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Adolphus James Boyd
Journey in the past…… A Settler's Diary
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November 24, 1910 |
went to Little Rock with molases thansgiving day |
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November 25, 1910 |
staid in town all day sold owt my molases by one oclock
staid over night again |
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November 26, 1910 |
come home from town got home at half past two oclock weather
warm Mr. Holly the tombstone man staid hear tonight |
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November 27, 1910 |
me and Horace had William Lock to our house
weather hot |
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November 28, 1910 |
sawd wood till noon me and Grover picked cotton this
even cold tonight |
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November 29, 1910 |
halled wood till noon picked cotton this eavning not so cold
tonight T.L. Carmical got his fone |
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November 30, 1910 |
cold to day Walter Abbots baby at the point of death
taken down the screen doors today bought lineament and shaving soap from the
Watkins man Walter Abbots baby died tonight |
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December 1, 1910 |
helped to burry Walter Abbots baby cold to day
Myrtle hear to night Grover went to cabot to day and braught out
their mashean sewing mashean |
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December 2, 1910 |
went to Cabot to the poltry show baught a nice fish
Grover gon to Little Rock to the Wm O Wrallie |
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December 3, 1910 |
went to church bro Roberts come home with me and me
and him went to Mountain Springs to the funeral of Charley Davises
oldest son who died with measles |
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December 4, 1910 |
went to church at Zion hill Bro Roberts and daughter
Looler hear last night raining slow and cold Walter Cotheran
marrid |
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December 5, 1910 |
sawd wood till non hawled wood this eavning lodidid a load
of flunder for Rob Duncan to move him to Little Rock Rob and ethel
hear to night |
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December 6, 1910 |
went to L R to move Rob Duncan |
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December 7, 1910 |
come home from Little rock got home at sundown |
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December 8, 1910 |
sawd wood till noon picked cotton this eavning Emmer Boyd
picked for me this eavning not so cold to night |
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December 9, 1910 |
picked cotton got done all the best of it Emmer Jess
and Louis Boyd picked for me this eavning |
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December 10, 1910 |
hauled my remnan of cotton to the Gin and put it up with
A D Boyd Ina Myrtle and Horace gon to Larence Talberts to
night Grover hear |
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December 11, 1910 |
Donie Pippins and her children here to day went to
Argenta this eavning to see Sallie Hartley and Martha Hammons
as they are both sick Martha better but Sallie no better |
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December 12, 1910 |
come home from Argenta got home at 1 o clock found Horace
sick |
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December 13, 1910 |
put up Joe McPherson tombs to his childrens graves
cut some wood this eavning Jake Crump Burried to day |
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December 14, 1910 |
picked cotton this eavning and heard that Sallie Harley
had died at __oclock A M at Argenta |
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December 15, 1910 |
went to Jacksonville to met the corps of Sallie Hartley
and went to the burian at Bethel got home late J W McPherson and wife
come home with me and stade over night |
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December 16, 1910 |
went to Cabot this morning to take Wess and Lealer
got home at noon picked cotton this eavning Mr Moore hear to day
Horace still sick |
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December 17, 1910 |
went to Cabot with a Bale of cotton for me and A D Boyd
sold for 14 1/2 got home late baught me a fish from Tunt ferry Myrtle
hear to night |
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December 18, 1910 |
stade at home all day Grover and Myrtle hear
this eaving |
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December 19, 1910 |
went to Little Rock with molases by my self |
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December 20, 1910 |
come home from town got home at sun down |
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December 21, 1910 |
killed two hogs this morning sawd wood this eavning
Champion folks at John Abbot to night |
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December 22, 1910 |
went to Cabot sold Grovers last bale of cotton got
14.90 rained all day |
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December 23, 1910 |
went to Cabot taken Ina and Myrtle braught
home the buter |
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December 24, 1910 |
stade at home till noon went to Dr herrod this
eavning Maud and Rois hear to day and night |
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December 25, 1910 |
Xymas day staid at home till noon went to Mr Gaspers
this eavning Fannie Carmical hear to day Jesse hammons went to
Gaspers with me |
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December 26, 1910 |
went to Cabot today and sold Old Henry mule to mr Gent
for $92 1/2 Ina gon to Mrs fowlers with Maud Talbert Ada Moore
with us to night |
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December 27, 1910 |
helped Wheeler Abbot saw wood and hall two loads
weather warm raining to night Maud and Rois hear to night |
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December 28, 1910 |
fixed on of the (?) till noon sawd wood this eavning
Hosie and elen Maud Grover Ian Myrtle and me Lar___ ___bert
hear today Maud and Rois went home this eavning John abot
comence to build Will Lock a chimney |
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December 29, 1910 |
went to look for my hogs to day did not find them heard that
John Hendricks baby died to day |
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December 30, 1910 |
helped dig grave for John Hendrikes baby this morn
went to Cabot this eavning and rode George mule |
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December 31, 1910 |
helped Grover to kill his hogs this morning and went
to church at Zion hill looked for my hog this eavning |
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