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, 10:39 pm Source: Larry C. Knowles-private Xerox Microfilm Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd13083gph.jpg Image file size: 145.5 Kb THE JOURNAL OF JAMES B. KNOWLES, 1852-1858 (page 83A* of 137) October 13-31, 1855 The 13th continued: "Adjourned school-went to pl.(plantation)". The 14th: "Hamp's hands p. cotton for Mr. 1-him & B. Capes-S. han(? ?)in eve-I went with Hamp to S. Turner's-came back to Pl.-came home". The 15th: "Went to S. school-came home". The 16th: "Went to Town with Mr. 1 in buggy-came home". The 20th: "Went hunting-came back-went(went) to meeting-came home-I. H. B. & wife with us-in eve went all three to hunt some hogs-came home & they all went to J. B.'s all night-by myself". The 21st: "went to Church from thence to W. H. T.'s-came home..". The 22nd: "Went to J. B.'s for to write a deed-him & W. H. B.-[the?]Fargason place-Mr. 1 came-I came back with him in eve-we went to see W. H. T. as he was sick-came back home-[between lines in very small script- "as we came home- between N. Jackson's & honey creek he told me if he was me he would not teach school here next year. I told him that I thought it would be best to teach.."- lines mangled, some words omitted]. The 23rd: "Raining-we went hunting-came home as it was raining-then went (to) J. B.s-he worked on Shop-came home at noon". The 25th: "Went to Pl(?)-then to S. Turner's-came home". The 26th: "Went to S. Shoals-horse shod-came home-then to Gin house". The 27th: "Went with Mr. 1 to G. House-we are together a great deal-sometimes at a distant(distance) & I am afraid he is mad with me-which renders me much disatifaction- I am as a fish out of water-out of employment-paying board 33 1/3 cents per day-me & horse-here all eve". The 28th: "I went to S. School-home with J. B.-he went with me to W. H. T.'s-I stad all night". The 30th: "To store-home-to Sharon-Jas. Copeland(?)was beried-came home-started to T. Thrasher's-defered it-came back". The 31st: "To T. T.'s with him in buggy-in the eve we went to Gin House-came home-I think too much of Mr. 1 but cannot help it". _________________ * James numbered two pages as "83". He mislabeled this one as "Nov"-instead of October. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/photos/documents/knowlesd13083gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb