Henry County GaArchives Photo Document.....Knowles Diary-Journal Of James B., 1852-1858 c1983
************************************************
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 9, 2007, 9:30 pm

Source:             Larry C. Knowles-private Xerox Microfilm
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd12804gph.jpg
Image file size: 148.3 Kb


THE JOURNAL OF JAMES B. KNOWLES, 1852-1858     (page 30 of 137)

August 26 to September 2, 1853

The 26th continued: “to W. T. T.s to get some peaches and mellons”.

The 27th: “after breakfast me & C. D. H. fixt for to go to Sardis-very warm-we 
got there- C. C. White preached-Text 46V 7C. of John-we all elected(?) del
(delegates-?)for to go to the association-M. Reeves, J. Skipper, H. Mase, J. M. 
Bledsau, J. Hail, Bledsau(?), W. C. (?)Welch-I then went to S. Moore’s all 
night”.

The 28th: “10 o’clock started to meeting at R. J. Harper’s-I met up with Mrs. 
Harper-she told me that on the 4 day of August her son Elicha(?)died-he lived 
in Elbert Co. Ga-J. Sk. (John Skipper?)preached-Text was about the wedding sup.
(supper)-I do not mind where it is a present-came home stoped at J. E. B.s-got 
a fine chance of mellons-they came home-I was here writng”.

The 29th: “I came to the school house-we commensed prepar(e)ing for an 
examination next Friday-it will come off whether prepared or not”.

The 31st: “…I drempt last night that I saw C. C. W.-he pr(preached)here today-
this day six years ago my dear sister Rebecca left this world-I feel thankful 
that it has not fel to my lot yet”.

September 1st: “…(this day 6 years ago I followed my sister to the grave-that 
was a very foggy morning-I went(to)store W. Stargell(Wm. Stodghill?)then to R. 
J. Harper’s as he was making the coffin)-tomorrow is our examination day…”.

The 2nd: “I am tolerable well prepared for the day-mist of rain all day-a good 
many persons here conc-idering the state of the wether-I made one mistake in 
working a sum-in Alegbra 22 sum page 112-Philosophy, Botany, and Rhetoric I was 
not examined in-not time”.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd12804gph.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/

File size: 2.5 Kb