George Holcomb

Spring of 1844

by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks

Monday April 1: today Westalo Rodgers moves out of my house. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb

A Visit From Brother William

Tuesday, March 5, 1843: Today I took my cutter and carried Sarah to school and this afternoon. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb

George Searches In Vain For Shoemaker Bobs

by George Holcomb

• Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks

Monday, February 26, 1844: I rode up to see the new school house near Hosea Brown’s store. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb

Transcribed by Betty McClave / Edited by Alex Brooks

Monday, January 22, 1844: Today I took my cutter and carried my wife to Christopher Clifford’s and left her on a visit. [Read more…] about Dr. Right Presents His Bill For 24 Years Of Doctoring

Monday, November 27, 1843: We butchered our pork and Mr. Russel Palmer helped. [Read more…] about Butchering Time

Tuesday, November 21, 1843: Some rainy. I tended to chores and this afternoon I walked onto West Hill to look of Ezekiel Knapp’s colt but it would not mate mine. [Read more…] about Brother Wm’s Crazy Wife

Monday, October 30, 1843: We made cider and picked up apples. [Read more…] about Apple Time

George’s First Anti-Rent Meeting

Monday, October 9, 1843: Today Mr. John Matthews began to build a chimney in my cheese house and to set a kettle and build an oven and I tended mason. My boys tended mason part of the time and gathered apples. [Read more…] about George’s Holcomb

Wednesday, July 5, 1843: Today my two sons drew a load of sand from the Douglass sand bank. [Read more…] about A “Colored Man” Moves Into George’s Rental House

Monday, June 12, 1843: I hewed two long sills for to renew sill my cheese house and at night I walked over and engaged Westalo to come and help frame three new sills for the cheese house. [Read more…] about Finishing The Cheese House