I went to cort
We worked on the house picked some cotton
gined some
Packed one bag for Wilson
Gined to day
Gined to day and packed two bags
Sabath day very cool day
Gined one bag for granpap
Gined for Mr. Sewell to day
Gined and packed cotton for Mr. Sewell one bag 455 to 519
Gined to day packed one bag for Mr Garm over 650 lbs
November 1850
Puled corn to day
John C. Whitley haled corn for me today we picked cotton to day
Sabath day at home John M Larty came to se us
We picked cotton to day and run the gin
Packed one bag for S. W. M Larty and picked cotton the finest time for gathering crops I ever saw
We all picked cotton to picked 556 lbs
The boys gined to day and I went to muster
Gined cotton to day for George Allen and packed two bags
Gined cotton to day for Entrican
sabath day at home to day
Gined cotton for Jackson Baggett and W. H. Maqouirk one bag a peace
gined one bag for Mrs Ferris
Gined cotton for S. W. M Larty and I went to Thomas Entriken house raising the hands worked very lazy indeed
Gined cotton for S. W. M Larty and packed two bags for him
Picked cotton to day
Picked cotton to day
Sabath day very heavy frost
Ann had her (erased ) to day it is very cold Hearvy and Anna and Charity was here.
I went to Villarica and the boyes gined cotton very wet day
Gined to day
Gined to day
Hunted the sheap very wet day
Gined to day
Sabath day at home wint to R. Benson.
Gined to day
Gined cotton to day
Gined to day and started to Atlanta
Drove near to Atlanta
Sold our cotton at 12 cents
Drove home to day very wet trip
December 1850
Sabath day at home
Gined some to day
Gined at my own cotton to day - wet day- gined 738 lbs from the house - started to Atlanta
Drove to Atlanta
Sold our cotton at 12 cents
Traded for our nusserye and
drove out Robert Gilliam to
Sabath day
Drove home
Done no work to day
Gined to day helped Mr. Sewel to kill hogs
Haled corn to day
Haled corn to day
Finished halling corn packed cotton for S. H. M larty two bales
Sabath day at home
Gined cotton to day for S. Smith and Asbery Entryken damp day
Gined to day cool day
Picked cotton out of the patch -cotton is very hard to pick clean
Done no worke to day the boys went to mill very wet
Haled wood and worked on the meeting house.
Hunted hogs to day found none of them Alexander went home with uncle Robert
Sabath day we went down to paps -John Morris and Caroline was their very wet day -the children is very bad with the hooping caugh
Done no work to day
Helped pap to kill his hogs and received some cotton into the Machien house.
Christmas day went to S. W. M Lartys to a squirl hunt our children is very bad off with the hooping caugh
Went and fixed Margaret Maxwells clock sold two dollars worth apple trees to Jeames White.
very wet day done no work to day
Bingley bad of to day went to S. W. M Larty
Sabath day went to day to se Bingley stayed all night
Came home the boys gined to day
Dark wet day went to se Bingley - he is very bad-thes endeth the year 1850
January 1851
Kiled Margaret Maxwell hohs and went to the lodge -cold night
Snowing very fast and very cold and snowed all night
Clear day hunted hogs in the afternoon found some of them and kiled 5 after midnight when we got done with them
6. Went to the election payed Samuel Watson for schooling seven dollars and fifty cents - I will try and not put my name to paper after this without I excpect to benifited.
Went to Campbellton to se Carllon the boys picked cotton.
We all picked cotton to day -Mary and Mangum Maxwell helped us to day
Hunted hogs in the forenoon and the boys gined Mr Entrikens house cotton
Finished picking cotton out of the patch very pleasant day -glad we are done picking
Gined one bag for Mr. Sewell
Sabath day wrote to John P. M Larty
Worked on the meeting house
Worked on the meeting house
Went to the lodge and the boys worked on the house
Helped S. W. M Larty to catch three hogs
Hunted hogs found 4 of my hogs
Very cold -went to meeting so cold that their was no sermon preached
Sabath day at home
Kiled six hogs to day and marked six -cut two bores went to S. H. M Lartys
Kiled 4 hogs Wilson and Hearvey helped me to kill them
Salted my meet and the boys gined helped A. McKelvy to role logs -wet day
Packed one bale and hunted pateridges
Went to help S. M. M Larty to raise his mill traugh
Cut logs
Sabath day at home
Went after geese to Mr Baggetts
Haled cotton and went to S. W. M Larty
Came home and kiled my hogs
Worked at our meet
Termendious cold I am 39 old to day.-haled wood I went with S. W. M Larty to bate hog pen
February 1851
Cut basket wood and salted our meet
Satabh day at home
Gined cotton to day
Gined to day
Went to Vanzants log roling
Packed cotton to day
Worked at our cotton David White and Selina and children came to se us.
Gined some
Sabath day at home a grate many here to day - John Garman and wife came to se us.
David and Selina returned home - grate raines last night - I was very sick all night
Cool this morning the boys cut logs
The boys cut logs and I helped Mr. Entriken to role logs
Roled my logs to day the hands worked very well done by 12 o clock rain in the evening very cold.
Gined cotton to day
Grate rains last night and this morning
Sabath day very cold
We went after our bulls to Mr Camps-plesent day one of them is the poorest cow brute alive
Commenced plowing to day
The boyes plowed and I helped Lewis Magown to role logs and Ann and me went to S. W. M Lartys
Went to S. W. M Larty stayed all night-grate rains at night
Came home
Made one pair of shoes for Alexander
Sabath day E. W. Maxwell came home from N. C. to day
Went to S. W. M Larty.
Started to Atlanta
Traded in Atlanta
Started home
Drove home the boyes haling manure
March 1851
Haled manure to day
sabath day Ann and me went to John Baggett and then to W. Maqouirk
Commenced sowing oats
Payed Talors agent for his gin $80.00. Finished sowing oats to day Anne and myself went to A. McKelvy at night
The boyes haled at the manure and I went to Villarica to engage my meet
Worked at making a soap traught
Rained all night -all day made shoes to day for pap
Made shoes for Mary to day - the boyes went to mill
Sabath day went to E. W. Maxwells
The boyes went with our bacon to Villarica
Commenced ridgen our cotton land very tired to night
ridged cotton ground to day
Ridged cotton to day Went to meeting to day
Ridged cotton to day
Gined some and plowed some rain- Robert Gilliam came to se us
Sabath day Sabath scool commenced to day
Plowed some wind very high-cleaned out the stables
Plowed to day-Robert Gilliam went home to day
Plowed at the old field to day and yesterday
Commenced haling manure on the old field plesent day 13 loads
The whipperwill hollowed this morning-haled manure to day 14 loads
Very wet day in the forenoon John Baggett cut our horse and bull S. H. Mlarty and W. Maqouirk and Jackson Baggett helped
Sabath day our scool commenced
Haling manure all day finished haling
Went to mill and to S. W. Mlarty for sweet potatoes and the boys went to old Mr. Camps for our bull -set our logs afire -bedded out our sweet potatoes
went to John Baggetts for paps sheep
Hunted sheep to day
Haled wood to day
Dark morning some rain S. W. M Larty and wife and Ann and myself went to John F. Morris on a visit
Sabath day went to meeting Mr. Lingo preached and wet day came home in the rain
Some rain -went to hunt our stears lost in the woods-commenced planting corn at twelve a clock -earlier than ever I planted at this place -it is warm and showers of rain
N. McLarty was born the 31st day of January A.D. 1812 Ann McLarty was born the 29th day of Sept A. D. 1814 , This 19th day of April 1851
April 1851
Dark morning some rain last night went to hunt our stears found them rain all day
Planted corn to day
Some cooler to day planted corn to day
Planted corn to day finished the cotton ground by 12 a clock and commenced on the other piece
Rain to day the boyes went to mill and the Smith shop I made steps
Sabath day at Sabath scool I did not like the way it was caried on
Planted some corn
Last night a constant thunder
Scatered manure to day
The boyes scatered manure I helped Thomas Entriken to role logs.
Commenced planting cotton plesent day planted cotton yesterday
Finished planting the old field cotton Iam very tired to night
Sabath day
Plowed in the cotton ground
Finished planting corn to day very tired to night
Commenced planting paps cotton field
Finished paps field and commenced on the patch below the house finished the patch below the house
Planted the orchet to day finished planting to day
Plesent morning Ann and me went to meeting Mr. Smith preached Norton escorted
Sabath day we went to meeting Mr. Greegs preached and Mr. Norton
Commenced working our corn -headake all day
Worked at the corn I went to the shop
Worked on the corn
Worked on the corn
Friday plowed corn in the forenoon -rain in the evening - very cold rain and disagreeable it is so cool that corn and cotton takes a poor start
Cotton gust commenced coming up went to meeting to day Morton preached
Sabath day went to meeting -Winn preached-Winn preached a very little feeling-went to night to hear Norton preach on faith
Fixing to start to Atlanta
Started to Atlanta
Sold my cotton for 9 cents and started home
(in Pencil) a low price for cotton as it takes so much labor
May 1851
Drove home found all well
The boyes struck of cotton. I went to cort ground
I went to Crossamerecort the boyes worked on the meeting house
Sabath day at home
Went to G. W. Mlarty he made me two plows for to work cotton
Commenced plowing our cotton heavy frost this morning
Plowed cotton to day went to lodge
Came home plowed cotton
Plowed cotton to day dry weather
Finished working over our cotton the first time and Anne and me went to S. H. Mlarty on a visit
Sabath day came home from S. H. Mlarty.
Plowed corn to day
The boyes plowed -I helped E. W. Maxwell to role logs
Plowed corn to day -I went to S. W. mLarty and baught a cow and calf of him for 10 dollars
Came home from S. W. Mlarty finished working our corn over
Planted peas to day very dry
Commenced working over our cotton the second time very dry weather
Sabath day
Howed cotton Parkes and me done no work
Pap roled logs to day very warm
Anna and me went to Villarica-traded some
Came to meeting brother Lingo preached
Howed cotton
Plowed cotton to day and children howed
Sabath day Parkes Stricklin came to se us last night went home this morning-he braught a carridge to pap.
Plowed cotton in the forenoon and thined the corn helped granpap to move fence in the evening
Plowed cotton to day
Howed cotton to day all hands eurg(sp?)
Howed to day
Howed to day
Went to Villarica for brother Freeman
June 1851
Sabath day Brother Freeman preached to day and at night
Went home with brother Freeman
Planted our sweet potatoes and sprouted our oats
Finished gining last years cotton
Plowed cotton to day
Plowed for granpap and howed all hands done a good dayes work
The children howed for granpap-Alexander and me went to the shop -It is 19 years since Anne and me was married
Sabath day at Sabath scool lite rain to day
Plowed cotton to day done a grate dayes plowen
Plowed cotton to day and commenced plowing corn
Worked on the Machien house and the boyes plowed
Commenced thrashing Thomas Entrikens wheat 43 bu and Kilgos wheat 12 bu
Thrashes Asa Sewell wheat very smuty wheat
Cleaned Mr Sewells wheat 70 bushels and thrashed granpaps 22 bushels
Sabath day at home
Plowed corn to day
Plowed to day
Thrashed some of John F. Morris wheat
Thrashed some for John F. Morris - Sewell 17 bu
Finished thrashing for John F. Morris 72 bushels -skined apple tree to day -Alex Baggett 14 bushel
Willie Clinton wheat to day 37 bushel - John C. Whitleys 9 bushels skined a tree
Sabath day went to meeting
Thrashed 12 bushels for Wiley Clinton-skined a tree to day thrashed 11 bu for Wiley Clinton thrashed 45 for Wm Thompson
Thrashed 23 bushels for Thompson and 17 for Lewis Maqouirk
Thrashed Mr Meeks wheat 10 bu-Mr Meeks 6 do Thrashed E. W. Maxwell wheat 35 bu
Plowed in the forenoon and commenced thrashing A. McKelvy wheat in the evening very tired tonight
Finished thrashing A. M Kelvy wheat -cleaned A. McKelvy wheat 76 bushels thrashed C. Wright 8 bushels
Thrashed David Entriken wheat 38 bushelsdo John Entriken do 39 bushels
sabath day we went to meeting Mr Lawton preached in the morning and in the evening
Commenced cuting oats -the boys plowing cotton thrashed Wm Maqouirks wheat 13 lite rain to day done a grate deal of work in this month entirely two much business.
July 1851
Finished cuting oats the boyes plowing cotton tied up our oats and haled them in dry doo day-we are sufering for rain very bad.
Commenced enocalating my nurcery the boy plowing cotton the children howing corn cotton blossoms a plenty
Howing cotton very dry corn looks very bad -my cotton in durty and hard to how
went with children to Villarica to the exabition - stayed at S. W. Mlarty all night
Came home from S. W. Mlarty howe cotton very dry the crop is failing fast
Sabath day
Monday howed cotton
Howed cotton
Finished howing our cotton field by 12 a clock thrashed Canady Entriken wheat 6 bu - plowed some in the evening
Enoculating some to day the boys howing cotton
Started to mill at sweet watter
Lat at mill all day
Sabath day came home from mill
The boyes plowed cotton I went after sheap to Jackson Baggetts
Done no work to day-cloudy day -the boys howed cotton Ann and me went to S. W. Mlarty
Came from S. W. Mlarty the boyes howed cotton
went to David Whites
Went to Exibition
went to Marrietta
sabath day came to Parkes Stricklin
Came home we had some rain while we ware gone
Worked at our cotton
worked at our cotton
Worked do
Worked do
Went to Jeames Cort it is dry
Sabath day went to meeting
The boyes went after the stear to Camp
It looks like every thing will burn up for want of rain
done no work to day -made a wash traugh
Done no work to day - it lookes like the crop would dry up
August 1851
Dug a soap traugh to day
Cloudy day no rain to day
Sabath day G. W. M Larty and wife with us last night and to day -some rain-Sinda maried last night a good many negroes at paps
Cloudy and like for rain -nice rain in evening
Rain
Went to the lodge
Stayed at S. Mlartys and Charles Polk Anna and me
Came home we went to the sing the teacher and lady came home with us
Went to the sing to day
Sabath
went to S. W. Mlarty to work on thrasher
Came home sicke
Sick to day
Started to Atlanta -Ann and Alexander and my self drove into Atlanta
Traded at Norcross store
Drove home found all well
Sabath day at home to day
Done no work to day-Alexander very sick -we have had a good rain
Dark day
Dark day and rain
rain to day
Very liitle rain to day
Finished paps buggy house
Sabath day at home
Commenced puling foder
do do
rain
Worked at the foder
do do
sabath day at the scool
September 1851
Puled foder to day
do
do
do do finished puling foder
Tied foder and marked some cotton blossoms
dry all this month
(The entries are incomplete and scatered from this point . Pages are missing especially of the Civil War years.)
October 1851
We have picked a good deal of cotton
Went to the camp meeting in Cobb
very dry weather
Picked cotton -rain at night
Sabath day
(in pencil)
January 1st 1852
Cloudy to like for rain
Feb cloudy in the morning
Mar 4 cool in the evening (months of year written in margin)
April 3 clear and cool (dates are for January 1852
May 4 nice day
June 5 wet and cold some snow
July 6 Cold windy day
August 7 windy day
Sept 8 cool morning
Oct 9 Plesent day
Jesse Mc ellareath commenced working for me the 16th day of February, 1852
March 8th 1852
Grafting for 1852 -commenced at NW corner to first stone Hallseedlings to second stone pound apple -to 3rd stone toun pippen -to 4 stone Sewell seedlings-to 5 stone red June -to 6 stone Morrisons apple
M. Pitman near Nelsons fery want trees
Mr. Umpheyr wanrs 12 late and 8 early trees
February 1852
Very plesent for this month but very cold -sowed our oats in this month
March 1852
Commenced clearing our new ground planted some corn in this month -very dry and windy in this month very good new ground corn
April 1852
Fine growing month
May fine growing month
June started to Texas but went no farther than Mississippi glad to get home some dry weather
July fine growing month
August a plenty of rain
Wilsons wife died on the 25th -grate rains on the 26 and 27th
31 very plesent day the fodder is tere up very day-trained my apple trees to day
January 1853
Father departed this life on the 21st of this month aged 77 and 28 days
March 8th commenced gragting south side of the garden-the first row pound apple -2 yellow June - 3 Red June-4 Hallseeding 5 -Morrison apple -6 Touwn pippen
The weather is very wet -no plowing can be done very hevy rains about every other day -we are very backward with our plowing
26th commenced sowing oats
April 5th commenced planting corn 2 finished the 6 acre patch
15 commenced planting cotton
18 planted to day
April 19 planted to day
20 finished to day ay 11 oclock planted 33 acres this year
22 roled my new ground logs hard days work
23 Helped Mr. Freeman to role
25 Commenced working our corn in the last years new ground
Lines that plese me
I live for those that love me
for those I know are true
for the heaven that smiles above me
and awaits my spirit too
for all human ties that bind me
for tha task by God assigned me
for the bright hopes left behind me
and the good that I can do
I live to learn their story
whove suffered for my sake
to emulate their glory
and follow in their wake
bards martyrs patriots sages
the noble of all ages
whose deeds crowd historys pages
and times grate volume make
I live to hale that season
be gifted minds foretold
when men shall live by reason
and not alone by gold
when man to man united and every wrong thing righted
the whole world shall be lighted
as eden of old
I live to hold communion
with all that is devine
to feel there is a union
twiset natures hart and mine
to profit by affiction
reap truthes from fields of fiction
grow wiser from conviction
and fulfil each grate design
I live for those who love me
for those who know me true
for the heaven that smiles above me
and awaits my spirit too
for the wrong that needs resistance
for the cause that lacks assistance
for the future in the distance
and the good that I can do
N. Mlarty March 27,1853
May 1853
Very dry throughout this month
June still very dry no rain
July 3-very dry the corn is nerely cut off that is old corn the worst apairence of a crop I ever saw -cotton is very small and white with bloom-a fine rain to day
Showery to day
A good rain to day -Started to Atlanta -very warm
In Atlanta -traded to day
Drove home
Plowing corn laying by
Layed by our sweet potatoes and planted a patch of corn
Sabath day lite showers
Hevy rain to day in the evening -commenced plowing our cotton
Rain to day the ground is wet
Plowed at our cotton
plowed do do
Finished plowing over the cotton
Rain today
sabath day rain
Howed cotton
Howed cotton
Plowed corn in the new ground rain to day
Rain to day worked some
Worked at the corn no rain
Worked at the corn planting peas
sabath day at meeting
Worked our newground-I amm planting peas yet
Worked mothers cotton and commenced plowing my cotton and sprouting my new ground
do do
Finished laying by our crop-drak wet day
Agrate deal of rain to day
no entry
August 1953
Rain a plenty this month went to the fair in Atlanta, but never went in the fair
Barbacue on the 9th
Started to the fare in Atlanta
12 Drove home -commenced getting our rock for our chimney
20 Dry and cool nights
26 went to Pumpkion town to the nomination - nominated Bery Watts for the senit and S. W. Hartsfield for the reprasenitiv-Bevors ,Cochram Gibson and some others we will try to Miord them for their friendship and some of the delagats
September 1853
3 Fathers property apraysed at $1800
5 Commenced grathering cotton
14 Campmeeting commenced a very warm meeting
15 Old Mrs. Smith died to day
26 Picked cotton day it is very hard to pick
27 do do
Journal for 1854
Finished planting corn the last of March
Finished planting cotton the 26 of April
Planted our sweet potatoes the 27 of April
June -done a grate deal of work in this month at cort in February and in March again as Grand Juryman
August 1854
1 Very dry the first of this month
18 Rain to day a good rain-I have been worse with pains for some time than ever I was -my cotton is titer this year than ever I had in this country or any other -but we are blessed more than we deserve for if we was to get only what deserve we would be pore indeed. Property that A. N. M Larty give to his daughter Mary on the 13th day of Dec 1854
two beds and cover 50.00 one burrow $151 glass and drawer 1.50 -3 chairs 1.87 --1 side saddle 14.001 bed stead 5.00 - 1 clock 3.50 1 cow 10.00 1 sow and pigs 6.00 -ovin and lid 1.05 - one little pot .40 -one kittle 1.00-one big pot 2.00
February 27th 1855
Ann had her child to day -very cold this month
Marched 9th commenced grafting
commenced at the north east corner 9 first rows Hallseedling-the next 8 rows Morrison apple - 2 Sewells seedling-1 row town pippen -3 rows red June - 2 horse apple-2 Northern good-1 pound apple-1 yallow June
November 14, 1855
My wife Anne departed this life -she was sick for some months but she never repined-she allways said the will for the Lord be done-the night before she departed she said she never felt so easey in she sayed the happy spirts were all around her bed and in truth Jesus can make a dieing bed a soft as downy pillows are-She wanted all her friend and children to come and pell for them selves how easey Jesus can make a dieing bed-she said she was going to leve us but if we would put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ our parting would not be long A. N M larty March 25th 1856 (page missing)
April 19th-1858
21st commenced planting cotton 22-23-24
24th hevy frost this morning
28 finished planting cotton
29th plowing corn
30 plowing corn
May 1 finished plowing our corn -nise time to work-Leuisa sick for several days
1959 made 18 bales cotton
1860
Jan done a good deal of work
Febry plowed all this month
March-Plowing this month
23 commenced planting corn
April 11 commenced planting cotton -sowed the seed and did not cover them I think it a bad plan-planted 60
May Worked very hard all this month -to time lost only waiting on mother -she is worse with pains than ever saw any body
June still hard at work- Mother
17th Sabath day mother very----the seson very good rain a---24---(page missing)
January 17, 1861
At home our regment is now at Griswoldvill-I want my children to know that the Griswold family is the best friends that the soldires has met with and the Causeys and Brantleys and Williams -if our country had all sutch men we could conquer the worldA. Mlarty
(about 21 pages cut from book at this point)
(the remaining pages lists debts and receipts)
Joseph R. Farmer cotton 1 bale 320 1 to 364 at 11 cents 75.24
baggen and roping 6 3.00
72.24
Mothers part 18.06
balance due Farmer 54.18
paid to Wallis 18.37
November 4th 1857 due J. R. Farmer 35.81
Due to W.A. M Larty in settlement
paid W.A. Mlarty $202.14
due A. H. M larty $79.57
received of W. A. Mlarty $186.24
in notes for collection $ 15.49
received a recipt on Thomas A. Lathem for notes on E.W. Maxwell
amount 250.00
7.48
list of notes
1 on John Bright and M. Freman $71.49
1 on John M. Johnson and Endsey 48.00
1 on John Engle and samuel Hallman $ 7.42 (marked paid)
1 on Samuel Hallman $9.13 (marked paid)
1 on John p. McKelvy and Isaac W. McKlvy 13.00
1 on G. W. M Larty $73.10
1 on M. C. Maxwell and E. J. Mattock $21.25
1 on A. G. Endsley and Wm P. Clinton $5.50
1 on William Hallman 12.00
1 on Francis Wilson and Isaac Bentley 20.00
1 on Madison Freeman and W. S. Wisley 21.00
1 on A. N. Stone James D. Stone 8.87
1 on Thomas Wickes 4.07
this is W. A. M larty nores that I have for collection- A.N. McLarty
list of notes belonging to Joseph R. Farmer one on Jacob Vansant 24.26
1 on Lindsey Freeman John Engle 8.00
1 on A. G. Endsley Wm P. Clinton 8.25
Oct 30 1857 (in Pencil)
Henry Orener picked cotton for J.R. Farmer 7.61
do do 9.55
17.16
Martha Vansant 2.00 John Vansant 1.36 Paid to Henry Orener 2.96
Dec 21st 1866
Rec of Yong Vansant 64.31 misstak
for Sarah Mlarty cotton
bought for Henry Oscner one bunch thread 1.00 cents due on it
Yong Vansant 60 trees
Bowen 50 trees
Wm Magouirk 155 trees
Nathen Lipcomb 60 trees
Hohn Hewey 48 trees
Wheeler 50 trees
Butler 60 trees
John Ergle 18 trees
Henry Ohner 40 trees
Henry Ohner to $6.67 for salt
Jeams Greegs 25 trees
Wilks Vansant 50 trees
Caroline Rice 25 trees
Whitley 300 trees (rec of Whitley 20 dollars
W. Maxwell dr to $2.00 for Madison
do to 20 apple trees $6.00
do to Brandy $1.00
payed to Mary C. Farmer $2.50
do to
Mrs. Danforth to 30 trees 3.00
Mary C. Farmer to 7.75
Young Vansant to powder .67
do to Shott .75
500.00
April 4th 1857
paid Mr Pain 42.00 for shingles
dr to S. W. Mlarty 7 lbs tobacco 30 2.00
dr to J. R. Farmer to 70 lbs bacon
Sarah Mlarty to 200 trees
to seven dollars and forty five 7.45
do to 5.00 due A. N. Mlarty $8.85
list of cotton sold
600 at 30 cents $180
1 bag at .30
2 bags at $140
1 do at $ 27
Sarah Mlarty to one half bushel peas
received of Sarah M larty 4.00
November 3rd 1866
Young Vansant dr to 5.00 dollary by settement
Sold 80 lbs for confederate money
March 9th 1856
Rabern dr to 50 trees $5.00
Hodge Rabern dr to 50 trees $5.00
Andrew McBear dr to 20 trees -$2.00
August 4th 1858 received 1.50 cents -due 50
March 29th Margaret Maxwell dr to 22 apple trees 10 cents per tree-2.00
April 1st H Ohner to 15 apple trees 1.50
April 1856 Young Vansant dr to one side of lather loaned to him
April 29th 1856 Joel Rice to 81 lbs sole lather 25 cents per lb $2.00
do to ten dollars loned money $1.00
Oct 8, 1857 Joel Rice to $4.50 cents loned money $4.50
Rec of Joel Rice $15.00
September 24th 1856 rec of Ezekel Polk $5.00
Nov 10th George Loweng to settlement 93 cents
November 15 th 1856 - Margaret Maxwell dr to 28 apple trees 10 2.80
November 20th 1856 Henry Ohner dr to 1 side sole lather 1.50
september Mr. Jones to 53 lbs bacon 6.62
Nov 19th do to 17 lbs 80 2.12
A. McLarty dr to A. N. McLarty settlement $55.00
Feb 10th W. A. McLarty to one dollars worth shugar 1.06
1 lb soda
April 19th dr to W. A. McLarty $15.20
May 16th dr to W. A. McLarty $1.45
William A. Mc|Larty
received of the money that he let me have at one time
$20.00
another time $2.00
another time $5.00
do to 2.00 dollars worth nalies 2.00
rope .75
soda and ginger .25
do to 40 cents for tax .40
do to to dollar for coffe 1.00
March 1856 Jeames Smith dr to one side of lather price not named
Jeames Smith to $(?) dollar
April loaned money
1865
Thomas Hicks dr to A. N. Mclarty
1 sow and pigs
cotton
1866 to one bushel of peas 1.50
Dederick Laminack to one bushel peas 1.50
Jeames Linsey to bushel peas
Money received for the preaches for 1854
1854 Jacob Vanzant dr to 933 lbs foder at 75 cents per hundred 7.00
March 1, 1855 dr to Young Vansant
1 day washing of his negro woman
do to weaving twenty five yards
do to working one day in shop
dr to Young Vansant 40 cents for interest
May 23 Young Vansant dr to A. N. McLarty to 75 cents for tithe loned money
July 31st 1855 do to @.50 for manual cote paid to Herring .50
September 7th do to 30 cents in settelment 30
March 20th 1856 do to two dollars worth shugar 2100
August 11 Young Vansant to 65 cents 60 for slate and book
Oct 30th to one lb soda 10
1856 do to 1.00 worth coffe 1.00
1 bolt shirting 2.66
cloke stuff 1.17
Feb 10th to 23 lbs from 5 1.32
13.47
.50
13.97
February 17 1854
maguorick dr to 16 apple trees 1.60
W. Laminack dr to 56 trees 5.60
credit to 5.00
.60
Divid Entrikin dr to 10 trees 1.00
do to White dr 10 trees 1.00
April 20th 1854
received of Reubin Vanzant $20.00
Young Vanzant dr to
two pair of shoes 2.50
to 2 lb shot .20
to do lead .20
to percushion caps 37
to two spools thread .10
to 10 gallon mollasses 3.35
to paid for gun 9.00
five plugs tobaco .50
received 10.00 dollars
10.00
Young Vanzant dr to settlement 2.66
June 16th brorrowed 15 dollrs from S. W. McLarty -A. N. Mclarty
B. Elder Barnesville Pike Co. Ga
June 7th 1853
Jessie McElwreath to 1.00
August 11th do to $12.00
September 9th 1853
Joel Rice dr to 6 pair of shoes at $1.12 per pair $6.75
Thomas Hennon to cash 2.92
Thomas Hennon for tabaco .25
Dur Mam 2.25
Jesse Mcelwreath to $15.00
do for shirting 1.00
do for tabaco .50
do for hat 2.00
do for trunk 2.00
29 do to 40.00
June
January 7th 1854 Joseph R. Framer
dr to A. N. McLarty one coat 12.00
March 1854 Thomas Hennon dr to 5.00 loans
May 1854 Joseph R. Farmer dr to one vest 4.00
Joseph R. Farmer to 50 cents for tan
May 9th 1854 Thomas Hennon dr to one dollar worth coffe 1.00
June 31st 1854 George Kelly dr to lbs bacon at 8 cents per lb 4.00 received of Samuel Hallman $4.00
1856 recceived of Thomas Henon 54 busels cotton seed at 10 cents a bushel
December 26th 1851
Mr Harp dr to 25 apple tree
Martin McElwreath dr to 25 apple trees by Mr. Harp 2.90
January 9th 1852
Mr Pain dr to 82 lbs pork 5 cents per lb $4.10
January 30th 1852
Thomas Entriken dr to two dollar worth apple trees 2.00
Jan 30th Margaret Maxwell dr to apple trees at 8 cents per tree $2.16
February 9th 1852 John Entrykin dr to one dollars worth apple trees
April 15th 1852 John C. Whitley dr to 60 lbs bacon at 8 cents per lb $4.80
June 15th 1852
1 thrashed C. W. (?) wheat to day 31 bushels
2 David Enterkins wheat 47 bushels
3 Louis Maquire wheat
4 Asa Sewels 74 bushels
5 John McLarty 40 bushels
6 James Smith 22 bushels
7 John Entirkins 32
8 C. W. Maxwell 69 bushels
bought S. W. McLarty 73 lbs flower at one time 81 lbs another time 154 lbs settled in full
(one day after dathe we or either of us -William Mclarty his name-remember me when I am gone) (this is in pencil)
August 20th 1851
W. McLarty to
1 sack salt 1.90
3 lbs tobaco 1.22
40 lbs coffe 5.00
1 sacred harp 75
pap to doz glass tumblers 1.00
to one hat 1.50
do one lb soda .10
do one lb tea 1.25
October 31st 1851
dr to G.W. McLarty
for sundery articles mistake of $2.80 Which makes the account $14.19
Borrowed of S. W. Mlarty for the pay David $3.00
do to 1.00 and 78 cents for tax
These last pages would be difficult to copy except by photography-This copy of the last pages will only serve to give an idea of the values of that time and to mention some of the names of A. N. McLartys neighbors - he must have operated a general store type of business in addition to his farming. The use of dr means debtor. Most of the accounts listed here are scratched through are listed as paid or settled
