The Life Of George Holcomb – Making “Scholars List” To Draw “States Money”

Saturday, February 21, 1829: At night I walked across the lots to Adam Brown’s to have him get the list of the children ages five to sixteen in our school district, to return to the school commissioners to draw our states money.
Monday: Today quite blustering and the roads drifted.  We chopped wood to the door and burned out the chimneys with straw.  On this evening I went down to Geo W. Glasses and he made a list of the Scholars’ names over five and under sixteen according to law in our district.
Thursday, 26: On this day Mr. Zach Chapman signed a list of the scholars names over five and under sixteen with myself and I returned it to one of the commissioners, Squ Nathan Howard, and I advanced one dol to said Howard for the payment six months papers of the Watchman Hartford Episcopal and I paid said Howard six cts for Beman of Troy address on intemperance.  The roads were badly drifted, I was very much fatigued traveling.  I stopped a number of places to rest me.
Friday: Today quite cold and blustering.  I tended to chores in the house and made a wood box.
Saturday: I tended to chores and made another wood box.  Samuel and Harvey Holbrook shoveled out snow on the highway.
Monday, March 2: We chopped in my swamp and I went to my Rodgers barn and helped Mr. Moses Rounds yoke a pair of steers of mine coming three years.  He took them home to break.  I agreed to pay him as follows, two bushels of potatoes this spring and next fall two barrels of cider.  Said Rounds had one bushel of said potatoes last week when he came and made a bargain to break said steers.  Likewise today he took home about five cwt of hay to keep my steers on while breaking them. On this morning Harry Holbrook left me and went to live with Calvin P. Sackett.
Friday March 6: Today I tended to chores and but little travel, for the roads are drifted.  This afternoon I walked down to the widow Booge’s to look at some old agriculture newspapers.