The Life Of George Holcomb – Still Dividing Property With William

Thursday, May 3, 1827: I walked to Pittsfield and Dalton to market oats, rye, and corn, and flax, and returned home this evening.
Friday: Today I took the wagon and horses and carried 16 bushels of rye and four bushels of corn to Pittsfield and sold it for 15 dol.  I got 37 cts for the over plush on the rye.  I carried 41 pounds of flax and sold it at a number of places, and I carried part of it to Dalton.  I got for the whole four dol and eighty four cts.
Friday, June 1: We worked on the highway and the team and I, with cart, and plow counted three days.  Samuel worked this day, and Wm worked one of his.
Saturday: Today Samuel and myself worked on the highway, which counted me two days and the team and cart counted to Wm’s assessment, likewise he worked.
Sunday: Today I am quite unwell.
Wednesday: Today Wm and I went over to my Rodgers farm and divided our sheep.  I had 20 old ones and eight lambs.  We then divided the five yearlings calves.  He had his choice and took the two best heifers, and for his having his choice and I do agree to pasture his two, I have his half of the odd heifer and his half the odd sheep, and then we had four two year old heifers.  I agreed to take the white speckled one and the broaled one and he had the two dark red ones.  We divided our pine plank what was in my Rodgers barn.
Saturday: This forenoon Wm and I went over to Elijah Goodrich’s and reckoned with him.  He took our part of the boards that we had to his mill, which pays him up for the boards we borrowed of him in the year 1821.  This day we began to work our corn.  Rainy this afternoon, we hoed but little. Today Wm and I divided our wool, we had 51 pounds each and Mother had 7½ pounds.  On this evening I walked over to the widow Booge’s to see a man and his wife that had lately left the Shakers.  Their name is Haskings.  I bargained with them for his wife to come and spin wool, her week’s work and milk four cows twice a day and I agreed to pay them 52½ cts per week, and she further agreed to wash one day in each week in lieu of spinning, and she further agreed to do housework if we wanted in stead of spinning when my wife was not able to do it.
Tuesday: Today Samuel and I worked on the highway.  In the middle of the day we went to J. Maxon’s raising a shed.
Tuesday, June 2, 1827: This evening Wm and I took the single wagon and rode to Lebanon. We went to the Shakers to see what they would pay for wool. We did not market ours for the price was so low, Wm marketed his reel. We then called to Elem Tilden’s store and I paid in cash 33 cts for calico, paregoric, and corosive supplements. On this day Wm and I divided our oxen and horses. He had his choice and took the oxen and yearling colt, and I had a span of mares.