Motte C. M. Calhoun Diary
J. Heath
Cotton in Seed 990th
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James Candle Dr
57# Salt 30¢ 16.10
2# Tobacco 2.50 5 00
Baging & Rope " 5 00
Ginning & Haulling 5 00
26½ Bu Corn 26.50
Sept 23 7# Salt 75 5.25
Oct 22 2# Salt 75 1 50
Dec 1 3½ # Salt 75 2.62
CS Taxes for 1863 $66.97
Cr By Bent Cotton 30.36 1 40
" " Difference & Saddler 5.00
" " By Cash 1 00
16 Bush Corn 16 00
2 Bu Oats 2 00 4.00
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Mrs Candle Dr
1862 10# Cotton 15¢ 1.50
Dec 1st 1863 Cash for Fact Thrd 20.00
" 8# Cotton 4.00
" Difference in Thrd 2.00
12½# Cotton 50¢ 6.25
Cr By Spinning Wool 8.00
" " Makeing Pants 2.00
" " " Pants 1.00
To 5# Rice 30¢
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Mrs Candle
Cash by Settlement 5.75
12# Cotton 10¢ 1.20
Cr By 21 yds cloth 2.62 $6.95
" " Flannel 3.00
" " 4 yds coarse 10¢ 40
" " Sizing & Spooling 2.00 8.02
1.07
Settled by 11# Cotton 1.07
0.00
1# Cotton
8# Flour 1.00 $8.00
Cr By 19½ yds Diaper
17¼ " Cloth
To 12# Cotton 50
21# Flour
Sept 4 3# Cotton (Mary Ann)
Cr Sizing & Spooling 2.00
16# Cotton
12# "
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Feb 14 Shaving, letters & box 30
" 18th Segars 10, paper & envelops 47¼
" 19 Papers (Mercury) 30 &c 25
" 21 Segars 10, d. 10, Jim 10 30
" 25 Paper & Envelops Home 2.75
" " Segars. J. Smoking tob. 25 30
" " Shaving 10. Pills 25 35
" " Hankerceif. Whit. from 60
Mess expenses for Jan. 57, Feb. 26 83
March 5th BurtonsAnat of Melanch 2 50
" " McMahon, cause & control 1 00
" " Milk 5, 15th, Sigars 15th 20
" 15 Half soleing shoes 1 50
" 20 Charleston concert 50,
cigars 35 80
" " washing 20
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Cr Mrs Rugeley By
Ball act for 1863 $209.00
Cash recv of Jas McCall 1500 00
$1709.00
To Expences Jan 1st 1864 $958.67
Leather for shoes 3.00
Half soleing do 1.00
Cash for homespun coverlids 50.00
" " Alphonzo 10.00
Subscription to M McLean 15.00
Hair Pins 3.00
Thimble .50
Subscription to Paper 12.50
Board at Aiverts 119.00
Weaving 7.25
Soles for shoes 3.00
for Shoes for Alphonzo 40.00
Weaving 16.00
Socks 10.00
Cash for Rowland 1 10
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Amt Brot ford $1250.02
Paid boy for Tub 1.00
Dr Patterson Med Act 11.35
To Amt Bonded 500.00
Tobacco & Pipes 11.00
Repairing Shoes 4.00
Paid for dress & Leather 5.50
1 yd Jenes 12.00
1 pr shoes for Rowland 40.00
Repairing Watch 1.00
Paid Grant 5.00
Paid Alphonzo 50.00
Expences to Lowndes & back 90.00
Articles purchased in Selma 118.33
Amt handed Sister 100.00
$2199.20
Cr By disct on/200. 66.66
Amt Card over $2132.54
Oxen $450, Land $300, in old currency
Paid for cotton/400.
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Amt Ball Cr brot ford 1709.00
Cr by amt Recv of Jas McCall 1430.00
$3139.00
To discount on $430. $476.66
9½ yds Diaper 38.00
Ball Dr Brot ford $2132.54
Leathers for Shoes Self 35.00
Shoes for Rowland 35.00
Expences to Selma 43.75
Hat for Rowland 16.00
Cash paid " 1.10
Paid you by Mrs Goodwyn 70.00
Exp to and from Lowndes 139.50
Cr by Profit on Steer $100
Sept 8th Paid board to McPherson
390.00
Oct 1 To Cash 5.00
12 " " 4.00
13 Rowlands Exp to Lowndes 35.00
Amt paid Ms G Board 150.00
3674.55
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Debtors 1861
Harry $ 1.40
Thmo. McKay 80
S. McKee loan 50
Pr shoes 25 75
Note Pa $58.00 Feb 1st 1859 00.00
N. Whitmire Sen. Iron 1.50
Page 7 G. W. Blackburn 11.00
Jan 10th Pipe 10 Tobacco 12½
Shaving 30
March Griffith load $32,
owes me 34.39
" Crumpton loan $4.00 4.80
Expences to Selma 9.00
Post 7.00
Selma 9. Newport 7. 16
Salts 5.00 Stage 10 3# Coffee 113.33
5# Sugar all [faded] 9.00
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3674.55
Cr " " 3239.00 3239.00
(ballance)
Oct 16 2lbs Tobacco 4.00
Nov 15 Repairing Watch 10.00
Cr by Cash $25.
Dec 16 Purchased at Walaces 190.25
Shoe Leathers 25.00
Makeing do
(Mr McClurry) 7.50
Cash 5.00
Cash to Lowndes 65.00
Cr By money paid out for Sallie
from Lowndesboro $79.
8 Plugs Tobacco 6 48.00
2 Spool Thrd 8c 16.00
$3875.05
Cr to July 1st 1865 3240.04
$636.01
Ball Due M. C. Calhoun
in Confederate money
July 1st 1865 as per act
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1 war candle 15
1 war candle 25
1 war candle 25
Jan 2 paid Mr Crady for 19.325
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Wednesday Sept 10th 1862
Broke camp to day on the Manocassie River and moved in a westerly direction 12 miles and bivouacked for the night one mile out of Middletown There was some demonstration of joy upon the part of the Women principally in Frederic City as we passed through, a few approveing smiles and a few miniature confederate flags was all that we saw. The people are said to be about equally divided in sentiment, but those who side with us appear to be affraid to make any demonstration in our favour The day was excessively hot, and dusty and our march rendered more fatigueing as we had to march over the mountains Middletown is decidedly union, several of the citizens insulted our soldiers by their epithets calling them dirty dogs &c, but one secessionist and he a negroe.
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Thursday Sept 11th 1862
Very cloudy this morning with occasional drizzling rain, nearly all day, did not march more than eight miles to day in S.E. direction towards Harpers ferry. reached Burksville about sun down and camped a mile out. This is another strong Union hole, the people look grim and no signs of sympathy for the rebel soldier. Went out on piquett last night a mile in advance of the Brigade, had a good time altho it rained during the night, but my Yankie blankett kept me perfectly dry. Hear conflicting reports about the enemy some say that they are still in foarce at harpers ferry which is only six miles off. other accounts are that they are skedadling towards Frederic City. We dont know where Old Stonewall is but rather think he does
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Friday 12th 1862
Got up by times this morning and dried our blanketts, after a very refreshing sleep, as nothing occured to arouse us from our pleasant slumbers except the splattering of rain in our faces when the head was not properly protected by our blanketts. Got a fine lot of peaches and apples from an adjacent orchard for the mornings breakfast. packed up and marched back to the brigade, where we remained for a short time and then took the same S.E. direction over the mountain with and entered another beautiful valey which we went down and after passing another little town called Brownville (probably in honor of old John Brown) camped in the vicinity of the Ferry. A small detachment of Yankies were seen this evening but one or two bombs served to excite their skedadling mania
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Saturday 13th 1862
The ball has opened in earnest this morning upon the opposite mountain The rattle of small arms is distinctly heard by us and the smoke plainly seen but the combatants cannot be seen because of the dense timber. we watch with great anxiety the fireing hopeing soon to hear the welkin ring by our boys and know that they are driving the enemy before them. The fireing ceased for about an hour and broke out again in a new peace. soon the intelligence reached us that the enemy are flanked the heights stormed and this side of the river in our posession. TheYanks amuse themselves apparently by throwing their largest shells at the old mountain as if out of spite. We have been laying upon our oars, but have the same feelings of an anticipated fight, not knowing when we may be called upon to lend a helping hand
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Our brigade was
Taken out after dark this evening and over a very mountainous and difficult and circuitous route towards the river to stand piquett. had rather a bad night of it as the ground upon which we slept was very rough and the weather very cold.
Sunday 14th 1862
A bright, clear and cool but braceing morning, too fair and too holy a day to desecrate by unholy thoughts or sinful indulgences much less profaneing it by the butchery of our own race which the roar of canon both in front and rear indicate. We heard yesterday that the enemy were advancing in our rear to effect a junction with their foarces at the ferry. Hill's devision is defending the gaps or mountain passes in our rear
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and a furious engagement must have taken place judgeing from the tremendous canonading the greater part of the day We fell in rather a critical situation as we are here in a little valey surrounded by mountains with an enemy strongly fortified in front and a strong foarce in our rear escape would be impossible if Genrl Hill's position is foarced, but judgeing from the character of the ground and the fighting propensities of our men I hope we have little cause to fear. Jackson must be interesting them on the other side as the fireing from the front must be from his batteries. Ordered to march about dark retraced our steps and clambered over the same rough way that we came the night before, had to go about four miles and learned on the way from the numerous straglers on the road that Genrl Hill's had been compelled
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to abandon his position and that his Brigade which defended the gap had been foarced back about a mile, the Yankies in possession of the mountain, and had captured one piece of artillery a good many prisoners and our men almost completely routed. This news came like a thunder clap upon our astonished ears and spread a damper over our feelings for our situation we supposed a desperate one. After reaching the place we bivouacked in a corn field for the remainder of the night not more than half a mile of the enemy and expected hot work at early dawn the next day.
Monday 15th 1862
Ordered up this morning an hour before day and marched by the left flank across the road where we formed in line of battle again but did not remain but a few minutes when we
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about faced and formed again a few hundred yards to the rear, and for some cause or other our Commanders ordered us to march by the right flank and we filed down the road a mile and a half and formed once more on the slope of a hill, behind a fence with our right wing resting upon the mountain, where we remained till late in the evening, awaiting the approach of the enemy but for fear of being decoyed I suppose into a trap he did not come. None of us objected to his not paying us a visit as our foarces were very weak but had made our position a good deal stronger by makeing a sort of breast work of fence rails and rocks and would have given him a warm reception had he of made his appearance. Heard old Jackson's canon roaring tremendously from early dawn till about 3 P.M. when all was still in that quarter, two hours after we received the welcome news that
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Harpers ferry had fallen and conditional surrender agreed to and that we had captured 11 000 prisoners 60 pieces of fine field artillery, numbers (1200 hundred) of horses, mules, and wagons, besides 400,000 lbs of hard bread and other comisairy stores. Also that reinforcements were comeing to our assistance and we considered ourselves now secure. All this produced a thrill of joy in us all and in my heart of hearts I thanked my maker for the glorious victory which he had achieved for us. with light step and joyful hearts we retraced our steps about 6 oclock and camped for the night near our old piquet post, having passed through the gap where a canal a turnpike and the Baltimore and Ohio RR run paralel with each other. it all together is a stupendous work as the grading through the gap particularly is through rock and the cliffs in several places are from 100 to 200 feet in height
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Tuesday 16th 1862
On the march again this morning an hour or two before day regretted exceedingly having to rise so early as we were very much exhausted from long marches and loss of sleep. Crossed the ferry this morning upon a pontoon bridge constructed of boats which were made fast by anchors it was very secure and substantial and able to bear up the weight of the heaviest wagons. there is also another bridge over which the RR passes as fine a work of art as the one we destroyed at Frederic City. it also is constructed of iron and its fate also is doomed as it no doubt will be blown up too. We could not see much of the Yankie fortifications as it was a very foggy morning. The once beautiful public buildings occupied as the U.S. Armory are were all destroyed by fire by Gen Johnson when he destroyed evacuated the place, and their blackened walls stand out as a monument of the horrors of war
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The little village on the Virginia side is insignificant in comparison to what I expected to see considering the great amount of public work done and the great number of operatives Consequently we passed through the town before I knew it, saw not a few live Yanks a few Yankie negroes and some Yankie women they denounce Gen Miles in the bitterest terms for surrendering the place and heap upon him the epithet of Traitor for so doing but I suppose he knew best. Tis said that they lost only six or seven men, ours I suppose is also small as we held good positions for our men too. Kept the pike for several miles out of town when we filed off to the right through a clover field and halted in the woods beyond. Thinking our labours for a season at an end all was mirth & hillarity. after cooking our scanty meal of what we had left many of us
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wandered off in the neighborhood in search of something to eat, but fruit was about all we got for our trouble. L. H. and myself did manage to get a quart of molases and half dozen bisuit which we ate most ravenously As this was all that we could procure we returned to our bivouac encampment with our stomachs georged with apples and the six biscuit, and to our utter surprise and sorrow found the Regt under arms and ready to march at a moments notice. We were in good time however as it did not move off for some time after we returned. Could not understand the movement as it was not nearly dark and no enemy had been heard of by us, but we observed quite a number of troops and long train of artillery going back in the
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direction of the river. Our march began about dusk and continued till nearly all night over a very very rough and dark road. An incident occured during in the darkness which is comon to animals of the quadruped order species, but as there is no record in history of a stampeed of this order ever having occured among veteran soldiers (especially) it is therefore worth relating. An old blind horse backed by one of the negroes in the regt. with a few chickens tied behind him became frightened from the fluttering of the feathered tribe and began to prance and cut up various evolutions in the darkness. as it was his seeming object to take up all the road himself which was thronged with soldiers it was difficult to tell which way
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to run so as to escape the iron hoofs of the unruly steed, but all did run and run they did in all directions some against the horse and most frequently against each other, all was confusion and for a moment never did men behave more like a heard of panic stricken brutes than they did on this occasion. Bivouack on the side of the road from midnight till day when we again took up our march in the direction of Sharpsburg. Had some suspicions of having work to do when we again crossed over upon the Maryland shore
Sept 17th 1862
Ever memorable for the fiercest contest probably that was ever fought on American soil and ever to be remembered by myself particularly
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it was here in the heat of conflict that I received a wound from the explosion of a shell in a few feet of me which laid me up for two months and came near sending me to my last resting place At early dawn we were up and on the move to the field of battle. numerous of our wounded soldiers passed us who gave conflicting reports of how the engagement was going, some said that the enemy were driven back while others stated that our columns were giveing way under the overwhelming pressure of fearful odds, be this as it may we came to the conclusion that we would have our hands full and nerved ourselves for the worst. Marching at a quick step for about 3 miles we reached the scene of action, and were ordered to a position under not more than
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half a mile of the little town of Sharpsburg which was now fast vanishing away from the effects of the enemy's shot. we reached our position about 10 Oclock AM after having to double quick for ¾ of a mile under the heaviest sort of a fire from several batteries but fortunately but few fell till we reached a corn field in which the savage foe were secreted who poured a most destructive fire into our ranks killing and wounding numbers of our brave boys
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N. P. Whitmire Treasurer
1862 January 1st Cr.
Jan 3 To ½ bush potatoes 50
" 4th 1 gal. molasses 75
" 9th Rye coffee 12
" 10th 1 axe handle 30
" 14 Bag Potatoes 35
" " 1 gal molasses 75
" 25 Rye 12½
" " 1 Gal. molasses 75
" 29 " 75
1862 February 1st Cr
Feb 4 ½ gal molasses 37½
" 19 ½ " " 37½
" 21 Fish 10. 10
" 21 oisters 25 25
" " ½ gal. molasses 38
" 22 Fish 1 00
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in asso. with Mess No 6. Comp C
1862 January 1st Dr
Jan 1st To Samuel Foreman $1.09
" " E. H. Graham 1.16
" " Perry Hawkins 29
10th " B. F. Roberts 30
" 14th " " 13
" " W. H. Anderson 12
1862 February 1st Dr
Feb 1st E. H. Maliam $0.59
" Tom Furman 0.50
" 13 Soup beef &c 30
" 21 " " 32
" " B. F. Roberts 10
" " S. Furman
" 22 B. F. Roberts
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N. P. Whitmire Treasurer
March 1862 Cr
March 11th Molasses $0 50
" 14 " 50
" 18 " 50
Small
Timber for a [?]
3 pieces 6 ft long 3 x 8
4 " 5 " 3 x 8
3 " 10 " 3 x 4
1 " 5 " 4 x 4
I propose to make a [?] for N. C. Calhoun for Thirteen Dollars 50 cts The temples included
for salt at 60¢ per lb
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in assoc. with Mess No 1
March 1862 Dr.
March 1 E. H. Graham $ 30
" Sam. Furman 21
" Sold beef 35
" G.W. Blackburn 20
Large
3 pieces 6 ft long 4 x 6
2 " 5½ " 4 x 6
5 " 10 " 3 x 4
1 " 5 " 4 x 4
$10.00 or 30# salt
1 20ft 4 x 6
1 12 " 4 x 6
11 54 " 3 x 4
1 12 " 2 x 6
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Hired Jeff Michum from the 22nd May to 23rd June at 35. per month
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Dec 3 Expences &c
Postage & Stationary 1.00
" 7 Exp to Oxford per RR 2.75
" at Oxford 5.00
Stage to Jacksonville 2.50
Hire of Horse 10.00
Hotel at Jacksonville 8.00
Stage to Blue Mountain 2.50
Wilsonville RR 3.00
Columbiana &
Childersburg 2.00
Montavala self & horse 7.20
Lodging Night (daily) 2.00
Forage .45
Lodgings 3.00
Hauling 2.00
Exp Home RR 7.25
to Selma 0.30
$62.20
Selma Exp 19.00 15.00
$77.30
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Ball expences Selma 4.00
RR Home 3.50
Shoeing horse 6.00
Postage & Stationary 75
Paid for socks 22.50
Hauling 10.00
Expences to hotel cook 35.00
to Childersburg 4.40
RR to Selma 4.75
RR from Selma 4.75
Hotel Selma 18.00
$113.65
Deduct for socks 22.50
91.15
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Cotton Statement
for 1863
Sanders Ogletree
2 Bales 1069# 25¢ $267.25
James Candle
2 Bales 1180# 15¢ 177.00
S. S. Holliday
2 Bales 1294 15¢ 194.10
W. Riggans
2 Bales 25¢ 419.06
M C. Calhoun
9 Bales 4680#
J. Heath
Seed Cotton 9107# 7¢ 637.49
Mrs Smith
Seed Cotton 4800# 9¢ 450.00
Received but 4281# 400.00
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1861 Henderson Candle Sr
Mar 5th/60 1 Note $26.28
Jan 1st/61 1 Note 225.00
" " 32.40
Oct William Breedlove for
10th/64 25½# Beef $1.25 $31.87
Dec 20 15# salt 1.50 22.50
1865
March 26th 98# Bacon
Aprl 4th By 38¼ Tubs full
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1864 Henderson Candle
January 30 To Cash $30.00
By Cash 30.00
00.00
Mrs French
1861 Toll on 1 B. Cotton 6.00
Ext Tooth for Sam 1.00
Cr by Ball in Settlement 1861 $2.93
Toll on 131# Cotton
6 Bales do 25¢ 15.00
Cr By 20# Cotton given to 21.00
Mrs Ogletree $6.00 2.90
18.10
1860 Benj French
Feb 16 8 tin fillings 1.25 12.00
2 extractions 1.00 2.00
" 25 2 tin fillings 1.25 2.50
16.50
Cr Nick by Beef 3.33
Cash .50
5 tin fillings 1.25 6.25 10.08
$6.50
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1861 William Riggans
Toll on 1 B Cotton $6.56
10# Gined Cotton 15 1.50
1# Tobacco 2.50
1863 9½# Cotton for
Mrs Riggans 4.75
1864 16# Cotton for Self 8.00
[erased]
1863 Mrs McNeeley
Oct 22 16# Cotton (her order) 8.00
Jan 12 12½# do Son 6.25
[erased]
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1861 David Crowson
Toll on 1 B Cotton 7.44
1863 3# Cotton for Bun 50¢1.50
14# Cotton " self 7.00
18½# " " John 9.25
[pencil, erased or obscured]
1859 Albright Esqr
Aprl 17 8 gold fillings 2.00 16.00
Cash for Paper .50
Int 1st Nov 1864 5.25
$21.78
1861 Thos Love
28# Beef 10¢ 2.81
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1862 Joshua Oden
Jan Order for Smith $8.00
John Smith
1861 Cash Loaned by Stewart 5.00
Riley N. Giddens
1861 To Cash loaned 5.00
1861 Lt Johnson
Postage Stamps 5.00
1860 Goode Bishop
½ Bu Salt
1863 115# Salt for Pork
Cr by 100# Pork
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Coln Darby Sold to
1863 1 Bu White Wheat John Oden
1862 Capt Samuel Coleman
Note on Floid Hill 35.00
Paid Pope & Perryman 10.00
I sent $100 to pay the boys for money loaned these were not paid.
1862 Joe Smith
Lot Paper $ Envelops $135.00
M. C. Calhoun in act with John Oden
1863 161# Salt 40¢ 64.40
Cash borrowed in Rich 80.00
$144.40
Cr By amt fr Mrs Oden $140.
I borrowed $150, in Richmond $70
of which was paid previous.
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Mrs Smith
1864 To 2 bu Cotton Seed 50¢ 1.00
1863 5# Salt 60¢ 3.00
1864 7# Salt 75¢ 5.25
Ball on Tobacco 9.17
Dec 25 13# Salt (1.50) 19.50
36.92
1864 William Riggans
July 17 10 bu corn sold
to Bishop $5. $50.00
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Mr Barbour To
charged for 2 instead of 1
Left to his [?] conscience
Cr. Jerry Harvel By
8 Bu Corn for Leather
To 2 bu paid Tucker for order
9 Self
By 11¼ sole leather
Hon Nathaniel Cook To
Expences on boy from Lowndes $14.50
1864 William Reggans
July 17 To 40, 1 Bu Wheat
Cr By 21 Bu (4½ bu shrinkage in 25½ bu)
To Rope for 3 Bales Cotton
Wheat at this time was worth from 25 to 30 Dollars per bu, The shrinkage he refuses to pay To be settled 3 days after the war in Court
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1864
Oct John Goodwyn
24th To Cash $34.00
1864 Jemy Harvell
Dec 20 1 horse hide
1 cow hide
To be taned with the priviledge of my having all the leather
Henderson Candle
To cash Drawed $4.00
Martha Crowson
1 wardrobe 5.00
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Mrs Ogletree
1 stone pitcher & Bole 75
1 set plates 50
1 " cups & saucers 50
1 Butter Boles 15
1 Chamber 37
2 Socks 37 25 2 27
1# Tobacco 75
½# Tobaco 1# do 3 52
75
$3.84
Mrs French To
1 set Teas 50
1 Bole 12
2 soup dishes 37
1 crock (2 gal) 1.50
Hellen Taylor
August 4th 1 Bole 50
Bole 50
2# Tobacco 50¢ 1 00
5 2# Tobacco 50 1 00
17 2# Tobacco 50¢ 1 00
27 5# Tobacco 50¢ 2 50
30 1# " 50 1 00
7.50
July 1st Mrs McNealie
1 Pitcher 25
2 Baisons (1 broken) 75
1 set cups & saucers 50
3 plates 30
1 dish 20
1 Bole 15
1# Tobacco 2.15
30
2.65
to be paid in Corn
Borrowed ½ bushel & 6 pints
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Mrs Wallace
1 set cups & Sausers 30
3 plates 30
1 Dish 20
3 Boles 45
1 Basin 50
1 95
Mrs Regans
1 set cups & Sausers 50
1 plates 50
1 dish 20
1 Bole 50
1.70
Wm Taylor
Jany
9 1# Tobacco 50
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Moneys Received 1860
Jany For [?] $2.00
Feb 4th Surveying 1.00
" Rent of Coat .10
" Gift Mother .15
" Debt Tony .10
" 6 Chickens .95
" Peas .87 1.50
" Gift Pa Pa .25
" 8 " Pa .10
" 12 Advantage in trade knife .15
" 16 " " .20
" Shirt & Hat 10 each .20
" 28 Gift Mother 1.00
" Reas. cotton &c 3.45
March 15. Advantage in trade .15
" 26 For Vest .25
May 3rd Mother Given 5.00
" Pa " 4.00
July Flour 1.00
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Money Received
1860
Aug. 6 old school books 2.75
" " " .75
" 7th one " .50
" " Hat .25
" 14th Trade .10
Sep 2nd Book .75
" 10th " .75
Oct 23rd Pants & Debt
1.00 each 2.00
" 26 Cheat .75
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[pencil drawing]
1865
June Mr Parker to
27 2# Tobacco 1.00
[drawing] Monday
June
27 Benj French
1# Tobacco
July
6 3# Tobacco
1865
July W C Patterson
6 11#Tobacco 50¢ 5.50
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Piney
1 Hat 4.00
6/12 needles 1.00
1 Day [?] 2.50
Gr Buttons .50
4# Soda 1.00
2 Sifters 1.75
1 paper pins .25
$11.00
2 Sacks Expences RR
2 " Freight "
2 " Bill Goods
Recvd of
Oct 23 Coln Darby
1856 9# Sole Leather
sent him $10.
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1865 Mrs Rugeley To
Augst 15 To 1 pr Shoe Leathers 2.00
Nov 10 Bill goods Selma
1 pr Homespun 6.75
10 yds Calico 4.12
4 HRs 38¢ 1.52
9 yds Homespun 50¢ 4 50
1 Pitcher for Miss [?] 37
23 Cash Loaned 2 00
25 Plug Tobacco 75
Paid Miss Ann Smith
Pipes &c 85
1866 School act G Patterson 13.00
Feb 20 1 pr Shoes 2.50
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Q.M.
Cr Mr Hardie
at Talladega
420# Cotton 30¢ 126.00
Exp Hauling Pack
Baging Rope &c 25.00
380# 30¢ Ball due him $114.50
[entry scratched out]
1865 Dr Whit Patterson To
Nov 28 35 8/50 bu Corn $43.92
Dec 1 14 48/50 " " 18.58
$62.50
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1865
Nov 21 Dr Whit Patterson
21 Bbls Corn
26 21 " "
[figures & scribbles]
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J. M. Lanning ode
To M. C. Calhoun Dr
in Commission 10 percent
16 Pitchers 16 gal 8
1 Crock 1 gal 50
1 Chamber 1 " 50
69 Mugs 23 " 6 90
8 Boles 4 " 80
24 Saucers
46 Cups 3 00
23 Dishes 8 " 2 30
$22 00
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Nov 11th Paid Capt Locklin 1400.
Dec 2nd" " " 1000.
" 6 Order on Jno Oden 871.
" Draft at light on
Miss Williams & Boyd 567.65
$3838.65
Cr by Ball on draft
not honored by Oden 71.00
Money due me $11.
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Purchased at Capt Locklins Sale
1 Can 1.50
3 Pans 45
7 Axes 2 00
1 Shovel 30
1 lot hinges 1.25
1 Frower 50
3 Wedges 2.25
1 small wagon 21.50
1 Rockaway 31.
1 Stove 29.
1 small table 25
1 Bureau 10.
1 small bole 75
1 Turine 2.30
3 Tumblers 1.40
9 Chairs 2 18 00
1 Cain Chair 3.50
75
From Winter
1856 John Goodwyn
Dec 10 2¾ yd Kent Jenes 1.25 3.45
4 " 1.50 6.00
" 16 1 ½ " Lining 75 1.12
¾ " Jenes 1.25 94
½ doz Buttons ½ 12
1 Box Hair Dye 1.00
2 plugs Tobacco 90 1.80
14.41
S. E. Calhoun borrowed
Mrs A F Rugeley $34.53
76
Weights of Fish 1866
Apr 5th 1/9 6# 1/10 1/20
Cat 1/10 ¼
Lize McGraw shoes 3.00
James Giles 10.00
John Sparks 100 00
Charley Giles 25 00
Jasper Davis 5 30
" " cravat 50
Henry McGraw cash 1 00
Lize McGraw
$1 for flour 1 00
" " 7 meat 10¢ 70
Aug 29 8½ yd Terry 3/- 3 00
" 7 yd Domestic 18¾ 1 30
" 1 bottle of snuff 50
Lize McGraw
Merchandise 6 57
Mary McGraw
Buring clothes
meat Henry McGraw 3.00
77
John Goodwyn bt of Nix & Bro
1866
Jan 8 ½# Powder 3.00 1.50
2 shirt bosoms 2.00 4.00
Feb 20 1 pr shoes 2.50
Bot and made
1 pkt knife 2.00
4 plugs Tobacco 2.00
78
D. T. Vincent To 1866
Hauling 1 load goods
from Welsinville 6.00
Mar 23 7#Mutton 70
See Posey Blacksmith
June 23 25# mutton 2.50
W. M. Hannah
18# mutton 8 1.44
Aug 9 To cash 5.00
See Posey (Blacksmith)
May 25 21# Mutton Paid 2.10
79
Due Mrs Singleton
75# Flour Cr by 40# 11#
cr by 10th
Due Milly 11# Flour
" Adams 23 cr by 8th
" Crawford 14½
Rev Jas McLean
friday before the 5th Sunday in this month
R.R. Hanley Lt
68th Beef H. Qr.
80
Articles Wanted if able to get
12 yds Diaper 50¢ 6.00
6 " Jaconet Camel 75 6.00
4½ "Cross bar muslin 1.00 6.00
9 " Wht Flanel 1.00 9.00
6 " Calico (Small Jt) 30 1.80
54 " Unbleached H [?] 40 21.60
6 " Brown Flanel 1.50 9.00
½ Doz spool thrd
2/8 2/11 1/7 ¼ 1.00
2 bunch small braid .25
2 pockett knives
for the boys 1.25
83
A Rugeley Harpersville Shelby
Dear
I seat my self to write you afew lines Marvin is a lazy rascal Jordan married and got a piggy lazy wife her name Liddy Davis [faded] howdy to all I know &c tell Cousin Lonzo and Dick that I would like to see him very bad expect you heard that my mother is dead she died the first of this month
84
Rowland Rugeley Shelby County Harpersville
85
1
In friendship has a charm for thee,
Say wilt thou mine receive?
'Tis offered in sincerity,
Then doubt not, but believe.
2
Though favor'd ones may own thy heart
And claim thy dearest thought
May I not ask the smallest part
Of friendship to my lot
Anonymous
has a cherry
for this
89
Sunday Sept 8th 1872
In friendship has a charm for thee
Say wilt thou mine received
'Tis offered in sincerity
Then doubt not but believe
2
Though favor'd ones may own thee thy heart
And claim thy dearest thought
May I not ask the small part
Of friendship to my lot
Anonymous
Th. Treas and flowers that
I love soon decay
Americus
Love me little love me long
Is the burden of my song
Shakespare
So Calld
90
Rails Split Aug 10 1870
Nat Martin .75 4 20
Dol Heath " 3.94
Hiram Calwell 4.25
91
Harpersville
92
Harpersville Friday
May 8 1870
[faded]
will you be good enough to let [faded] Martin have $1.00 worth of [?] and charge to my account
and oblige
Rugeley
93
Herman Calwell
[figures]
94
R Rugeley
Paid Martin 9.02
To Talladega 2.00
[faded] 8.80
R Rugeley
[faded]
71
Amt Brot Ford 127.70
1 Rocking chair
1 Clock 10.25
Shades 8.20
3 Wash Stand 1.15
4 sacks salt 4.50 18.00
1 Lot Plow stocks 3.00
4 Cairy " 4.00
4 Tum " 10.00
9 Ducks 4.50
9 Geese 4.50
9 Turkies 8.00
4 Gineys 1.00
3000# Lumber 50.00
Stock hogs 175.
10 Goats 8.50
1 Lot Plows 1.00
453 8
72
Amt Brot Ford 435.55
3 Stacks fodder 1.00
1000 30.00
13 sheep 19.00
11 Solia sweeps 115 4.60
1 Scythe Blade 3.25
1 Lot singletrees 1.50
1 Cow & calf 9.25
1 1 Black steer 8.25
1 Dun cow & calf 8.50
1 " 8.50
1 white cow " 8.75
1 pr dog irons 55
2 Bus Black Oats 75 1.50
26½ BusWheat & Sowing 35.00
$573.65
1 Red Cow 10.00
73
1865
Dec William Bredlove To
7 1 lot goats 12.00
1 cooking stove 30.00
4 Turkies 3.00
$45.00
Cr By Hauling one 2 horse load to Shelby (Team furnished)
74
[faded]
Bot of Vincent
Nov 2 10 yds Domestic 5.62
2½ " Fancy 1.56
2½ " Flannel 3.12
1 pr shoes 4.00
shoes 3.00
2 sp Thread 25
$17.55
Boyd 1 coat 4
1 dress 2
99
[figures]
Charge Doct one dollar for [faded]
100
Lize McGraw
8 yds Kersey 3/- 3 00
7 " Domestic 18 1 29
snuff 50 50
Henry McGraw, 1 box caps 90
101
Memorandum of Goods Bot of
1867 D. T. Vincent & Co
Jany 23 Acct [?] 20.89
1 set plates 8/- 1 00
2 pr Shus 4 00
1 Hood 6/- 75
1 pr [?] 2/ 2 00
5 yds Tweed 8/- 5 00
2 " Plaids 1 00
6 " S.J. Domestic 2 25
1 pr Blk [?] 5/- 1.25
3 Skins TK 1/- 38
1½ yds Beige 85 1 27
$26.90
1867
July 11 To 2 Pa G Seed of 25
102
1867 Bot of D. T. Vincent
Oct 23 To 1 Tub 8/- 1 00
" 1 pr Lds Shirs 3 50
" 1 " Chic do 1 00
" 3 pr [?] 3/- 1 12
" 2 slips thd 10 20
" 2 spools thd 10 20
" 2 plugs Tobacco @60 1 20
" 5# Coffee 1 87½
$11.09
Nov 9 To 3 spools Thrd 37
" 6 yds Domestic 20 1 20
" 3 Sp Thread 1/- 38
" 1 pr Lds /shir 3 50
" 1 pr negro shus 2 50
" 1 pr child 1 00
" 1 Tobacco 50
9 45
103
Nat Mart Pads 4 19
106
M C Calhoun
although
New Grown
Commerce
107
[tally chart with headings: September, Turner, Marion, George, Willie, Roley, Rowland, Guss]
108
River Field 1866
[tally chart: September, Boid, Steven, Skip, Doc, Susan, Alice, Charlotte]
Did not weigh up to this time
109
Home Patch
[tally chart: September, Boid, Steven, Skip, Doc, Susan, Alice,Charlotte]
Did not weigh up to this time
110
lost time Marion V Turner
Marion first week in oct
down to Flukers second
week sick went home
Turner lost 1 week at
Charles and 1 day
111
Numbers of Land
the Home tract
SW ¼ E ½ of the SW ¼
SE fraction of section 30 T 19 R 3E
Makeing in all 213 acres
SW ¼ Sect 20 T 19R 3E
Containing 160
Fraction NE north of
Locust creek Sec 31 T 19 R3
Containing 76
Two lots one containing 10
and the other 4
NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 30
T 19 R 3E Containing 40
The E half of the SE quarter
except 7 acres off in SW
corner or S of the pond
spring containing 73
Total Acres 576
112
560 Acres Land $15. $8,400
4 Mules 200 800
1 Mare 150
50 Stock hogs 200
20 Head Cattle 150
9 " Sheep 150 13.50
2 Wagons 100
1 Rockaway 100
1 " 200
Blacksmith Tools 50
Poultry 60 chickens [?] 12
12 geese 6.20 Turkies 14. 20
Ducks & Ginies 5
Farming Implements 50
Kitchen furniture 50
Household furniture 100 $10,300.00
1 Cotton Gun 50 Saw 100 200
113
Taxes upon Cotton 1866
84745# 20¢
11 Bales cost 1694.90
Sold at 30¢ 2412.90 $732.00
Baging & Rope 59.40
Hauling 11.00
Confederate Tax
Time between evacuations
Sept 18 11 Oclock P.M. days hours
Sept 23 9 Oc PM 4 22
" 23 9Oc PM Sept 24 PM 8 Oc 23
114
Hired Hands for 1866
Negroes
Boyd Hunly 120
"
" 100
Susan " 50
" 50
Stephen Scott 50
Charlotte Calhoun 50
Joe " 50
White Men
Thos Smith 150.
115
Joe Calhoun
Cr By 7¼ Bus Corn
Sold Nix 125 9.06
To
Nov 30 1 Crock 15
Dec 16 1 pince Tobacco 15
Elias Watson
Jacksonville Ala
This man came with me from
Richmond when wounded
116
1865 Charlotte Dr Cr
Nov 2 1 twist Tobacco 18 18
Cr by cash $5.00
2 8½ yds Calico 50¢ 4 25
Cr 9 by 7¼ Bus Corn 1.25
Sold Nix $9.06
No of Loads Corn
on the right of the road
next the house
" " river
The Guinee sow had 5 pigs
on the 4th day July 1866
The downfall of Governments
thus we see the great importance of proclaiming public virtue, of arresting the progress of political corruption—the certain precursor of the downfall of civil institution—Our people actuated by the principles which constitute the true patriot will shun the vices of political corruption
1 yard cotton bobinet
3 pipes
Breast pin
1 qt 5/8, ½ shoe pegs
124
Scriptureal meaning of the
word Law.
Human law simply requires an outward performance though the heart be wanting, but where there is not a real delight in holiness there the the heart is not in the law of God. "The law is spiritual". If the law was carnal it could be satisfied with works. But that it is spiritual no one can satisfy it, unless all that he does in accordance with it be done freely and from the heart, and the Spirit of God alone can give us such a heart. It is therefore a different thing to do the "deeds of the law" from what it is to "keep the law".
125
126
Timbers for Screw
By Joseph Chapman
4 Posts 22 ft 12 x 14
3 pieces 10 " 10 x 10
1 " 16 " 18 x 18
2 " 10 " 10 x 10
2 10 " 4 x 6
2 40 " 12/10 x 10 28/7 x 7
2 25 " Clamp logs
4 10 18 x 18
4 10 4 x 6
2 18 20 in face
Pit 10ft square 3ft 6in deep
bottom of posts 5 ft 10 inches
127
Timbers for Gin House
Weight of Huntie's beef
R. K. Huntie Hind Qr 77#
Pritchett Fore Qr 95
Calhoun Fore Qr 92
Vincent H Qr 75
339
1868
Jan 27 J. H. Goodwyn
24 lbs of meat 20¢
20 lbs
April 7 10lbs May 27, 4lbs, June 14, 2lbs
2lbs
128
Nov William Toland To
21 1 house shucks fodder $10.00
1834 3 pr boards 25¢ 4.58
4 Stock Hogs 75.00
2000# Fodder $1.00 20.00
1 Gin 100.
Thrasher 5.00
1 Fan 12.00
$117.00 117.00
for which he is to let me have a bale of cotton weighing 600# to be sold by me and he credited with the proceeds
1 Bull Yearlin 5 00
2 Geese 1 00
7 Bus Corn 1.25 9 75
$242.33
129
Dr Whit Patterson $ 50.00
Coln McPherson 100.00
M. C.Calhoun 200.00
3 Born Sept Nov
November ber
the County of Shelby
Miss Emma Fluker
Emma Fluker
Due George Morris
46# Rope 5/- Baging
Cr by 41#
Shela S[?]
Emma Fluker
Miss you will find by this that you have lost [ink blot]
130
1801
Bought of Nix & Brothers
20# Coffee 50 10.00
24# Sugar 30 7.20
3 Tin Cups 15 45
1 Box Caps 75
1 pr Shoes 5.00 5.00
8½ yds Calico 50¢ 4 25
6 Bunches Fish Line 37¢ 2 25
2 " " 15¢ 30
1 Box Hooks 2 00
1 Dry Cat " 50
1 pr Shoes 12.50
35.20
57# Sugar a 30¢ 17 10
2# Shot a 50¢ 1 00
53.30
131
Weights of Cotton
[figures]
Send to J. C. Graham
(by Express) Selma
[figures]
132
1865 Loaned J Oden
Oct Cash Loaned for Candies 1.70
5 " Order to Rice 10 00
8 " At Childersburg 2 00
10 " Order on Rice 4 00
$13 70
Cr by Cash 3 99
9 71
By Rent of Land 1 00
$8 71
By Cash
Oct 10 By Cash per Jas Oden 1 00
" " 1 69
" for Houses 32
" Patterson act 75
Nov " 5 00
21 " per Garry Oden 20
3 99
133
1865
Money Received of
Oct Samuel F. Rice for Cotton
3 Receited for $200.
Trade in Horses 9.
Received of Rice by
order to Josh Ogden 1000.00
Nov 4 Recvd of D. Wallace
for Samuel F Rice 1500.00
Nov 8 Order on J C Graham $16.00
65 12 in Plank 16ft
100 ¾ Pailing 16"
70 3/2 scantling 16
11 8/2 sleepers 16
10 4/6 scantling 16
4 8/8 " 20
Millie $1.00
12 in plank
12 in plow
134
1865
Oct Money Expended
3 1# Soda 40
" Paid Piney 10 00
" " Watson Esq 50
4 Shoe knife & Thrd 70
5 Loaned Piney by Candle 170 00
" Pd Jim Smith for Wagon 25 00
" Mrs Williamson Smith act 1 50
Hat & Tobacco 3 75
Bridle & Horses 33 00
Loaned Piney 701.00
Silver Cup Ext Tooth &c 20.00
Expences to Wilson order 1.50
Loaned Piney 200.00
135
[figures]
136
Capt Locklin
proposes to sell his
effects in Shelby Co 1st Monday in November next 1865
New ground field
including wheat 105 acres
House field 55 "
River field 50 "
Rowland Rugeley
Hired Boid Hunly Boy
for $10. per month
Bristoe
Henry [faded]
Izaac Samuels
Henry Samuels
[faded]
137
[diagram of Section 29 showing tracts owned by George Butler, Mrs Reden, Mrs Holly, Mrs Avery, and RR land]
Articles Wanted Nov 9th 1865
2 Sacks Salt Post Stamps
Sugar & Coffee
38 Yds Calico
3 Hats for Willie & Rowland
1 pr shoes for Gus
25 yds unbleached Domestic
8½ " Kentucky Jeans 65¢
2 " Flanel coloured for Gus
1 Dry Thread
½ doz 76 kps (4 pr stockings
For the Piles
1 oz Tanin
½ oz Sulph Quinine
A sufficiency of Lard to make a salve and apply it two or three times a day
For Suppression or Dismen[?].
Tinct. of Guaicum
A Table teaspoonful three times a day, and after the suppression subsides give miunate Tinct of Quin 3 times a day
Received May 10th/1865 of M. C. Calhoun Five Hundred Dollars for a wagon
Wilsonville S. J. Thompson
May 10th 1865
Talladega
S. S. Thompson
Harpersville Wellsonville
140
Luther Gadey
Monroe Todd
Augustus Todd
Loss Singleton
Jack "
Lewis "
County
County
Harpersville
Shelby County
County
141
No of Gal of stones that leaks
2 1 gal Crocks 2 gal
2 [faded]
4 2 wash boles 8
2 1 Pitchers 2
1 1 Jar 1
5 Deep Plates 5
2 Jars 1-3-1-2 5
1 crock 3
1 bole 2
2 Chambers 2
34
Paid King for
Bass for a lot of stem-
ware $356
142
[scribbling]
[faded]
G M D Patterson Paid $100.
David McMillan 10.
George Patterson Jr 5.
Joshua Oden Senr 10.
Henry Malone 2.
M. C. Calhoun 20.
Paid Boid 3 lvbs cotton or 75
Dress for Milly $2 00
Rowland paid Boid $3 00
Paid for meat 2 00
[faded] 20 dollars $20 00
Recd Beana 2 20
Paid Beana 10
Boyd $7
[faded] $15 00
148
Articles Wanted
Soda, Corn, Coffee, Sugar
20 Bus Corn 5#Sugar
1# Coperas, 1 dry spool Thrd
3 pr stockings 2 yds bleached homespun
2 straw hats 10# sugar 2#Tea
1 shoe knife 1 ball shoe thrd 1 hammer
Alls. 10 yds Calico. 2 papers needles asst sizes
Write J W Hardie respecting his cotton at Syllacauga to Bales
Dec
22 6½ lbs of meat
3 lbs of cotton 25¢ 75
4 libs ofLeather, 40 1.60
149
Weights of Hoggs for 1864
[figures]
Receipt for Consumption
Rev. Mr. Freeman
Wm Ashley
Whiting
150
[figures]
151
J G Murphy return
Due Furgason 5 new socks
Tax in Kind
Expences to Columbia 3 00
2 Ball Twine 4 00
Postage Stamps 1 20
8 20
[faded]
for Carter Hamilton
Feb
19 13½# Meat for the Negoes
152
Nov 28 1864
Expences to Columbiana 1.25
from Columbiana to Tal 1.75
Ball Thrd 2.00
2.00
Send theWheat at Columbiana to Capt Bates Montevallo
also the bbl Mol
Sacks on Hand
John W. Pitts exchanged 10 bu corn for 10 bu wheat with J T Bradford
Send to W. Y. Hendricks
½ set crockery by S Express & silver ware
153
Bu Pk
Wheat in hand 15 55
Oats " 411 16
Rye " 3 39
Wool " 24 4
James Mink 10 Sacks
Forms in Hand
27- Abstract M, Special Requisition D.
Should be
On Hand
Wheat Oats Corn Sacks Bbls Qts
21-55 4 16 00 590 34 5
Send the Oats to Cap't J. C. Graham
Selma A.Q.M.
" Leather A. D. Baily
Sup Agnt Montevallo
Molasses to Capt J. R. Bates
or Capt Anderson Talladega
154
Get about 8 Molases bbls
Stationary Pens Ink &c
[figures]
157
Expences to Montgomery
To Lowndesboro $30.00
" Montgomery 8.00
Dinner 5.00
Medicine 10.00
8¾ yds Homespun $4. 35.00
To Selma 25.00
Sisters to Selma 40.00
Soap for Sallie 9.00
Express on Tub 1.50
" " Trunks 6.00
" To Childersburg 27.00
201.30
Had on hand Oct 4th 1864
200# flour M C Calhoun
Killed 370# Beef Oct 8th 1864
Let Mrs Candle have 46¢
All gone by 4th Dec 1864
158
Articles Wanted
Soap S.S. Books Domestic
Medicine, [?], Tobacco
See Jas Taylor about the shoes
Mrs Goodwyn let Mary Taylor have
tin foil
Paid charges on Keg 4.75
[figures]
J. A. Furgerson
439# wheat
159
Oct
27 Cr J. W. Pitts 56 Bus Corn
30 Mr McGibny 30 " 72# Fodder
31 J. F. Welch 50
Jordan Jones 64 150 "
[figures]
160
Received Payment
For & in consideration of the sum of thirty five hundred ($3500) dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged I have this day sold & delivered to M. C. Calhoun negro man Tom. I warrant said negro man to be sound in body & mind
S. F. Alford
Selma Aug 25th 1864 man to be sound
161
Confederate Treasury 7.30 Notes
$100.
Nov 25th/62 to August 18th/64 $100.00
Int 632 days 2¢ per day 12.64
1st Jan 1863 toAugust 18th/64 100.00
593 day 2¢ per day 11.86
1st Jan 1863 to August 18th 1864 400.00
593 days 2¢ per day 47.44
Oct 25th/62 to August 18th/64 100.00
658 days 13.16
Oct 22nd /1862 to August 18th/64 100.00
655 days 13.10
Oct 29th 62 to 18th August 64 100.00
662 days 13.24
$1011.44
162
Montgomery
Settle expences bill with Warren & Burch for Capt Eliott
Present order to Messrs Williams & Boyd Selma (accepted bill for cloth
Diaper Pins, Gun Tubes, Matches
[figures, drawing]
163
Recvd of Miss Martin
$9.66 for Letter Paper paid 8.00
Hat for McGehee
Capt A H Ravesies
[faded]
Expence
Selma $9.00
Montgomery 20.00
supper 5.00
Hack hire 2.00
Hotel (Montgomery) 10.00
109.00 15.00
Omnibus dreyage 2.00
Boat to Selma 20.00
Hotel & Dreyage 12.00
RR 9.00
164
Settlement with W. Riggans
439# Seed Cotton
off for Toll in ginning
# gined cotton
To Ball Corn
Cr
by 35½ spinning cotton
Ball Toll 1861
1# Tobacco
Cash advanced
33½ per ct direct
By Cash
due bill
165
[figure record of 3 loads at $7.06 per hundred]
166
Left home Tuesday 5th [?] remained in Columbia till Wednesday morning & left there & arrived in Charleston 3 P.M. Stoped at the charleston Hotel & early on Thursday called on Maj Lamb for a few moments & then went to S. G. came back in the afternoon & stoped at the Hotel till [faded] night went to the Island & attached myself to Hawthorns camp as an independent [faded]
Head Quarters
Camp Haywood
January 1st 1862
New Years Day
Maj.White Com'g Post
We have passed through another period in the division of time—another year is added to the age of the earth—And yet nature shows no signs of weakness or wear—I arose early this morning in order to prepare a scanty meal for my mess mates—presently the sun came forth rejoicing as proudly as ever in his power—the face of the sky is as serene and blue—the moon hath lost [?]
[faded] & majesty—the stars shine with as clear & [?] a lustre—the old ocean heaves with a mighty swell & his wrathful roar is [?] terific.
My day in course to stand ground, and immediately I received post "Orders" when duty is to sit in "head quarters" to go on little errands for our little Maj. & I am now sitting in the piazza writing these lines about 4 oclock P.M. We have a slight breeze stiring the air is balmy & pleasant The Maj. has been absent all day nearly & has not yet returned. there have
[torn]
Sept 7 Sunday
going to Childersburg
Childersburg
[torn, scribbled]
Articles Wanted for Sister
3# Coffee & 6# Sugar 1 qr Letter Paper
1 Bn Envelops ½# Creamtartar or Salts
[figures]
174
June 21st 1864
Mrs Estes 4 for woll Socks
Mrs Wessin 3 for Cot "
" Stamps 3 " Stamps
Miss M Conel 3 " Miss Mollie
Mrs Welch 4 " Henderson
Miss S Malory 6 " 2 pr Woll
Mrs G Cox 4 "
27 Henderson
[figures & scribbling]
175
Rowland Rugeley went to McPhersons to board Jan 5th 1864
Alphonzo " " Feb 15 1864
" left McPhersons Aprl 30th 1864
Paid McPherson four hundred dollars for 10 months board.
Mrs McGehee
6 pr Cot. Socks
Mrs Martha Wilson
20 pr socks cotton
Mrs Martha Pope
20 pr cotton & 3 pr wool socks
Mrs Mary Wilson
2 pr cotton & 2 pr wollen socks
Mrs A. J. Oden
6 pr cotton socks
176
Poplar Spring Church
Mrs J. Jones 1 pr socks
Mrs S. Johnson 1 pr—cloth
" N. Ham 3 " "
May 1st 1864
Mrs Calhoun 1 Blanket
Mrs McGehee 5 pr socks
Miss M Maloney
Mrs Joshua Oden 13 pr
" Bullington 4
" A.M.F. Oden 16
" S Fluker 11
Coosa
8 Donated
Mrs Lowland 6 pr
Mrs Hamilton 8 pr wool 4 pr cotton
" Wilson 11
177
Syllacauga
Mrs Dove 1 Blanket (Cloth) 15
" Cox 2 Coverlits Thrd No 8 & 10
" Gowan 2 " Thrd No 10
" J Oden 9 pr Socks (Cloth) 13½
Mrs Oden 10 pr Wollen 2 yds 20
" 7 " Cotton 10½
Mrs McGehee 3 " Cotton 4½
" " 1 Wollen 2
65½
Poplar Spring 4
69½
Mrs Candle 1 Coverlid 8
Boy Sam 1 Blanket 77½
12
89½
Amt Shipment
2 Blankets Exchanged
5 Coverlits
34 pr Socks
69 " " Donated
178
Mrs E. A. Lyle 1 Blanket 12
" Roden 1 Coverlit 12
" Calhoun 1 Blanket 1 B. Thrd
" Miss Cox 1 B. Thrd
Bradford
41 for Socks Donated
Mrs Martha Gray 1 Blanket
" McKinney 1 Coverlit
" Thomas 1 Coverlid
" Mrs M Kinzey 1 C 1 B 24 yds
153 pr Cot Socks
15 " Woolen "
Syllacauga
Mrs J. Oden 9 pr Socks 13½
179
Syllacauga
Mrs Calhoun 4 Quilts
Boy Sam 1 Blanket 10
Miss Moris 1 pr Socks $1.50 Paid
Mrs Patterson 1 Coverlid 10
" 9 pr socks $13.50
Mrs Butts 2pr socks $3.00 Paid
Mrs Henry Oden 1 Coverlid 12
Mrs Rugeley 6 Coverlid 48
Mrs Sarah Taylor 2 " 24
" Thos Pope 1 Blanket 10
" Florence Pope
1 B & Coverlid 20
" Harker 2 pr Socks
Syllacauga
18 Coverlids 134 yds
14 pr Socks $18.00
Hatchett Creek
14 Coverlids 166
8 pr Socks $4.50
Childersburg
Dr Griffin 1 Carpet Paid 12 yds
P. T. Childers 5 Carpets Paid 50 "
Jacksonville
114 Blankets 1220 yds
34 pr Socks $51.
Fst to Blue Mt $10
From B. Mt $10 $71
Write to Simpson & More
The powers Price of Dr Gantt
[faded]
[table titled Recapitulation: columns for Blankets, Carpets, Coverlids, Socks, tallied to each locality: Fayetteville, Syllacauga, Montevallo, Elyton, Columbiana, Childersburg, Jacksonville, and Hatchett Creek]
Shirting
Mrs Darby 1 pr socks
1 Coverlid 1 Carpet 1 Blanket 18 20
Mrs L. B. Cox 2 Coverlids 12 20
Mrs Porter 1 Coverlid 12
" B. F. McGehee 1 Coverlid 12
McClung 1 Coverlid 3 pr Socks 12
A Morriss 2 Coverlids 12 20
Mrs C Oden 2 " 12 20
Mrs Hill 2 Carpeting
Mrs Fluker 4 Coverlids 24 40
Miss McGreger 1 pr Socks 156
1 Comfort 1 pr Gloves
Coverlids 14
Carpet 3
pr Socks 10
1 Comforter 1 pr Gloves
Mrs Calhoun 2 Blankets & Socks 30
186
Coln George Hill
Childersburg
Mrs Tharp Montevallo
2 Carpets & 2 Blankets 22 Homespun
Childersburg
Thomas Childers
4 Blankets 54
Hatchet Creek
Mrs McDarmid 3 Blankets 36
Bailey 2 Coverlids 24
Patterson 1 " 12
Ross 1 " 12
Albright 1 " 12
Worth 1 Blanket
Blair 3 pr Socks
Adkinson 1 Coverlid 12
2 pr Socks McElrath 2 "$4.50 24
1 pr Socks
Mrs Lauderdall 1 Coverlid 12
Mrs Carmichael 1 " 12
Mrs Smith 1 " 10
184
[margin]
Homespun delivered at Montevallo Dec 26th/63
Mrs Francis Wilson
2 Carpets Exch- 16 Homespun
Mrs Sarah Hitt
1 Coverlid 12 "
Mrs E. Loveless
1 Coverlid 12 "
Mrs Mary Stone
1 Coverlid 12 "
Miss Susan Montgomery
1 Coverlid 12 "
Mrs Talley
6 Carpets 30 "
Mrs M Worthington
1 Coverlid Donated
Mrs Robt Worthington
Roll Carpeting Donated
& Quilt "
To be sent to W. WoodAgnt
282 yds Domest Elyton P.O.
185
Elyton P.O. Jefferson
Washington Wood Agnt
4 Coverlids Exch 40 Homespun
8 Carpeting 40 "
W. H. Wood
1 Blanket & 1 Coverlid 24 "
Mrs Roebuck
2 Coverlids 24 "
John Reid
1 Coverlid 12 "
Edmund Wood
2 Coverlids 24 "
Mrs Mary Vann
2 Coverlids 24 "
Mrs Amelia Truss
1 Blanket & 2 pr Socks Donated
The Miss Loupis
2 Coverlids Donated
Mrs Perkins
2 Coverlids Donated
[margin]
Homesp Deliv at Montevallo Dec 26th/1863
[scratched out scribbles]
Miss Margret McMillion
Elyton Jefferson
[page half torn away]
Rev E T Smith
Bush
Rev Robt Nalls
Miss Bettie We
Calhoun
R. A. Ingram
E. McLellan
J. M.Daily
Car
Joseph Camp
James Oden
Self
Mrs M. McDo
Rev Rufus Feigh
Washington W
Mrs Perkins
Mrs Edmond
[page torn in half, scribbled]
Commence plantin
April 1872
planting cotton
cultivatin
of corn
cotton
DATABASE CONTENT
| (11502) | DOT0160.002 | 173 | Diaries |
Tags: African Americans, Animals, Anxiety, Artillery, Business, Clothing, Cotton, Crops (Other), Death (Home Front), Death (Military), Defeat/Surrender, Farming, Fatigue/Tiredness, Fighting, Food, Illnesses, Land, Literary Quotes, Marching, Money, Nature, Picket Duty, Prisoners of War, Railroads, Reading, Reinforcements, Religion, Rumors, School/Education, Supplies, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Weather, "Yankees" (Confederate opinions of)
People - Records: 1
- (4124) [writer] ~ Calhoun, Motte Campbell McGehee
SOURCES
Motte C. M. Calhoun Diary, DOT0160.002, Nau Collection
