Mr James Cameron Island

August 1st 1871 Lammas Day Mowing on the Pitt Point Fixing Fence caught a good many pickerel Creed sick the 2 Boys Mowing and cocked 37 cocks very warm

2nd gave them the upper Field on the haves Stebbin and Josey came Creed went home with Josey Gordon Randolph and I went to see if the scow was on Alexis Island Mary's birthday 1864 commenced to stack help them to stack

3rd commenced Payne Charlie and I went to Summerstown for 1 gallon of H Wines Cannons Firing to Day seen Sandy Snider on the Front Payne treated me in Summerss

4 went to Alexis Island

5th stocking I went to Summerstown I went to see John Carey got 7 Dollars from him he owes me 2 on the Lambs yet gave AJ Baker 3 1/2 to give to Bill McLeod the other 3 1/2 I gave to Thomas Monroe got 50 lb of flour on credit from AJ Baker Bought 2 lb butter at 17 cents 1 Bowl 7 cents matches 1 cent tobacco 4 cents paid this with 50 cents - a White Bowl)

6th Randolph's Birth Day 1867 Sunday a fine day Liz Laflesh and John Snider here had a Bottle stopt till evening

7th Gathered 6 cocks about finished all the stacks they took up all their Rigging and went off Forgot their hay Fork about 40 cocks in Paynes stack I put 8 cocks of my own in and 40 cocks of Paynes 55 cocks in the Barn now

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Mr James Cameron Island

August 8th 1871 Found a Pine tree in the upper Feild above the house its about 2 ft high now Payne and I found it when clearing a place to Build his stock yesterday the 7th the Herricks here camping at the head of the island a Large Party of them some from New York and some of them from Chicago they came on Monday the seventh

7th a very Windy time day heavy rain loud thunder and sharp Lightning when Herricks party was coming from Christees Island they very near got swamped Christopher McRae and Josey Galernea Fishing I showed them the spot for Pickerel Mowed the road in Rushes Beside the Marsh on Monday the 7th caught 1 bass 2 perch 2 pickerel or Wall Eyed Pike as some call them

9th I went to Fish caught 1 Gordon and I to head of the Island the Herricks went off lost a vest George Bosell came with his horse we went with the Ark for the bull on Alexis Island and this morning Jim Hopkins took him away I knew nothing about it till Josey Galernea told us after going up to the horse Island Josey put me acrofs I gave him stuff for a Paddle