Adolphus James Boyd Journey in the past…… A Settler's Diary
January 1, 1916		worked some on my cow shed rained last night and this eavning Mr Pool went to Cabot to day
January 2, 1916		went to Sunday scool Sallie Carmical come home with us for dinner Bud Lewis and Marrie Roe married Friday night Dec 31
January 3, 1916		sawd wood for Grover all day Mr Jackson helped narley evry body got the Lagrip Drucys little calf
January 4, 1916		sawd wood all day for my self Grover and Mr jackson helped Earley Barentine married last usnday being the second day of January
January 5, 1916		hauled wood for Grover till noon and for me this eavning it is raining to night J D Wood and Jeanie Aken hear this eavning
January 6, 1916		put in a window at Grovers this mroning went to the speaking this eavning at Zion Hill
January 7, 1916		worked all day Grover helped me wee sawd posts this eavning
January 8, 1916		went to church to day helped John Abbot kill hogs this morning
January 9, 1916		went to church this morning and to Jesse hammons this eavning and to W E Douglasses asthey are sick misting rain to day
January 10, 1916		sawd and split posts all day me and grover
January 11, 1916		went to Cabot to day got new one batries
January 12, 1916		went to the election to day they got through counting at 8 oclcok 131 votes turned cold to day
January 13, 1916		did not work till noon went to W E Douglasses and to Jesse hammonses and split posts this eavning
January 14, 1916		helped Jesse Hammons kill his hogs to day killed fou
January 15, 1916		hawled posts till noon worked around the house this eavning
January 16, 1916		went to Sunday scool Lee Carmical hear for dinner A D Boyd hear this eavning snode some this eavning
January 17, 1916		cold to day helped J B Farras to hawl lumber from the mill this eavning to build culprits on the road went to S P Dents to night to set up with A C Cothran as he is sick
January 18, 1916		went to Cabot to day had my mules shod all around for the first time
January 19, 1916		taken Grover (three pigs?) and went to S P Dents as Ace Cothran died at eight oclock this morning went to Walter Cothran to see him this eavning as he is sick
January 20, 1916		helped dig grave and Burie old man ace cothran
January 21, 1916		rained all day storm at Grovers this morning Blew the fince and part of the garden down
January 22, 1916		helped Jesse hammons and W E Douglass to build a toilet at the scool house
January 23, 1916		went to Sunday School and Church went to John Abbots this eavning Lewis Braden died to day
January 24, 1916		helped dig grave and burry Leaner Pools little boy and his name was Louis Braden
January 25, 1916		killed a big hog to day one that wee called Pug sawd wood for Grover this eavning
January 26, 1916		put curb around the well at the Barn Tax colector hear to night Kafman Durrer and Sol Wormser
January 27, 1916		went to Zion hill and put in most of the day paid tax raining this morning
January 28, 1916		rained all day wrote to Othelia chapman Eulan Hammons hear for supper
January 29, 1916		taken the bone out of some meat this morning went to Cabot this eavning
January 30, 1916		stade at home till noon went to Walter Cothrans as he is still sick had rain evry day or night one some times Both it is raining to night
January 31, 1916		started to build a side room to the goat house But did not get it
February 1, 1916		went to Cato to Sallie Blacks funeral was out all day and it was cold too
February 2, 1916		helped george Christian rased a house log Dwelling
February 3, 1916		helped Jesse Hammons saw wood to day weather still cold
February 4, 1916		sawd wood at home all day Grover and Mr Jackson helped Mrs Emmer Clark died to night at ten oclock
February 5, 1916		helped dig grave and Burry Mrs Clark Allice Cross and her children hear to night me and John Abbot drug the road some this eavning
February 6, 1916		went to Sunday scool this morning stade at home this eavning
February 7, 1916		worked on the fone line all day Albert Melton died to day
February 8, 1916		worked on the fone line till noon stretched wiar this eavning
February 9, 1916		stretched wier and put in posts to day Broke the post hole diggers today
February 10, 1916		went to the sale of uncle Sam Farrass was gon all day Horace sick to night
February 11, 1916		went to Cabot me and Grover Baught me a new gun paid four dollars for it
February 12, 1916		went to church to day split some stove wood this eavning Let Grover hav another pig heard that Blanche Barker had marrid last Monday
February 13, 1916		went to church to day Lee Carmical and bumpers hear for dinner
February 14, 1916		reset fence round the pastor
February 15, 1916		went to Littlerock Jesse hammons went also
February 16, 1916		come home from Littlerock got home at dark
February 17, 1916		cleaned and plod my garden Broke up my potato patch sent to Cabot by Grover and got onion sets at 25 cts a gal
February 18, 1916		planted my potatoes and onions Miss Mollie Porter come to see about teachen music
February 19, 1916		went to Cabot Horace and Mr Jackson went with me Maud and Larenc and the children hear to night
February 20, 1916		went to Sunday scool stade at home this eavning give maud a pig
February 21, 1916		plowd in oats all day sprained my han working with some shoats
February 22, 1916		plowd in one land of oats and it rained me out went out collection telefone money for the sentril office
February 23, 1916		sawd stove wood all day Miss Mollie Portor come to teach soon music lessons
February 24, 1916		killed my last hog for this year sawd stovewood for Grover this eavning
February 25, 1916		hawled rails till noon finished sowing oats this eavning
February 26, 1916		went to Cabot and to McCooks got our cabage plant to day
February 27, 1916		went to Sunday scool this morning to W E Douglas snode all eavning and is snoing now
February 28, 1916		bad day snow and ice on the ground and timber helped Grover to saw some wood this eavning
February 29, 1916		split some stove wood went to J D Duncans to night to singing
March 1, 1916		made a chicken coop and it rained nearly all day
March 2, 1916		sawd wood till noon hawled wood and posts this eavning miss Mollie Portor har to day and to night wee had a little singing to night
March 3, 1916		worked on my Pastor fence till noon went to the scoolhouse this eav as Mr Clem Pools school was out and he is gon home
March 4, 1916		went to Cabot taken W L Boyd a pig got home before sundown
March 5, 1916		went to Sunday scool and up to the grave yard this eavning Just walking around
March 6, 1916		planted peas Beets raddish Lettuc in the garden and bedded my potatoes and pruned my fruit trees this eavning
March 7, 1916		cut corne stalks till noon comenced to brak corne land this eavning
March 8, 1916		plowd to day Broke land for corne Mr Jackson come back to Grover sick to day Etter and Jewel Hammons hear this eavning
March 9, 1916		went to Cabot Grover went with me Ethel Mandley started to go home to day
March 10, 1916		plowd to day Grover went fishen last night and caugh a fine lot of fish
March 11, 1916		plowd and went to church
March 12, 1916		wentto church F M Talbert and wife and Ada Moor come home with us for dinner
March 13, 1916		harrod land till noon plowd cain stumps this eavning got my new song book the Gleiner
March 14, 1916		plowd till two o'clock and rained me out and turned verry cold and the wind is blowing hard to night
March 15, 1916		helped Grover Saw till noon split stove wood this eavning Lansford past with the Watkins waggon selling medicin
March 16, 1916		plowed all day Miss Mollie Portor come today to teach some music Grover and Mr Jackson went to Cabot
March 17, 1916		plowd and harrowed all day
March 18, 1916		went to Cabot Horace went with me
March 19, 1916		went to Sunday scool at home this eavning pretty cool to night
March 20, 1916		split stove wood till noon plowd this eavning had a nice shower last night Ina and Horace gon to F M Talberts to night to a so of the primary to be held on the 27 of March
March 21, 1916		no record for today
March 22, 1916		plowd all day Sallie down in her back
March 23, 1916		hawled rock off of the land on the creek and plowd some this eavning me and Horace hawled 12 loads of rock
March 24, 1916		huled manure all day Wesley Hammons helped me Jerseys little calf here to night
March 25, 1916		rained to day split stove wood part of the morning
March 26, 1916		went to W D Earls Horace went with me Mr Will Pucket and wife was also there got home late cold to night
March 27, 1916		worked on fence all day set goos eggs cold to night
March 28, 1916		stretched Barbe wyar till noon plowd this eavning harrow off my potatoes patch Lilies little calf hear to day
March 29, 1916		went to State primary and stade all day and acted as clerk of the election
March 30, 1916		plowd all day for corne had fine mess of fish to night caught them in the Branch
March 31, 1916		plowd all day Ina and Horace went to tate mill scoolhouse to day as it was last day of scool
April 1, 1916		plowd till noon wentto Blazers store this eavning
April 2, 1916		rained nearly all day A D Boyd hear a while to day
April 3, 1916		worked on the pastor fence all day loded my last Bale of cotton to take to Littlerock to morrow Miss Mollie Porter hear to day
April 4, 1916		went to Littlerock with my last Bale of cotton sold for 12 1/4 cts Baught a forge to sharpen plows Sim Boyd died
April 5, 1916		com home from town me and Horace got home at five
April 6, 1916		plowd all day Grover and family went to Cabot
April 7, 1916		sawd stovewood this eavning
April 8, 1916		went to Jacksonville and got a ton of fertilizer ox Brand paid 30 dollars come back by church and heard Bro Vaughan preach
April 9, 1916		went to church Bro Vaughan preach Mrs Bell come home with us and is hear to night
April 10, 1916		planted corne all day my first this year Grover helped me
April 11, 1916		plowd all day for corne Miss Gray hear wanting to teach music
April 12, 1916		went to Cabot got me a new anvil paid five dollars for it
April 13, 1916		planted corne till non Miss Porter finished up her music scool Beckie Moore and Ethel Clark and Mollie Porter all hear for dinner
April 14, 1916		hawled rails and fixed fenc til noon plowd this eavning
April 15, 1916		finished Brakin my hay land and harrode it off Myrtle and the children hear to day as Grover went to Cabot raining to night Old dells little calf to day
April 16, 1916		went to Sunday scool and singing
April 17, 1916		harrwd corne all day Mrs Rosie Hammons hear a while this eavning
April 18, 1916		laiad off land for cotton ill non listed cotton land for Grover this eavning
April 19, 1916		plowd till noon cleaned off a small new ground patch this eavning Bessies little calf hear to day
April 20, 1916		plowd till noon and it rained worked on the fence some this eavning
April 21, 1916		taken corne up to Grovers to feed the mules while he makes a crop plowd the rest of the day hode seven rows of potatoes
April 22, 1916		hauled ashes till noon went to Blazers store this eavning old Jinnie litt caf yesterday
April 23, 1916		went to Sunday scool and to hear Mccole preach come home for dinner went to John Duncans this eavning as he is verry low
April 24, 1916		plow all day listed land for cotton this eavning
April 25, 1916		plowd all day for cotton weather fine
April 26, 1916		Bedded land for cotton helped John Abbot to kill som hogs to take to Little rock to night me and him and Lee Boyd went to town to night
April 27, 1916		come home from L R got home at dark
April 28, 1916		Bedded land for cotton till noon planted peanuts this eavning
April 29, 1916		plowd all day Grover and Myrtle gon to LE Talber we have had three messes of strawberries the first on the the twenty sixth of Apr
April 30, 1916		went to Sunday scool this morning taken Ina to L E Talberts to pick strawberries next week
May 1, 1916		harrod Beds and planted cotton all day had a shower
May 2, 1916		worked on the pastor fence till noon did not work this eavning as it was raining Ivy Barentine hear to night
May 3, 1916		finished planting cotton to day and fixed my peanut ground
May 4, 1916		plowd all day in my corne having strawberies evry day
May 5, 1916		plowd all day planted peanuts this eavning
May 6, 1916		went to Cabot Baugh some new screen doors got some ice Made cream to night T E Hammons and family come over a while
May 7, 1916		went to Sunday scool and singing this eavning Beckie and Ada Moore hear for dinner
May 8, 1916		plowd all day for sorgram weather hot
May 9, 1916		planted my cain patch the most of it
May 10, 1916		plowd all day in the corn sold four head of cattle to Calivin Duncan for fifty seven dollars come home from L R on the 12
May 11, 1916		harrowed corne all day went to Littlerock John Abbot went with me to night
May 12, 1916		No record for today
May 13, 1916		went to church and to cabot this morning Bro Bain preached this eavning and to night Bro Bain and Bro Killpatric with us to night
May 14, 1916		went to the Auxiliary to day at Antioch to day Ina went with me
May 15, 1916		sode hay all day and did not get done
May 16, 1916		sideharrod corne all day sold J H Wood and boy eat dinner with us today
May 17, 1916		sideharrod corne all day sold J H Wood a cow and calf for 35 dollars
May 18, 1916		side harrod corn to day got done the second time
May 19, 1916		plowd all day planted the rest of my caine
May 20, 1916		went to Cabot this morning and to the scool meeting was elected director again Miss Mollie Porter hear to day Bulers cows little calf hear
May 21, 1916		went to Sunday scool and singing Lee Carmical hear for dinner had a fine rain last night
May 22, 1916		planted my new ground corn side harrod cotton this eavning
May 23, 1916		finished sideharrowing my cotton Beadie Melton marrid
May 24, 1916		plowd corne all day
May 25, 1916		plowd corn all day W T Brown hear to night
May 26, 1916		plowd till noon cut some Bushes in the corne this eavning
May 27, 1916		went to Silvania to a deckcercation day at the graveyard got a letter from Mr Gasper Sallie went to Mrs Brown Ina and Horace went with me to Silvania H H Melton Dead
May 28, 1916		went to Sunday scool ___ home this eavning
May 29, 1916		plowd corn all day Emmer Webb and the baby hear to night
May 30, 1916		plowd corn all day James Magness Buried to day had a good shower last night
May 31, 1916		runround cotton Just about sick last night and to day
June 1, 1916		plowd all day still feeling tuff hear that James Cole had died from a cut on the side by his son an law
June 2, 1916		plowd all day planted some Mexican June corne and peas down on the Branch
June 3, 1916		went to Cabot set out potatoes this eavning
June 4, 1916		at home to day mr A Brizzoar and family come and spent the day
June 5, 1916		plowd till it rained and come a tornado and blode down all my shade trees and fence and garden well shed and all the out buildings
June 6, 1916		worked all day cleaning up after the storme about 25 men come to help me till noon assessed my tax to day
June 7, 1916		went to Cabot after some windows did not get any worked for Wheller on his house this eavn
June 8, 1916		hode sorgram till noon plowd in the corne this eavning Mr Bostic and Latamore hear at dinner sold my male to them for fifty dollars I called him Warren
June 9, 1916		shower to night plowd till noon went to Cabot this eavning after my windows they cost me three dollars and seventy cts
June 10, 1916		plowd till noon put in my windwos and went to church Maud and the children hear to night made cream
June 11, 1916		rained the meeting out Maud gon home had a good rain
June 12, 1916		went to Cabot taken 4 1/2 Bushels of peas sold to O H Davis for 1.25 a Bus in trade plowd in the corn this eavning
June 13, 1916		plowd in the corne till it rained split stove wood the rest of the evening
June 14, 1916		rained this morning helped to dig gave and Burrie Gramma Dover this eavning
June 15, 1916		plowd and cut some oats cut 8 dozed did not rain to day
June 16, 1916		plowd all day Ten Halls house Burned last night
June 17, 1916		plowd and dug my potatoes this eavning Brooks is gon to texas
June 18, 1916		went to Sunday scool and singing to day mr Tig eat dinner with us
June 19, 1916		runround cotton till noon and sorgram this eavning
June 20, 1916		planted my peas in the corne A D Boyd helped me
June 21, 1916		plowd all day in the corne hot to day
June 22, 1916		plowd all day finished hoeing our cotton yesterday the second time
June 23, 1916		plowd all day in the corne till noon and in the cotton this eavning
June 24, 1916		planted my last patch of June corne and peas
June 25, 1916		plowd to day dressed a kid this eavning Bradens Barn burned
June 26, 1916		went to Sunday scool and hauit Wilkins and got my har cut
June 27, 1916		hode sorgram the second time me and Ina hode the hole patch
June 28, 1916		plowd till noon fixed to go to Littlerock this eavning
June 29, 1916		went to Littlerock last night as fa as purdum springs and come back this eavning got home at ten oclock
June 30, 1916		plowd till noon cleaned out the well at the scool house this eavning and cleaned out our own well after I got Back from the scool house
July 1, 1916		went to Cabot Baught new Batries and Lumber to make new door steps
July 2, 1916		went to Sundayscool and singing Emmer Fortson hear for dinner had a light shower this eavning Vick Evvans and Mr Baney married to day
July 3, 1916		plowd most of the day sold and killed two goats
July 4, 1916		did not work to day Bob Carmical and family hear to day going to the lake to night Jewel Hammons hear to night
July 5, 1916		went to Adamses lake last night fished till ten oclock caught a fine lot of fish got home at five oclock the hold boys comenced to drill in my well this eavning
July 6, 1916		plowd part of the days holt Boys finished drilling in my well hear in the yard they drilled 8 1/2 feet and got plenty of water
July 7, 1916		plowd till noon hode peanuts this eavning my han ral sore
July 8, 1916		did not work to day went to Church and the preacher did not come
July 9, 1916		went to Dr Harrods this morning and to Sunday scool and to singing this eavning Pof Teretwell and wife and a big crowd of yong folks hear for dinner F M Talberts and wife also here to day
July 10, 1916		started the publick scool to day with Larenc Waymack as teacher
July 11, 1916		went to Cabot Ina went with me we saw Walter Boyd and wife
July 12, 1916		made some new doore steps weather hot and dry Ida and Bob Carmical hear awhile this eavning
July 13, 1916		had a big rain last night washed the fence down hode out my strawberies
July 14, 1916		plowd all day Mr Jackson started to Tennesee
July 15, 1916		plowed till noon went to church to night the church excluded sevril members including Grover and A D Boyd
July 16, 1916		went to church Prof Fretwell hear to night
July 17, 1916		went to singing scool to Mr Fredwell will Parkers Baby died with measels claud crow married isabel D
July 18, 1916		went to singing scool Larence Debose come home with me for dinner and Prof Fretwell to night
July 19, 1916		No record for today
July 20, 1916		went to singing scool plowd my peanuts this morning
July 21, 1916		went to singing scool
July 22, 1916		went to singing scool Sallie Clements and Jud hear for dinner Horace went to Cabot with Grover
July 23, 1916		went to Sunday scool and to Bethel this eavning to Lee Wilkinses unvailen
July 24, 1916		went to singing scool
July 25, 1916		went to singing scool raise up the sasafrace at the eats end of the (gabg?)
July 26, 1916		went to singing scool till noon and it was out worked some this eavning Mr Fretwell and Lee Carmical eat dinner hear to day
July 27, 1916		went to George Boys to get some peaches to can and went to Cabot weather hot and dry
July 28, 1916		went to George Robertson to get Mr Cavender to paint my house the second time but did not get to see him eat dinner at Mr Porters and stayed at Jime suttons a while
July 29, 1916		went to Cabot Baught some floore for the Barn
July 30, 1916		went to Sunday scool Walter McPherson and Ida Moore come home with us for dinner went back to singing this eavning
July 31, 1916		hawled rock to wall the well at the Barn George Boyd and John Cooper hear to day Buying rags
August 1, 1916		cleaned off up at the church and cleaned out the well at the schoolhouse this eavning
August 2, 1916		walled on the well at the Barn all day C J Gwin T E Hammons and Grover helped me had a big rain this eavning at five oclock the well job cost 2.25 cts
August 3, 1916		finished walling my well at the Barn at noon stretched some Barb Wyar this eavning
August 4, 1916		went to Cabot this mor killed a shoat this eavning
August 5, 1916		went to conention at Zionhill Prof Fretwell Dave Roberds an daghter and Vict Roberds and the Blooker Boyd hear for dinner
August 6, 1916		went to the convention dinner on the ground Had a fine day
August 7, 1916		planted out potatoes to day went to Cabot this eavning Baught me a big rope to load logs with
August 8, 1916		finished flooring my Barn and sawd some logs for the mill a good shower sode turnips
August 9, 1916		rained till after noon got up rock for the molases furnace this eavning Ina come from Mauds
August 10, 1916		hawled logs to the saw mill at tate mill Grover helped me heard that Homer duncan was bad sick
August 11, 1916		hawled logs to the saw mill John Bumpers got cut on the circle saw his arm is sawd off and he is sawd in the side and back
August 12, 1916		went to church this eavning and to night as our meeting of dais started with Bro John Cordor as preacher
August 13, 1916		went to church aunt Marrie Patrick come home with us and stad all night a good shower this eavning Jess Boyd and Grace Abbot marrid
August 14, 1916		went to church day and night Book this full August 23, 1916
August 15, 1916		went to church day and night John Smith and girls hear for dinner
August 16, 1916		went to church day and night Mrs Bell and Ida Talbert hear for dinner
August 17, 1916		went to church day and night Mawd and Larence Talbert hear to night
August 18, 1916		went to church day and night Bro Kilpatrick come with me to night hawled a load of lumber from the saw mill and helped Grover to get in some tops
August 19, 1916		went to church day and night Maudie come home with us to night cut my Broom corn
August 20, 1916		went to church day and night
August 21, 1916		went to church day and night J B carmical Joined the church L E Talbert come after Maudie and the children meeting Bok
August 22, 1916		cut tops all day Grover helped (This concluded this diary)
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