George Holcomb

Sunday, October 9, 1836: I went to Elder Jones Meeting at the Baptist Meeting house with my covered wagon and carried my family and towards night I took my single wagon and my wife went with me and we carried Fanna Roberts home. [Read more…] about Winter Comes On Early

Friday, September 23, 1836: Today some rainy. I threshed rye and mended my barn door and today brother Beers and wife came and fetched sister Miriam Campbell. Sister Campbell came to brother Beers on Wednesday, she came in the stage from the boat on the canal from New Hartford seven miles from Utica. Today Caleb Chapman buried a girl child. [Read more…] about Sister Campbell Visits From The West

Monday, July 18, 1836: We began to hay. I mowed and Mr. John Sackett mowed with me. He began his month’s work for house rent. Towards night Rausel Pierce accidently had his halter slip round his foot and his horse run and dragged him on the ground until the halter broke, but not very badly hurt. [Read more…] about Summer: Mowing Hay And Going To The Circus

Monday, June 13: Today I went to Lebanon with my covered wagon and carried Mother Holcomb to brother Samuel Beers’ on a visit and left her. My daughter Angeline and my two sons went with me and I carried a grist of rye and got ground to Bown’s Mill. This day I am 45 years of age. [Read more…] about Sylvester’s Wife Has An Episode

Saturday, April 2, 1836: I am unwell. Today Mr. John Sackett moves into my house that stands near Rowland Danford. Said Sackett has the house one year from yesterday and the garden up to the big rock. [Read more…] about George’s Corn Fails To Come Up

Wednesday, February 24, 1836: This morning early after breakfast I started from Mr. Clapp’s for home.  I walked about three miles and then a man with a double sleigh overtook me and I rode about ten miles. We stopped in Goshen and I treated with brandy to a tavern and paid 12 cts and when I left the man I gave him six cts. I then walked on and got back to said Minor’s about 4 o’clock. [Read more…] about A Stormy Winter

Sunday, February 21, 1836: On this evening I and nearly all my family, my wife not excepted, and brother Samuel Beers and wife, we all went to Ephraim Pierce’s to an evening conference meeting. Doctor Right took a very active part in the meeting with great emphasis to the sinner how God was going to torment them in the future state. [Read more…] about A Trip To Williamsburgh To Pay Off A Note

Wednesday, Feb 10, 1836: I tended to my chores and this afternoon I walked up to Benjamin Carpenters at the house formerly owned by the one hand Nathan Vary. I went there to a society meeting to see about building a meeting house. But a few attended and the meeting was adjourned till next week on Thursday. I called to the post office and I called to cousin Samuel Holcomb’s. I then returned home. I had a very fatiguing walk, for the snow is very deep and drifted, and the path is but very little trod. [Read more…] about Building a Meeting House

Monday, February 1, 1836: Today quite blustering with snow. This morning I carried my children to school and then I took my team and went into my swamp on my Rodgers Farm and chopped and drew home a load of wood. In coming home the road was drifted. Mr. John Russel and son helped me shovel out road before I could get home.
Friday Feb. 5: Today a severe cold day. I only tended to my chores and chopped wood to the door, and this evening I took the cutter and carried my wife to Mr. Salmon Oins on a visit.
Saturday: I called into Wm Hadsell’s store and he paid me up the note of two hundred and 97 dollars and 44 cts – by deducting out sixteen dollars which balances out his book account against me and I took a receipt in full. I then returned home. It was nearly twelve at night. Today a child died to Mr. R. Danford’s. The mother was there on a visit from Dalton, the name is Quimba.
Sunday: This afternoon I called down to see Russell Pierce, he is quite out of health with a swelled throat.
Monday: Today another snow storm, I only tended to my chores. tonight Ezra Butes stayed to our house. He came along with Doctor Thomas to help him through the snow drives going to doctor Russel Pierce for the swelled throat.
Tuesday: Today I shoveled snow on the highway, breaking out the road, and chopped wood to the door.

Friday, January 1, 1836: Towards night I went down to Mr. Hazard Morey’s and spent the evening and took supper. My wife went in the afternoon with the cutter and sister widow Betsey Wylie with her. Mr. Noah Harrison and wife and Old Widow Booge and others were all there to a New Year’s Supper. Tonight Mr. Peter Surdam stayed with us with a horse, he came after his goods to carry to Troy. [Read more…] about Sister Eleanor Gets Married