Henry County GaArchives Photo Document.....Knowles Diary, Journal Of James B., 1852-1858 c.1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Larry C. Knowles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002854 May 6, 2007, 4:35 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd12735gph.jpg Image file size: 143.1 Kb THE JOURNAL OF JAMES B. KNOWLES, 1852-1858 (page 7 of 137) December 1852/January 1853 Continued: “back to S. Moore’s all night”. The 12th: “to the I(s)land Sholes to see about some wool hats-to James Kings all night”. [Next morning, he stayed for a sale at King’s, then overnighted with Moore]- “expecting to start home next morning”. [On the 15th, he was delayed by rain]-“started after dinner”. __________________________ [Daily entries continued at the top of page five] [Begins here on Dec. 27, 1852]-“I left home to come to Henry County for to go to school to Jas. Hilsman-my father came(with)me..got about 4 miles this side of Montezuma-we lay out..blew off very cold”. [The next evening they traveled with Walles C. Garner]-“stade.. this side of Hopewell with him”. [After a night at S. Nolin’s, they came on to Samuel Moore’s in Henry Co.] The 31st: “we went to John Hail’s & got our horses shod-dined…on to)L. H.(Levi) Turner’s-spent the night”. [On January 1st James went back to Hail’s, and his father went to]..“ Bersheba for to see B. G. Hooks about boarding me”. [After a night at Samuel Moore’s, James started to H. Prya’s(?-Frier’s-?)]- “when I got to Green Maddux I heard the river was past fording-I put up my horse..waited until evening when they sat(?)me over in a bateau(?)-went to the widow Prya’s-all night-but saw H. P.”. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd12735gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb