(not quite) Wordless Wednesday
Photos of a few of the “treasures” I found in a file at the library at Samford University. Christopher Osborne (1784 NC -1854 AL), the younger brother of my 3rd great-grandfather went to Dallas County, Alabama about 1817. Some of his descendants’ papers are held in the archives at the library. The first time I went to Samford Institute, I didn’t realize that was my Osborne line that had some materials in the collection. I was a pretty happy camper when I found that it was indeed my family.
The day book of Robert Emmett Osborne (1828 AL -1910 AL) or his son Herbert Walton. I’ve seen pages like this in my dad’s papers–farmers are always “figuring” something–bushels to the acre, dollars per bushel, calves per spring or some such.
A promissory note? For rent for the month of June 1897 for Mrs. C. J. Gaye, $10 per month.
What appears to be a running tab at the local general store for one of the sons-in-law. I had to do a little research to find out about “osnaberg” cloth. I found it was probably the rough coarse cloth known as Osnaburg.
Treasures indeed! The day book looks like it would be interesting to read through and try to figure out what projects he had going on.