Adolphus James Boyd

Journey in the past…… A Settler's Diary

 

 

November 24, 1910

went to Little Rock with molases thansgiving day

November 25, 1910

staid in town all day sold owt my molases by one oclock staid over night again

November 26, 1910

come home from town got home at half past two oclock weather warm Mr. Holly the tombstone man staid hear tonight

November 27, 1910

me and Horace had William Lock to our house weather hot

November 28, 1910

sawd wood till noon me and Grover picked cotton this even cold tonight

November 29, 1910

halled wood till noon picked cotton this eavning not so cold tonight T.L. Carmical got his fone

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

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

December 2, 1910

went to Cabot to the poltry show baught a nice fish Grover gon to Little Rock to the Wm O Wrallie

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

December 4, 1910

went to church at Zion hill Bro Roberts and daughter Looler hear last night raining slow and cold Walter Cotheran marrid

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

December 6, 1910

went to L R to move Rob Duncan

December 7, 1910

come home from Little rock got home at sundown

December 8, 1910

sawd wood till noon picked cotton this eavning Emmer Boyd picked for me this eavning not so cold to night

December 9, 1910

picked cotton got done all the best of it Emmer Jess and Louis Boyd picked for me this eavning

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

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

December 12, 1910

come home from Argenta got home at 1 o clock found Horace sick

December 13, 1910

put up Joe McPherson tombs to his childrens graves cut some wood this eavning Jake Crump Burried to day

December 14, 1910

picked cotton this eavning and heard that Sallie Harley had died at __oclock A M at Argenta

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

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

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

December 18, 1910

stade at home all day Grover and Myrtle hear this eaving

December 19, 1910

went to Little Rock with molases by my self

December 20, 1910

come home from town got home at sun down

December 21, 1910

killed two hogs this morning sawd wood this eavning Champion folks at John Abbot to night

December 22, 1910

went to Cabot sold Grovers last bale of cotton got 14.90 rained all day

December 23, 1910

went to Cabot taken Ina and Myrtle braught home the buter

December 24, 1910

stade at home till noon went to Dr herrod this eavning Maud and Rois hear to day and night

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

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

December 27, 1910

helped Wheeler Abbot saw wood and hall two loads weather warm raining to night Maud and Rois hear to night

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

December 29, 1910

went to look for my hogs to day did not find them heard that John Hendricks baby died to day

December 30, 1910

helped dig grave for John Hendrikes baby this morn went to Cabot this eavning and rode George mule

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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