James Smith
CONTENTS OF THE JAMES SMITH JOURNAL
JANUARY 19,1823
Dates to Jan. 14, 1924 - gives up plans to go to Michigan or western New York.
MICHIGAN - 1830
Dates from May 4, 1830 to May 16, 1830 - tells about the trip from N.Y. to Michigan via the Erie Canal.
MEMO BOOK - FEB 1848
Dates from Feb, 1848 to Jan. 1850 - tells about the trip to VA to buy property and the first years in Virginia.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA. 1850
Dates from Jan, 1850 to May 21, 1852 - tells of the early years in Virginia.
JOURNAL 1852- 1855
Dates from May 23, 1852 to April 17, 1855 - tells more about farming in Virginia.
VIRGINIA NOTES, 1859
Treatise on farming and Slavery
JOURNAL OF THOUGHTS
Dates from Jan. 30, 1860 to Jan. 2, 1862 - talks about slavery, secession and farming.
CIVIL WAR JOURNAL
Dates from Jan. 9, 1862 to Aug. 28, 1862 - about the Civil War in Loudoun County.
