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1863 January 1st-
Fine bright weather-I returned this
evening from my mothers in Powha-
tan County. Poor Mollie Logan
oldest daughter of James W Logan
died this morning between 1 & 3 A.M.
after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Frank Irving of Cartersville
and Mrs Charles Morris & her sister
Rose came this evening and spent
the night.
January 2- Fine day-at home all
day feeling poorly from dispepsia
3rd- In morning Jane & I drove to J. W. Lo
gan’s.
Jany 4th Sunday Revd W Mortimer preached the
Funeral of Miss Molly Logan to a large assem
blage of neighbors at Dungeness
Text John ch. v. “our friend sleepeth”?
January 5th Respas dedi Johanni propter furtum obesis. I drove to call on Mr Shep
herd at Dr Shult[ier?] ‘s and brought him
home to dinner-he is brother of Mrs Jarvis
carried him home in my buggy-and
took my gun shot at hundred of ducks
but too dark.
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1863 Jany 5th Tuesday-Got sales of my first Boat
load of lumber-22591 Feet B. M. at $70 per
M. Feet B.M. Gross sales $1581.37. Commission $158.13
Toll $16.20- deposited By Mc Carthy & Mitchell to my credit
in Farmers Bk of Va (Jany 5th 63) $1407.04-Jany 6- [this is added to line above word Rainy] Rainy
today from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. after din=
ner drove with Miss A[ne?] Morris by Capt Phi=
pots to Mann Flemings who went to camp
today. I began to haul cord wood
to landing today expect to ship by Breese
tomorrow-..Holman P. began in house at
Dr. Flemings-himself and another hand
on yesterday at 12. M.
January 7 Shipped by Boat Breese Philpot's
master 12 cords wood consigned to
W.P. Mumford & 13 to Geo. N. W. first
1 basket celery bunches containing abt
3 plants each 3 ½ dozen bundles of [word scratched through] leaks
containing 4 leaks each- 129 22/00 Bush.
els of wheat consigned to Deane Hobsen & [James?]
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1863- January 15 Thursday- on 13th Family
from Island dined here they took home in evening
Mr. Phil Cabell & Pink who came here Sun=
day evening-yesterday (14th) we dined at
Island. To day (15th) got letter from
G.N.S. he sold 10 cords of wood for me
at $150-Kept 1 and himself and the
“soldiers”? families got 12 cords-(24 cords
carried by Philpots holding out only 23.
George sold 3 dozen bunches (about 120 stalks
of celery at $18- 3 ½ dozen ^bunches leaks at
10 dollars (about (4 leaks to 1 bunch) depos
iting for me in F.Bk Va $178-
I drove today (15th) to W. Flemings land
ing settled with him freight in lumber
taken to Richmond in Dec.m 20 to 23 and
wood this month and wheat over run=
ly etc in F Bk $117 14/100 in full
with him to this 15th January 1863
sent down by him this evening 1 basket
4 dozen bunches celery-1 do 4 ½ dozen
bunches leaks- Keg for gardners 26
bunches celery- and 6 bag contain
ing 9 ½ bush. fine Irish Potatoes.
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1863
January 16-Drove this morning to Fontaine’s Mill
to see about when he would [saw?] for me. Mr
Kersey thinks they will begin on Monday but
will let me hear. Went over to new grounds
when I came back. Settled some police
matters with four disobedients. Killed
2 partridges & 1 lark.
Jany. 21st Recd few days ago letter from
Deane, H. & James with acts of sales of 131 41/100
Bush. wheat.
Jany. 10th 131 41/100 bush. Red $3.40 $447.67
canal Toll $4.15 [c?] $11.19= 15.34
Nett. Proceeds $432.33
Deposited to my crd. F. Bk $300-
Left in hands of D, H. & James 132.33 $432.33
went to Court on Monday 19th- dined in
yesterday at [Maben?] Hobsen's, M. Fleming, Julien
H. & Tom Curd there.rained all night last
night (20th & 21st) Weather dark and drissly
to day- (21st) sorting my Irish potatoes
Jany 21-Day lowering-walked to Fontaine
landing saw Capt. Philpots who sold 9 ½
bush. potatoes at $42- I paid him $5 for his trouble-getting from him $37—GNS
wrote me he sold my vegetables mentioned back
(15th) at $31.50 for celery and leeks and $2.50
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1863
for celery sent by gardiners—Captain Phil
pots agrees to take down remainder of my
planks next trip.
1863 Feb. 18th.
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1863 January 24th
Servants’ Vaccination
Billy | Drewry | Hampton |
Hally | Sittleten | L. Carter |
Tilla jr | Royall | Philip |
Jane | L. Primus | Ann |
Margann 5 | Robert | Edward |
Re[wisdr?] | Zack |
|
Lucy Ann | Cara |
|
Mary (Ellen's) | Jim |
|
Manuel | Pleasant |
|
Sally 10 | L. David |
|
Elizabeth | Andrew |
|
Charlotte | Van |
|
Diana | Moses |
|
Mary Bryer | Frederic |
|
L. Amy 15 | Henry |
|
Louisa | Joe |
|
John Martin | Jim Br[uce?] |
|
Lewis | Hannah |
|
Peter | Ellen |
|
Angelina 20 | Emma |
|
Flora | L. Sarah |
|
Mary (Venus) | Fanny |
|
Catherine | Aggy |
|
Susan | Jordan |
|
Maria 25 | Washington 50 |
|
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1863
Feb. 18th Paid J. Thompson jr by ck [ck is underscored twice] on Farmers Bk
$200. balance for Holman’s mother who
had been paid for by J.T. jr. He will give
me bill of sale for her when Holman
pays me the $200 due he will be owner
of his mother but legal title will be in me
as Holman not having been legally emancipated
cannot hold a slave.
Feb. 22 Snowed all night last night and
moderately all day to day very cold
Feb. 23 Clear and cold snow coverages I suppose
10 or 12 inches deep.
Feb. 24. clear Therm. in Passage 17 1/2 [degree mark] A [also an identical line is drawn above this for added emphasis] I think
one day this winter it has been as low as 16 [degree mark]
# Steamer Ship Baltic (American Packet)
See “Living Age”? No. 478 P. 168
Length 283 Feet Breadth 45 feet-depth 32
Tonnage 2723=
March 1st E. J. Perkins Kents’ store Fluvanna
Mr. Robt Hicks & E.J.P.came here to day
News. capt. Hanley English Royl Artillery said to be
Author of “Lady Lee's Widowhood”?
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1863 *
March 21-Saturday evening. Commenced
snowing on Thursday evening 19th and snowed
all night and all day yesterday some little
last night. this morning snow about 1 foot
deep. gloomy and somewhat drisly all to-
day-I see that Lieut. Selden Harris
son of Madison Harris was killed in Bat.
tle on Tuesday 17th near Culpepper C.H.
at same time Major Pelham of Stew-
art’s Artillery was killed about this
date sent money to Miss B.M. Philpots to pay my
postage to Jany 1st 63.
March 26th River very high all over low grounds
April 3rd. Dr Harris gate opening 10 ‘6”? consigned
by gate should be about 11’2”?
Apl. 6th Monday-Bolling Weisiger paid me
$16- to buy 2 bush. p[?] blows ‘tatoes of
Rand. Harrison.
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1863
May 10th-Events of a most startling
fearful and wonderful character have
taken place in our County of Goochd.
within the last 10 days of which I
here make a memorandum just according
to my memory and my impressions
on this day one week ago-May 3 4th [4 is scratched out and 3 added above].
Mr. Andrew Leaks called to see me
about 10 o’clock A.M. with a message
from his father that there was a large
body of Yankee Cavalry over about
Haydensville taking homes and doing other
mischief. I went down to Dogtown at once
where I found Mr. W.D. Leaks, Budwell,
Capt. Hill and others-The result of our
conference was that with the very small force
that we could collect-that the only thing we
could do was to get some young men
action & well mounted to reconoiter and
bring intelligence of the movements of the
Yankees which might decide our inhabi
tants as to what steps were to be taken to
protect our persons or property. I came
home to dinner, and learned from Mr.
Colly that the Yanks were about Columbia
After dinner I took Holman in the
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buggy with me and drove up the road, determining
to learn all I could-on my way up I met
with several persons who endeavored to dissuade
me from going further that they had certain
information that the yanks were destroying
the property of the Allan’s (Bird Creek)
Harrisons of Elk Hill and others. I
continued my drive (resolved to learn
something certain before I came back) to
Elk Hill-there I learned that the Yanks
had just left the plantation abt 15 minutes
before I got there having burnt the long
Bridge connecting Elk Island with main
land-many canal bridges, doing a good
deal of destruction on [word scratched out] the Allan
estates-that they had failed in an
attempt to blow up Columbia aqueduct
and that they were gone to Thomp=
sons X Roads in Louisa County-
In the night Mr. Budwell came over
here about 12 11 or 12 o’clock-and
told Mr Andrew Leake and Mr. W. B. Kean
had gone up 3 chopped road and learn
ed that the enemy was massed in
large force about Thompson & Haydensville
about 10,000 in number-I afterwards
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learned that the forces belonged to Stoneman’s
Division Yank. Cavalry 15.000 in number [about?]
was out on a raid imitating Stewarts
“raid”? into Maryland and Pennsylvania
with the purpose further of destroying rail
roads, canals, telegraphs &c-and
also of making a finish of Genl. Lee’s
Army when it should be defeated and
routed by “Fighting Joe”? Hooker.
On Monday morning about 5 o’clock I sent
Holman out towards Mike Parish’s on very
black mare to see what he could learn
About 12 M. I ascertained he had been
taken prisoner by the Yanks-and that
the Yanks had him at Goochd C.H.
My wife insisted I should go to Powhatan
accordingly I at once went over to Belmead
where I found a good many of my neighbors
with servants and mules. That evening
Jane sent 2 servants with 6 best mules
having heard others reports. Tuesday morning
John came over and told me that
Holman had been released-had gotten home
at 10 P.M. Monday [word scratched out] that they had
kept my black mare but given him another
horse.
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I immediately (Tuesday 11 A.M. 5 May) left
Belmead for my mothers. I got there to
dinner staid till Thursday mine & Bud=
will‘s teams were sent there (to S. E.) got
to Mr. Cockes to dinner staid there all
night got home Friday morning 8th- under-
stood the enemy were all gone-
Our troops under Genl. Lee engaged
Joe Hooker’s Yankee army on Friday, Saturday
Sunday and gained he says “a great
Victory”?
Monday-11th May-I this day got 4 bud
potatoes from John B. Cocke, Belmead
and gave him check on Farmers bank
$55-of which $15 was for Mr. J.B.
Bud[oc?]k (who paid me) and $40 for my
self I also returned him 3 bush corn
which he furnished my hands and teams
T. Bolling came with me home to dinner
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1863
May 16 Sheared sheep today
39 ewes 4 wethers 8 Rams
in all 51 sheep-yield
196 lbs wool average 3 lbs 13 44/100 on
to sheep-last year average4 lbs 8 oz
and several years ago I think 6 lbs
to the sheep. have on hand today
39 grown ewes 2 ewes missing
4 " wethers 1 lamb killed
8 " Rams 1 Ram sold Edwd
14 Lamb-ewes
6 " Rams
9 " wethers
80 Head of sheep in all May 16, 1863
The Rams and wethers very fat-the
ewes thin-lambs good-many small
The reason of having so many rams in
hand is that I left them to be eaten as
lambs last year but we did not consume
them.-
that day are now dead J.C. Rutherford-
Mrs Lavinia Harrison-Judge Field’s son & Judge Field. [These notes enclosed on left side by one large parentheses mark]
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[numeric calculation at top of page]
5280 23350 (442
21120
22300
211200
121000
1
June 8th 1863. This day driving from J.C.
Rutherfords home [illeg] [illeg] Red gate
party Confed. Engines-told me dist. from
Licking Hob Bridge to Red Gate is 1 mile-
2335 feet = 1.442 miles
June 9th 63 sold Edward 1 young ram
Butchered weighing 54 ½ lbs $54 50/100 paid
Mrs. McJ[?] and 4 children came
up this morning's packed-
I dined with Julien H. today J.C. Ruth
erford went with me
(July 22 1870 in looking over this I remem=
ber a talk I had with John Rutherford on the
day above June 9-63 I remarked to him I would
compromise with our lands and liberties. It seem to
strike him fearfully as possibly a good Com
promise but he did’nt like to give up. I rem
ember 4 of parties who dined at Harrison
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