ENDecember 3, 1853 - December 19, 1853
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1853 Decr 3rd Given out all the negroes their
shoes, Fed alse Jordan, Henry & malissa
had Blankets this year or to day –
clear & fair day weather very cool
Brought Filmore Home this evening,
Mr Miller School Broke up last evening
7th Sent 2 Logs to yates for scantling 16
went to Mrs McCullocks after Plows etc
Balance Cutting & Grubbing in new ground
8th Henry Halling 1 Log to Yates for sheetingthis morning
Balance Cutting Snowing this morning
Haled another & then went to Mrs McC
9. Halled 2 this morning for sheeting plank
& then an oak one for Box Plank
& now one for Hhd Staves, Balance
Cutting in new ground
very cold to day look like for snow
12 Halling Rails Round fresh ground
Cutting & Grubing in new ground
fine weather John D Hunt & Lady
here last Saturday night. Mrs Overby
Died in Charlotte as we hear on
morning between 5 & 6 oclock in
morning the 10th Decr 1853
Elder Plunket Preached his last
Sermon on Sunday & I paid him in
behalf of the Church $65–00
15th Decr Begun to Burn Plant Bed on branch
above House over 20 yds square
took us 3 days nearly
17th Sent Henry to Farris Mill 1 Bbl
Corn & 1 Bbl wheat.
19 went to Court stayed 2 days about
Decree to Divide McCullocks Est.
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Two words: Dec. 9 "Bo.." Plank--can't make that out.
Dec 19: last sentence: "stayed 2 days about D? to Divide ... Est"
"Bo..." looks like "Bon" to me, but that doesn't make sense. I can't do anything about the "D.... to Divide" either.
the "Bo.." word in question is "Box," after many times deciphering JWG's peculiar way of writing this letter, which is two strokes close together, not an actual cross.
the "D" in last sentence is Decree.
entry for the 12th: John D Hunt & Lady. Who is Lady? John's first wife, Martha Daniel, died in 1852. John's third child, Alice, was born in 1854. I believe "Lady" refers to Susan Daniel, Martha's sister, whom John married. It was quite common for a man to marry quickly, as he would need a wife for his young children, Pride—2 years old in 1853—and Mattie, still an infant.