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WE WILL SIT DOWN AND MOURN
The Diary and Notes of NIMROD PORTER Maury County, Tennessee
Volume I Manuscript Volume 1 1836- 1864
1836-1843, Copies of certificates, etc. to N.Porter as Sheriff and election officer of Maury County. Receipts, pp. 1- 12
Miscellaneous notes, weather notes, recipes, etc. pp.13- 22
1861-1864, Personal and farm diary, miscellaneous notes, reports of the War. pp.22-207
Copied from original manuscript volume given for permanent preservation by Frances Moore Stephenson Columbia, Tennessee
to the
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 1947
Recd Feby 6th 1841 of Nimrod Porter Ten Dollars David Ginger
Recd March 13 1841 of N Porter Eight dollars David Ginger
Recd June 5 1841 of Nimrod Porter fifteen dollars $15 David Ginger
Borrowed of Nimrod Porter Ten dollars July 13th 1841 David Ginger
Borrowed of N Porter Two dollars Augt 4th 1841 David Ginger
Borrowed of Nimrod Porter five dollars Sept 18 1841 David Ginger
Recd Nov 9 1836 of N Porter shff of Maury County a certified copy of the polls of the Election began and held the 8th day of Nov. 1836 in Maury County & the part of Martial County formerly belonging to Maury County, of the Election for Elector s to Vote for President & Vice- President of the United States, Nov 9th 1836 -- which was Signed Sealed & directed to the Govenor of the State of Tennessee. Novr 9 - 1836 A. C. Hays P.M.
Recd Sept 21st 1837 of N Porter shff the Certificate of the poles of the Election for Gover in the last Election held the 1st