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Jeremiah Morgan his Day Book

Jeremiah Morgan this the 18 Day of July 1847

This Book were a present to John Lowery in the year of 1847 and the month of July 20 day.
One heffer 3 year ld from J Casey marked as follows crop and split in the 
Right and crop and --- Nick in the Left , Red Lags and white tale, speckled

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One day from dat I promis to pay Jeremiah Morgen orond lon three dollars 
for value service of him this (entry ends)

Payed martin dosen (Martin Dawson) & Simon King $8:50 ct

Conect (crossed out) Connecticut banck Leter g  N 6898

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Loned Thomas Whitlow (crossed out)
Payed Moses Neel Excetor $50 6/4 cts
Collected from Jemes T Mc Ronels $26.34 cts
Pork -sold the amount
Total    $65.71 ½ cts
 ---------
March 4 loned Thomas Whitlow $ 4 dollars
Loned Thomas Whitlow $5 on the 20 day Of May 1848

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Jeremiah Morgan
Sept 4 1847
Received from  Zabo mill      $1.50
Received from Sary          $1.30
Payed                               $16.00  to Efrim Cats
Received from Sary           $3.00
Got 1 bail of Mined           $1.25
One Bed Tick            $1.60
Received from Land      $1.10 cts
Got for Sarh 1 pair of coten cards and needls 70 cts
Got one pair of shaws   $1.25 cts
Got turke red               .34 ½
Let Sarh have 1 bushel sault     .45
March 6 got coffee      $1.00
For Serh 1 due weir         .30 cts
Sault                             25  round
10 yard factory yard pur yard   11 ½ cts

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$20 Loned to David Lowry November 4th 1847 20 dollars in cash

Jeremiah Morgan
March 1848 dito to John Lowry for things
Got 10 yards factry 11 ½ pur yard
2 ounces indigo  25 (cents)
Spanish brown 15 cts
Payed to Robert page for J morgen $30
April 19th 1848
May 1 one pair shaws for Sarh $1.50
For Carter Wilkey
1 pair shows $1.50

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May 1 day lifted 1 note for Henderson Cimbel   J Morgen
Lifted by J Lowry the of note $2.68 cts
May 15 payed Carter Wilky for J Morgen $5. 64 cts

August 21 got calico for Sarh Moren (Morgen) 30 cts
2 small cups   10 cts
Febuary 13 1849
Loned Philip W burden $200 Dollars Payed  up June 11 1849

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$20
one day from date I promise to pay John Lowry the just sum of twenty dollars 
for value levid of Him this 2 day of Mar the 1848
Jonathan Rogers

Page 8

$5 loned on 19 day of April 1848 Simon King $5

loned Wilkson Dixon $245 on the 1 day of May 1848
June 19 day - loned Wilkson Dixon 10 dollars more ----

Received from Dixon $151

$250 loned Young S Lowry $2.56
Loned Thomas Beelt $1.45 cents August 14 1848
Payed up this acount January 23 1849

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Tilmon Dixon
Demand of judgment $3.46 cts

Payed by JP $1.50
30 day of August 1848
payed up the judgment to T Dixon $3.46

50 cts due John Lowry by Wilkson Dixon
payed the amount over to T Dixon
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Aug 11 48  Receved from Jebos Anderson $12.75 cts of Jerimih Morgens 
money Sent home from Mexicoo Request the sones have the Land scrapent (?) 
and the 2 gurls have the 80 acor track and his wife have the home farm and 
the rest of his property sold and --- divided

Got for sarh morgen Dress paton $3.50

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Got coffee 50 (cents)
Table hing and leroos 37 ½ cts

On Downey for Sarh morgen
Coffee   20 lbs
Lether sole & upper   45 (cents)
Mired 1 bail    80 (cents)
Saul (salt) 5 pound

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1 book containing 800 pages of the history of the united states
Well Bound with Lether bounding
Price 3.75
BF Nwling
Loned Z Sinks on 3 Day of May 3.45
June 7 1849 Z Sinks to cash 3.56 ¼
$7.00

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May 3 1849 Z Sinks to money loned $3.49

June 7 Loned Z Sinks proved $3.56
July 14 Loned Z Sinks $2.50
August 26
Z Sinks $2.50
Oct  Sinks   50 (cents)
Setpt 23 Z Sinks $1.50
Oct 2 Z Sinks by Canon $2.40
Aug 28 1849
Payed Simon N King $15.00
September 3 1849
Simon King due $10 dollars

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1849 April 26th
Recd of J N Satterfield in School fund $43.44
$5  may 15 1849 Loned Willam martin $5
$3  August 16 Loned 1849
John N. Brookins $3 dolars
Sept 15 Simon King 10 dollars Sept 14
James Sturmon
Loned $5.00
Sept 18 Simon King got $11 Dollars more

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August 1849 Simon King $15 Doll
Sept 13 Simon King $10
Sept 15 dito  $10
Sept 18 dito  $11
Sept 28 dito  $5
Oct 13 dito  $9
Payed in full by Simon King

Oct 2 Loned $3 Dollars to Thomas Belt
Oct 2 1849 Loned Jessee Fanon $4
Payed up his acount
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Sept 24 1849
Loned John Brookins  Deter $18 dollars
October 25 Receved from brookins $13
October 29 1849 Loned John N brookins $6 Dollars
November 6
Receved in full of this acount

Janwary 26
Loned John W. Shelton $1.50
Payed up this acount

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March 22 1850
Loned Edmon Choissen  $5.70 (or could be 5.80 as it is written over)
Due
Alexander Lowry for muls $18
Then loned $5
Then sent $13.84 2/1
Novembor 24 1850
Loned Thomas Wellington $5.00
Novembor 29 1850
Loned Squior helmon $9
DecembOR 25 1850
Credet this acount with $3 dollars

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Due Alexander Lowry $19 Dollars
Novembor  23 1850
payed up in full January 1851
 

Febury 12 1851
Loned Sylvester Shelton $2

3 hed of strays
horses all mairs and 1 bay
5 hip shot 1 sorel 4 years old blase face
3 pairs old black filley bay mair has on a beel $1
worth $100

Pages 19 through 21 blank

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Novembor 4 1850
Loned Reuben D Boyles $20 dollars

Loned from John $14.95

Loned John Lowry Junur January 13 1853 $8.40 cts
John Lowry Junur due John Lowry $18.40

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August 27 1853 $55 dollars
Credet on John Lowry Js account and charged
To Elishe Lowry
For Which Elishe givs his mair in socorety (security)
Till payed
Elishe Lowry due John Lowry $10 beside making $65

Sept 3 1853 loned Elishe Lowry $2.45 cts
$67.45

Loned John Lowry J (can't read amount)
Oct 12 1853 $20 dollars
Payed on this account $20

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John Lowry Junur
January 3 1854 Secleted
On all accounts up to this Date and remains on payed $56.15 cts

1854 January 3
Wm Cannon Due John Lowry on setlment $1.75
Payed up this account

January 3  1854
Loned Wm Lowry 10:7 (sic)
Payed taxes  107
$214

January 24 Loned Alexander Lowry gold $50

January 31 1855 payd for Wm Lowry on executor $9.85 cts

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March 5
Loned James Bowden five dollars in gold
Payed up this

March 29 1854
Loned Z Sinks $12.41
April 12 Receved from
Z Sinks on lone $5

Loned Jund King  $2.50
July 1 1854
Loned Gorg Taylor  $3.00
In 1854 soald one mair to Elishe Lowry for $40 dollars in cash on
A Credet March 10th 1854
July 15 1854 Receved on this account $25 dollars

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June 8 1854 Receved
Of John Lowry
In full for An
Aprovement Lying
In Secton 12 T4S
Of R4 Est the sum
Of $22.50 cts

July 6 Receved from Elishey Lowry $8.50
On Smith's account
Payed of this amount to John Lowry

Payed for John Lowry to Joseph Shelton $2.50
In the hands of John Lowry Junur bills
To get Changes $3.60

AS Park (Pork) Nov 1 1854
To Juley 53 ¼

Page 27

July 29 loned Young S Lowry $5

Septembor 28
Loned Nathon T. Broks silver $1.50 cts
1 ring 40 cts
1 stare way 40 cts

1852 Sept 30 Loned Gorg Crisol
Teen (sic) dollars papor money $10
Novembor 4 Receved on this sum $5

Loned John Lowry Junur
Cash one Lone $23.50
Oct 1854

Loned David Lowry Cash $22.25
October 20 1854

Loned Alexander Lowry cash $14.25

Receved from Alexander for David $2.50

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Gorg Taylor dito
a boushel bean dito
14 pounds flower

1854 Loned John Lowry Junur $4.50 Dec 2

Loned AM Sturman
For cash for Road purposes
Aug 1854 $3

January 26 1855
 Loned Wm Sturman $10

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Oct 20 1854
Loned David Lowry
Cash $22.25
Receved from
Alexander Lowry $2.50
Febuary 16 1855
Loned David Lowry
Cash $2.00
March 14 loned   $24.25 David Lowry
David Lowry $4
March 1 1855
Loned $5 dollars to Lishe and $5 to Jessee

$5 March 19 1855
Loned David Lowry $5.00

Remains on this book
Uninsebel  $30.50

Nov 15  Loned David $10

Total $33,292.74

Page 30

July 19 1855 Loned
Avel Kykendall $8

August 12 1855
Left with Danel Boson of Mount Vernon $15
Gorgey money to Chang

August 13 1855 Loned
Bengmon Taylor $40 in gold at in trust
Left in trust 10

August Joseph Esmon
Deto mills boxes  $1
James McNight 2 boxes $1

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August 30 1855 Loned
Plesant Beelt $3

Sept 25 1855
Loned Jesse  & John Lowry $20

Oct 1855
Loned Jesse Lowry hard money $30

Oct 8 1855 Loned John Lowry Junur hard money $20 dollars

Oct 13 1855 Loned Jemes Loued hard money $5 dollars

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John Lowry Junur
Novembor 2 1855
Seteled steeled all book acounts for 1854 on 13 day of Novembor
1855 and Remains on payed (unpaid) $39.00
in trust $2.86
Novembor 13 1855
Loned John Lowry Junur $10 doll

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Novembor 16 1855
Seteled on this book & Remains on payed (unpaid) from William Lowry to
John Lowry Junur $19.20 cts

Loned Jessee Lowry October 1 1855 $30 hard money

Jinuary 4 1856
Seteled up all money Acounts on this book And Remains on payed (unpaid) 
from John Lowry Junur to John Lowry Se $83.00
 

Page 34

Alexander Lowry
Due John Lowry Senur
Febury 1855 $10.06
Payed this Acount

Novembor 24 1855
Loned William M Sturman $15 papor money
Payed this Acount off

Alexander Martin
Grason County Shurmon PO

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Jinuary 3 1856
Loned Jessee Lowry hard money one hundred and thirteen  dollars
$113.00
March 4 1856
Loned Jessee Lowry $10
Payed Elishe from Jessee Lowry one hundred dollars

Credet 228
$5 May 24 1856
Loned Amesy Barbee $5.00

July 9 1856
Loned John Lowry Junur $25 dollars

July 15 1856
Loned David Lowry $10 in gold - payed

Page 36

April 11 1856
Loned John Judge gold $30

1856 Septembor 1 Loned
John Lowry $50 dollars in gold

Septembor 15 1856
Loned John Lowry and William Hunsinger
$300 50 dollars (I think here he meant $300 to John and 50 to William)

Sept 27 1856 Loned
John Colens $6.80 in Mt Vernon

$15 Sept 25 Loned Z Sinks $15 dollars in gold

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Bought in 1856
By John Lowry of Jefferson County ILL
Muel colts as follows

2 from  John Lowry $75.00 worth
2 from John House $80.00
1 from Jemes McNight $33.00
1 from Wm Sturman $35.00
1 from Isac Adcock $44.00
1 from Sariah Cross $45.00
2 from Thomas Burton $60.00
20 remaining
2 from Chanly Reddel $80.00 payed

Novembor 15 Receved of William Lowry for Z Turner
Payed $2.65 cts of to Zeferiah Turner

Page 38

Decembor 10 1856
Johneth House Worth due John Lowry for 10 yewes sheep $15

$10  Febuary 20 1857
Loned Jesse Lowry one hundred dollars in gold - payed up

March 21 1857
Loned John Lowry Ju gold $25.00

March 4 1857
Loned David Lowry gold $10 dollars

March 23  Loned
Elishe Lowry $5 dollars in gold

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Elishe Lowry for Mirash Wheat $1.30
To three head of sheep $3.00

April 24 1854 Loned
Jesse Lowry $25 dollars
Payed up

June 2 1857
Loned Z Sink $3.00
Sept 1 Loned Elishe Lowry $10
August 17 loned
Z Sinks $2.00
Z Sinks $2.00 Loned for David Lowry
 

Page 40

Sept 1 1857 Loned John Lowry for 1 not (should be note) on Henry Collens
Princebel $20 int
Rest $100.00

July 9 1856 Loned
John Lowry Ju $25 dollars

Sept 1 1856 Loned John Lowry Ju
$50 dollars in gold

 May 27  Loned to John Lowry Jun $10 in gold

Oct 19 1860 John Lowry for Scrivner (or S Crivner) $36.00
Isac Brooks for John Lowry $27.00
Octobor 13 1860

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$25 Loned to Jesse Lowry 25 dollars
January 26 1858
payed up by setelment

$50 Loned to David Rotramel & fifty 50 cts May 3 1858

August 10 Loned David Lowry $12.00

Decembor 29 1858
Loned to Elishe Lowry $8 dollars

Decembor 1 1858 Loned John Lowry Junur $70

Page 42

$5 Loned to Franklen Fanon 5 dollars

Febuary 1861 Receved from John Lowry Junur by wife $24.00

July 1861 $10 more from John Lowry

Page 43

April 20 1861 got from Wm Sturman $65 dollars

August 31 1861 payed to William Sturman $10 dollars

Page 44

Elishe Lowry money loned March 1 1861 $15 April 1 1861
Payed back $5.00
Payed up this Acount

Page 45 blank
Page 46

Thomas Neal
Ewing Franklin Co, Ills

Page 47

Aprased Property for Tillmon Dixon
To ownes one Rone filley 2 years old this Spring$65.00
1 bay 1 year old 35.00
2 small hay stacks $16
1 Lot of oats $5
Total $81.00

Pages 48 through 75 Blank
Page 76

June 21 1858 John Lowry was Apointed guardeen for Plesant Cross 
the Amount on hand is $16.16 ½
Payed for Letors of guardeenship $1.50
Payed to John Cross 65 (cents)
Guarden of Jacob Miens hairs $16.16 ½

Page 77

June 21 1858 the Cort and the Administrator of Asel Cross Com to 
Asetlement due to Each hair By order $16.16 ½
Due the Wider 72.74 cts
Payed to the Wider Febuary 1858 $20
June 21 payed the Wider $20
More balenc due the Wider
June 21 is $32.74
August 21 1858 payed to Martin Sevel by order of Sary Cross $10
Wider Dowry payed off
Jacob Miens hars payed of to John Cross guardeen

Page 78 through 95 blank
Page 96

To caur (cure) the big head or stiff complant on horses tak the oldes bacon 
you can get back (bake) it well and one 4 pound sulphur stur well on a slow 
fier 1 gill of turpentine still sturing last ad one oune Lodmon (laudanum?) 
still sturing well and the caur is shown.

Page 97

Things got for David Lowry W him marid
1 seet of knives and forks .84
1 seet of cups & sosers     .34 ½
1 boiler .35
1 stew Cittel            .95
1 water bucket                   .35

To caure the stiff complaint tak 1 pound and 1 quarter of silk wood root I quart of 
whiskey ad 1 ounce barnphier gun to the secur

Page 98

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Abra la da bra l
Abra  la da br
Abra la dab
Abra la da
Abra lad
Abra la
Abra l
Abra
Abr     6 in lenth
Ab       4 in welth
A        2 2/1 in hith

2 Kings 19 Chapter
Isaarh 37 Chapt
Both reeds the same

Page 99

$39 dollars E Arey (? Army )
pay of J Morgen on the 4 day of Oct 1848 Sarh Morgen
spent $4.80 cts of the same
Leving $34 dollars 20 cts
Beruary the 5th let Sarah Morgen have $5 dollars more

Page 100

Coffee got on for the wido morgen 20 lbs
Sugar 5 bbs
1 bail of thred 84 2/1
Lether upper and under $1

To coure the Big heed on horses put asectin ( a section?) in the sholder under the 
Blad 1 tee spun of turpentine using peec (piece)  of Copris sold (sew) up skinn till 
be popes let it out below second bowne say one ounc of campfier (camphor)
 gume the same of brose of supplement

Page 101

one pint of turpentine mix well bath with a hot iron bleed every 5 days give 
½ pound sulphur every 5 days keep your horse dry

Page 102

Febuary 24 1857
Receved on A judgment Against Samuel Colens
Wm PS Ross & Henry Colens
$66.50 cts and 1 note on Z Sinks $2.50
making in all $69 be four Gorg Crisol JP
Remains in the office
1 note of $15 and $8
Hery Colens

Page 103

Phonix bank 5 dollars
No 9325   1848
Lawrsvill banck   20
No 9735   1830
Labor don by Alexander Lowry in the medor (meadow)
Dito 5 ½ days work    $5.50
Elishe 2 1/3               $2.45
John 2                       $2.00

Page 104

A lot of fraut (fruit) trees
Beginning SE Luning North
3 Rambows
3 Sweet pepper
3 Romite
2 Golden Russ
2 Newton Pepper
4 Z Bell Flours
4 Wintor Romn
3 E Red
1 Quine tree
bought in 1857
Seet (set) in Decembor
 

Page 105

Sept 1 1853 bought
24 hed of hoags   (chos ?)
of 26 for Which I John Lowry promos
to pay $95 and payed same to said Kykendall
$50
Sept  23 1853 bought 8 heed of hogs from
Thomas Dixon price $35 dollars

Page 106

August 12 1853
Green H. Belt deto bacon 12 ¼ lbs

August 12 1853
John J Esmon
Deto for bacon 16 ½ pounds of bacon at 8 cts per pound

Page 107

March 7 1853
Loned David lowry $1.50
April 2 1853 Loned $2 more
To David Lowry $3.50
April 6 1853 loned
James T McRoneynels $1.00
May 18 1853 loned Z Sinks $1

June 8 1853 Loned to Petor Smith $8.00
July 10 1853 Jesse Hobes Ditor for Bacon 20 ¼
Payed $1.50
August 2 1853 Loned Alexander lowry $5 dollars

 Page 108

Due Philip W Burden for Bradford $1.30
Burden owes John Lowry 1.50 for colts

William Lowry ditto for sugar 25 cts
 

Page 109

Light W Lowery
Flouer 1.50
Holling  .37 ½
 Coffee 1.00
Balenc 2.87 ½
Balen due on seetelment $5.00
Deto seson of
1 mair $3.00

Suqier (Squire?) Hillmon
Deto coffee   .50

Page 110

Wm Lowry cash for Chover $1.50
Wm Lowry $2 loned
Wm Lowry bacon 17 ½ lbs
Wm Lowry bacon 24 lbs
C Burdet by ½ day work

Loned Thomas Dixon 12 ½ flour
John N. Brookins flour 1 barl (barrel)
Making 196 lbs
Wm Davis 50 pounds
Wilk Dixon 40 pounds
Payed back 12 ¼

Page 111

June 11 1852 Loned Alexander Lowry 200.15 cts
Z Sinks deto to J Lowry taire 30 cts
Deto to sall (salt) 25 lbs
Deto to bacon 29 ½ pounds
Peter Sinks deto salt 25 lbs
Oct 1852 William Lowry
Due John Lowery 1.50
To Choser
E Sinks det salt 25
More of salt
Credet by 95 cts
Balanc due Sinks 55 cents
Loned Z Sinks flouer 22
Deto flouer 12 ½

 Page 112

March 7 1852
Balanc due on Joll H. Watson 80 cts
Loned from Thomas Dixon
Febuary 24 1852
Loned to William Cofield 3.64 ½
Z Sinks due J Lowery 34 ½
D Lowry due J. Lowery $1
William Lowery deto John Lowry
Febuary 1851 $2.00
William Lowry
Det to bacon 17 ½
Deto to bacon 24
June 1 1852  42 ½

Page 113

Young S. Lowry Expense in Mount Vernon on 1850 $178.00
Loned to Young S.  Lowry in 1851 $150.00
Payed up in 1852
Jinuary 22 1852 balanc
Due on setelment by
John Lowry Junur
To John Lowry Sr
Fifty dollars  $50

Febuary 14 1852
Loned John N. Brookins $11 dollars
Payed this account up

Page 114

$3.50 Loned to Jessee Fannon Oct 12 1851
three dollars and fifty cts
Oct 21 1851 Loned to Young S. Lowry
Cash    $1.50

Loned to David Lowry Decembor th 5 1851 $7 dollars

Page 115

Coffee sold credet
Squire Helmon   $1
Wilkson Dixon   $1 pay
Jessee Sinks     $1
Zacriah Sinks    $1
Wilkson Dixon   $1 payed
Jessee Sinks     $1
Thomas Belt      $1
William Martin  $1
Z Sinks      $1
David Lowry deto .50
By Shelton   Z Sinks  $1
By Jese   Z Sinks   $1

Z Sinks deto $7 worth of coffee

Page 116

July 8 1850
Swaped for one youke (yoke) of sturs from Edward Cheatom
 

Page 117

April 11 1850
Sold Jack Parmor to HK Trotter for one hundred dollars worth of living stock

April 7 payed
David Lowry $5.00

April 29 1850 Loned John N. Brookins $5.00 dollars payed

Page 118

Febuary 6 1850
John Lowry Junur loned Zacriah Sinks $4 dolars
Febuary 21 1850 Loned Squir Helmon $8 dollars

Received from Squir Hilmon his amount

John Lowry Junur
May 6 Loned David Lowry $2.00
May 15 1850 Loned Thorint Cofield
On Executon $2.45 corts

Page 119

Light Lowry got coffee $3.00
.50
1.15
1.00
2.00
3.50
.50
W. Dixon Credet
Coffee $1.00
David Lowry $1.00
Z Sinks $1.00
S Hilmon $1.00
Jessee Sinks $1.00
Wilkson Dixon  $1.00
Thomas Belt  $1.00

Page 120

Loned to David Lowry Novembor 14 in 1847
Borer from John Lowry $20 dollars
John Lowry lifted 1 not (note) from John W. Shelton $5 dollars

Loned Alexander Lowry in cash $25.00 dollars
And payed $4.00 dollars
To Zacriah Sinks

Squier Hilmon deto coffee
May 2 1851
Deto $1.00

Page 121

Jemes Ronels
Demand   $24.71
Cost        $   1.66
Total       $26.37
J Morgen  cost  .60

William Bradford
Cost payed to JR
Execution satisfied
by mote     18.81 ¼
Powele Sinks $2.43
Cost payed in full
And the demand
To the Jestos (justice of the peace?)
Cost not payed JT Mack Ronels to CHC

Page 122

1 Not given 2.16 cts
Givon in 1842 in Novembor 2
Colected $3.86
Cts From Young W
Crisol colected for m Jemes T Mack
Ronels  65 cts
Colected from Wm
Canon on a not
August $9.31
Receved 1 dollar from Danel Tolley

Page 123

Jinuary 17 1848 coste
One summons
1 on William Kirk  .45
1 on Harden Davison  .45
1 on Thorint Cofild  . 40
1 on Alford Toney   .45
1 on Jisae Picket   .45
1 on Thorint and William Cofield  .45
1 on John Y Shelton   .50  (P)
1 on Frances Besley   .50
1 on William Corbet .50
1 on Thomos Stringer.50   (P)

Page 124

CHC coste in 1847
William A Canel   .60  (P)
Joseph Tharp   .40
Carter Willky  .40
Abel Allen   .22
Thomas Cochren  .50
Jemos Cambell  .65
On Thomas Cocrum
Serving execution   .50
Serving on Jemes Cambell  .50
Carter Wilky against P Sinks .30
Carter Willky  against powele Sinks  .55
Thomas Whitlow against William Willbanks  60 cts

Zacariah Sinks deto to sault Loned 77 lbs
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Page 126

Loned on May 1 day to Wilk Dixon $4
Loned Carter Wilkey 37.00 dollars
CJC 90 in  --- 35 cts

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