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 21, 2007, 10:36 pm Source: Larry C. Knowle-private Xerox Microfilm Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd13082gph.jpg Image file size: 134.3 Kb THE JOURNAL OF JAMES B. KNOWLES, 1852-1858 (page 82 of 137) October 1-13, 1855 [Please disregard earlier page sequence warning-pages 82, 83A, 83B, and 84 are in proper order. James used the wrong month on the 83A header and I had inadvertently shuffled the pages.] October 1st: "Election Day-me & Mr. 1 went to town-a good man people out-came home [He then listed the candidates: "Gov. Johnson-A Amer.; Andrews-American; & Overby- Temperance--Congress: Warner-A. A. & B. H. Hill-A.--Senator: A. W. Turner-A. & Dr. Tye-A. A.--Representatives: Masters-A. A. & Lemon-A. A.; Hail- A. & Johnson-American]-all of the Americans elected in this county".] The 2nd: "came to school-all the week at sch.". The 6th: "Messer left Mr. 1-I was with them in making a settlement-to store- came back here till noon-then started to W. H. B.'s-then we went to S. Turner's- cool-rain last night". The 7th: "T. H. B. came here & A. Nesbit-left-I went to S.(Sabbath)school-came back-in the eve we went to S. Shoals to see L. R. Farbus as he was very sick- came home-cool-some frost this morning". The 8th: "came to school-cool-6 schollars". The 10th: "nine scholars-at night went with Mr. 1 to Mr. J. B.'s-he was preparing to go to Covington tomorrow". The 11th: "went with him there-again came to school-wrote this-4 scholars only G., W., J. Bryans (&) W. L.(Lewis)". The13th: "came to school- 5 -at noon broke school perhaps(?)for eve(r) here-G., J., & W. Bryan(s), W. Lewis, S. C. Hester". File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd13082gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb