Volume 16, 1885/1887

Containers:

Box 3, Folder 1

Scope and content:

July 24, 1885: "2 Negroes broke open wines at Funkhouser store and stole 2 suit of clothing, coffee and sugar, and other articles. A black woman found under a hay stack with her throat cut from ear to ear in Augusta County, VA."

August 7, 1885: "Colored people had a Festival tonight at the Old Town Hall" [3 sketches of black heads].

August 8. 1885: "Colored people continue their festival tonight. Colored people have a Quarterly meeting on Crawford's farm today and tomorrow."

March 8, 1886: "The Colored Minstrel Singers came to our town today and sing tonight in the M.E. Church. Colored in this town a perfect Humbug."

April 15, 1886: "The colored Preacher came here on his circuit today."

May 7, 1886: Notes marriage of 2 coloreds with a squiggly circle drawing. "Wm. Branson to Allace Brookins"

May 26, 1886: "Charley Stuart moved in Berlintown in Joseph Nielwanders house. He is a colored man." [sketch of black man's head].

June 1, 1886: "Mat Barber's child buried today in the Colored Graveyard in this town today at 11 o'clock. Colored boy Joseph Riggle came to our town today to work in the factory."

June 11, 1886: "John Wine's wife had twins and two days afterward his cow had twin calves." [sketch of twin calves]

June 14, 1886: "The Colored people have a Picknick tonight for the benefit of their Preacher."

Summer of 1886: Talks a lot about farmers harvesting their wheat all over and in July "people are thrashing all over."

August 1, 1886: "The Colored People had a Bush meeting near Mt. Crawford."

August 2, 1886: "A great show at the African church tonight by the colored folks." [Pasted a picture of black musicians surrounded by violins, banjos and other instruments]

August 30, 1886: "Jackson Doomer's cow died this morning."

September 4, 1886: "Another bucher shop opened near Allemony's store."

September 18, 1886: "Mr. Isaac Marshall weighed his big hog today at 705 pounds."

October 16, 1886: "Colored Quarterly meeting commenced today in Bridgewater."

October 19, 1886: "Henry Dice and Frank Irvin came home from Pokehunters to bring his cattle home."

November 22, 1886: "Sanger Brothers started a Creamery today in Bridgewater."

February 15, 1887: Josie Wise, colored, buried in the Colored Graveyard today at 11 o'clock. A great many colored persons present."

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