[Stewards Mill Store Account for Oliver Young Bonner, 1887] [p. 1] Young Bonner 1887 In Account with J. T. S. & Co. Debit Credit Apr. 13 To Upright or stand for plow. Corneal[1] $ 1.00 13 To Order per Corneal 8.00 June 11 To 6 yds Pants Linen and Ax handle 2.00 20 To Coffee & Tobacco by Offie[2] 1.50 24 To Pr. Shoes & Plow Lines 1.80 25 To 2 Muzzles .20 25 To 12 yds Ginghams by I.H.B.[3] 1.35 29 To Oxide Zinc and Cosmoline[4] .15 July 4 To Sack Flour per George[5] 1.65 9 To Umbrella 1.25 13 To Order per Corneal 2.25 13 To Bill [of] Goods by Mrs. B. 6.65 21 To Sack Flour 1.85 28 To Order per Corneal 2.30 Aug. 6 To Flour, Soda & Tobacco [per Corneal] and 2.00 6 To Coffee and Salt on Ord[er] 1.50 6 To 2 Ax handles, Tobacco & File by Offie .80 11 To Order per Corneal 3.00 13 To 1/2 Bush[el] of Meal .25 16 To Bismuth by Andrew[6] .10 18 To Bacon per Corneal 1.00 25 To Sack Flour, Coffee & Bacon by Offie 3.85 27 To Turpentine & Quinine .75 Sept 13 To Prints & Knife .85 17 To Bacon & Thread per Corneal 1.25 20 To Order per George W. 1.25 21 To Calomel & Capsules .60 24 To Starch & Candy .60 29 To Cank Oil, Hat, Boots & Wax 8.55 29 To Bill [of] Goods by Mrs. B. 16.05 29 To Sack Flour & Corset 2.90 ------- [total unreadable] [Stewards Mill Store Account for Oliver Young Bonner, 1887] [p. 2] Debit Credit Sept 29 To Amount bro[ugh]t over $77.25 30 To Order per Corneal 1.90 30 To 1 lb Pepper and Coffee 1.25 Oct 29 To Coffee, Rice & Flour 3.10 Nov 2 To 30 lbs Bacon, Tobacco and Bluing 3.80 Nov 3 To Order per George W. 3.00 Nov 7 To 17 lbs. Bacon 2.00 Nov 17 To Cash paid J. T. S. 3.30 Nov 17 By Cash out of Cotton $95.60 $95.60 E and OE J. T. Steward & Co. per Roe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [On Fold] O. Y. Bonner on account with J. T. Steward & Co. 1887 _______________ [1] A black farm worker. [2] Theophilus Hunter Bonner, brother to O. Y. Bonner. [3] Irvine Hale Bonner, uncle of O. Y. Bonner. [4] Cosmoline: brand name for petroleum jelly. [5] George Washington, a black farm worker. [6] Andrew Bonner, brother to O.Y. Bonner. He died in 1889. [Stewards Mill Store Account for Oliver Young Bonner, 1889] [p. 1] __________________________________________ Debit Credit Sept 19 To Amount Brought Over 317.07 68.50 Sept 28 By 1/4 bale of Cotton, Hawthorn[1] 12.14 28 To Box Cartridges, Rope & Staples 1.40 25 To Loss in Weight Hawthorn’s cotton .70 25 By 1/4 2 Bales Cotton, Hawthorn 24.16 26 To Auger on order .50 28 To But Cres[2] Ointment, D[--], Pot, & Rhubarb[3] 1.80 28 To Bagging & Ties, Hawthorn 2.05 29 To 30 lbs Bacon 2.50 29 To Cash 12.00 Oct 2 Sugar, candy, Bromide and Syringe 1.50 4 Soap, pipe &Tobacco 1.00 11 By 1/4 of 2 Bales Cotton, Hawthorn 23.38 12 To Sugar and Coffee 2.00 12 To Rice, [?], Cheese & Candy .95 12 To Cash 2.50 18 By 1 bale Cotton 40.68 19 To Cash Order 2.25 21 By 1/4 of 3 Bales Cotton, Hawthorn 35.39 21 To Paregoric, Rhubarb, & Candy .65 26 To Cash 35.00 26 Pr Shoes & Tobacco 3.30 28 By 1/4 of 2 Bales Cotton, Hawthorn 22.09 30 To Oil .15 30 To Pr Boots 4.50 Nov 2 To Salts .05 5 To Wax & Nails .30 5 To Box Quinine & Capsules .90 13 To Starch & Soap .50 13 To 31 lbs Bacon on ord[er] 2.65 14 To Sugar & Molasses 1.60 14 To Matches & Cream Tartar .50 14 To 1/2 lb.Tobacco .25 ______ _______ Carried over 398.57 226.34 [p. 2] _______ To Amount Bro[ught] Over 398.57 _226.34 Nov. 13 By note of Hawthorn 175.00 To cash to balance 2.77 ____________________ $401.34 $401.34 Nov. 25 To 1/4 Bagging & Ties 2.55 Hawthorn Sept 14 Nov. 25 To 1/4 Bale, Bag & ties .60 Balance due 3.15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [On Fold] Rec’d Pay in Full E & O E J. T. Steward & Co. Per Roe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O. Y. Bonner on account with J. T. Steward & Co. 1889 __________________ [1] Hawthorn, probably a sharecropper who sold his cotton to the store. [2] Butter Cress? [3] Rhubarb has many medicinal uses.