by Alex Brooks
Saturday, March 29, 1822: (George is returning from a trip to Troy in which he sold 25 bushels of corn.) I got home about seven this evening. This afternoon Wm went up to Squ Sylvester Howard’s and answered to my name concerning a suit I had against Joshua Crocker. Said Crocker adjourned until a week from Monday,
Monday George loaded up another load of corn to take into Troy. On Tuesday he starts for Troy, but the axle on his wagon breaks and he has to return. He starts out again but stops at an inn two miles short of Troy at 11 pm. Wednesday he sells his load of corn and returns home, arriving at sunset. Thursday he loads up another wagon with corn and sets out for Troy again. He arrives at the same inn, two miles outside of Troy, at midnight. Friday he sells the load of corn, does some other trading and returns home, arriving at 9 pm.
April 8: Monday: This afternoon I called up to Squ Sylvester Howard’s to answer to my suit I had with Joshua Crocker. I was two hours too late. He on suited me and I paid the cost, 43 cents. I was not informed right the time of day; Brother Wm made a mistake when he answered to my name at the time the court was adjourned and mistook the time of day adjourned to.
April 10, Wednesday: I went this afternoon to Mr. Simeon Wylie’s to school meeting. It was voted that five dollars of the School States money should go to pay the Summer School.
April 11, Thursday: This afternoon Mr. John Wylie put his horse with one of ours with the covered wagon and seven of us rode up to Simon Cranston’s to Town Meeting, choosing two town officers for town meeting day. The votes were even for four, and they could not elect either. We did not buy anything to drink for Mr. Christopher Clifford the constable that was elected treated with what we wanted.
April 16, Tuesday: This afternoon I walked up to Squ Nathan and took out a summons for Joshua Crocker, which is to call him to settlement on Saturday the 27.
April 17, Wednesday: I shoveled manure. Mr. Moses Rouns swingled flax. He agreed to swingle for two and a half cents per pound, and I agreed to pay him in cider.
April 20, Saturday: This day Mother Holcomb is seventy two years of age.
April 27, Saturday: This afternoon I went up to Squ Sylvester Howard’s and answered to a suit against Joshua Crocker and said Crocker called for an adjournment and we adjourned to May 2nd at 4 o’clock pm, to Nancy Griggs Inn, and said Crocker called for a venure for a jury, and we both took out supaenas. He then agreed to be my council if I needed and I agreed to give him one barrel of cider (this apparently refers to a lawyer, not to Crocker). I then came and supaened Mr. John Williams and home about ten this evening.
May 1, Wednesday: At night I walked up to Nathan Howard’s to council with him concerning my court with Joshua Crocker. I called to John Williams.
May 2, Thursday: This afternoon I took the double-topped wagon and carried my wife and Caroline Humphrey to Squ Nathan Howard’s visiting and carried Aseneth Newton along to my court. I supaened her today but she was not sworn and Hazard Morey I supoened on Monday evening but he was not sworn and today I supoened Moses Rouns and Isaac Newton, and my court was called on at Nancy Griggs Inn at nearly five o’clock. I brought in my account 17 dol and 13 cts and proved it by John Williams, Isaac Newton, Moses Rouns and brother Wm, 15 dol for house rent and 50 cents for use of a wagon and one dol and 63 cents for blacksmithing. Said Crocker denied it in part. I had Squ Nathan Howard for council and he had Christopher Clifford for council. I fetched forward Crocker’s credit 6 dol and 70 cts, and he proved by his witness John Wylie that I said I guess that said Crocker had paid me 7 dol and 50 cts. The cause lay before a jury, their names Ezekiel Huntington Jnr, Leland Shelden, Daniel Smith, Gardner Green, and then Squ Sylvester Howard gave them their charge, and their verdict was nine dollars and six cents that said Crocker must pay me and pay the cost. I paid my grog bill to Mrs. Griggs, which was 81 cts, and paid three witness 12 cts each.