ENFebruary 1, 1851 - February 16, 1851
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1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1
Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches square Edged ^wide & 2 Do Bark
Edged 17. Inches wide & 11 feet Long to make
negro man Isaacs coffin who Died this morning
Feby 3rd Raining this morning striped Tobacco awhile
& then we halled leaves all day after
weather more moderate had 4 or 5 very cold days
6thLambs to this day lost only one —
6th cutting in new ground all hands yesterday or
day before Halled shucks Fodder & Oats
beautifull weather to day ——
7th Plowing in fresh field. Jane & alse in new & childrenground
Henry overseer Fed & myself went to Raise school House
8th Henry gone to Mr Parham Lewis s to Roll Logs
Fed & overseer gone to school House
Jane alse & Jordan gone to new ground.—
Fine weather weather warm ———
9th Went to Meeting tolerable good day
10. Raining a little, taking down Tobacco
& striping in middle Barn —
Rainy evening F.WF. & Cate gone with her homethis morning
Weather warm Jacob gone to bring horse home
Made John D Hunt a Deed for Land near him
JW Odaniel here cleaning & fixing Turner clock
for which I gave him $1 - Raining hard
took down all our Tobacco to strip
13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday
yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up
2 Hhd & went to Chalk Level
14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat
we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets
Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^alivelost 6
Raining this morning
The 11th I went to finish school house card Fed with
Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ &
Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th
15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff
16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial
Notes and Questions
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10th: having trouble with the name. Also see 14th.
The Turner clock has been mentioned before: Thos T Adams started the Turner clock. And Mr. Martin was referred to as a clock doctor. I believe that "clock doctors" used to travel from home to home repairing clocks. My only reference, though, is a novel by Kate Morton, "The Clockmaker's Daughter," set in England.
Is James P Lewis the same as Parham Lewis? Who are the boys or men JWG pays to finish the chimney? None of these names have referred to slaves, and he wouldn't be paying slaves. Is Jacob JWG's son? William Grasty's son wasn't born until 1852 and he had no other children. Mr. Hendrick was a teacher. So they can't be children of Grasty & Hendrick.
Is Miss E McCullock the same as M.A.E. McCullock?
Miss E McCullock's funeral might refer to Elizabeth McCullock, who is listed aged 75 in the 1850 census. That could be the same person whose "place" is mentioned on the 13th; perhaps she was dying at the time?