Volume 6

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 3

Scope and content:

January 2, 1876: Sabbath Morning. "A blind man by the name of Johnson addressed the Sunday School and children."

February 10, 1876: "A large supper and surprise party given at Rev. Mauzeys [Mausee], about 50 in number."

February 21, 1876: "Monday morning cloudy and rain. This is Court Day. A great many persons in town to day. A great many drunk. The Mite Society met at the Parsonage at 7 o'clock. Collected 6 dollars and some cents. Miss Player was indited before the grand jury for killing her child by sticking scissors in its neck, seven holes."

March 6, 1876: "Great Disaster happened at the Narrow pass. Bridge broken, cars went down and killed 11 and wounded all of the crew and killed 96 cattle and tore everything to pieces."

March 11, 1876: "A Sons of Purity had a procession and fair today in Town Hall. A great many black folks present. They realized about $45 for their society."

March 20, 1876: "Black Amos gone to Montrey with his wagon with provisions for convicts." [Many entries about people taking provisions to convicts.]

April 20, 1876: "Black Peter died at the Poor House."

May 3, 1876: "Black Charley Teter got drunk and Mr. Simpson struck him in the mouth and Charley was put in the calaboose."

June 10, 1876: "Black folks have Picnick at Mt. Sidney today. The band is gone up to Sidney."

June 18, 1876: Sabbath Morning. "…the M. E. Church received a new library today, 125 volumes of good literature."

July 12, 1876: "Old Miller Campbell drown in a barrel of water in Daton this morning."

August 21, 1876: "Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton lectures geography of Virginia today at two o'clock."

August 31, 1876: "Convicts came off the road and gone near Rawley Springs to get out Railroad ties." [Convicts now working on the RR, not blacks]

September 19, 1876: "Adam Rader came to town today."

October 1, 1876: Sabbath -[Henry Smals attended Quarterly meeting at Naked Creek.]

October 24, 1876: "4 droves of cattle came through our town."

November 5, 1876: Sabbath-"John Allemong very sick"

November 6, 1876: "John Allemong still sick."

November 7, 1876: Declares Tilden and Hendricks as elected President and VP of the country

February 4, 1877: Sunday - "The colored Quarterly Meeting closed this evening about 9 o'clock."

February 5 1877: "A black man the name of R. Coffman went to John Hatfields and choked John's wife and hurt her face and arm, and went in pursuit of him and caught him at James Davis and brought him to Mr. Byrds and Mr. Byrd sent him to jail for further trial."

February 16, 1877: "Negroes have a dance in the lower room in Odfellow Hall tonight."

March 5, 1877: Notes inauguration day but doesn't mention names. Perhaps he's disappointed his candidates didn't win after all.

March 16, 1877: [Smals mentions Pastors Graechen and Kinzer who were both new ministers at the M. E. Church on the Bridgewater Circuit.]

March 19, 1877: "The trial of the black man comes off today for an attempt of rape, was condemned to the penitentiary for 10 years."

Names:

Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899

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