Kathy, Good to hear from you again. It seems like a long time. Yes, I would be delighted to get a copy of the info as you know Harget and Susanna are my husbands fore grand parents. Thanks for sharing. Ruth At 05:20 AM 8/11/01 -0500, you wrote: >My father, Curtis Kornegay, has obtained a >journal dating from the 1880's with entries >by RICHARD HENRY KORNEGAY born August 30, 1854 >son of WILLIAM Kornegay and Susan Winders, >grandson of HARGETT Kornegay and Susanna Simmons >(ISAAC4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, JOHN GEORGE1). > >In this journal are recorded business transactions, >purchases and travel expenses. There is an entry where >he purchased a bed and various bedding items from the >estate of his grandmother Susanna Simmons (widow of >Hargett Kornegay,Sr.) in 1881. Among his grocery list >were an occasional entry for "beer" and "whiskey". >He also had notes from a sermon with the entry, "In my >father's house are many mansions". > >One of the more interesting pages has >written with an old ink pen in excellent handwriting >the note: > >"When this you see, remember me though many miles >apart we be." > >Many miles and 120 years! >If anyone would like to see a scanned image of this, >I'll be glad to share. I also have a photo of Richard Henry, > >Email me at [email protected] > >This journal is remarkable for me because there is >an entry where my great great uncle (my father's line) >made a purchase from my great great grandfather >J.J. Hillin (my mother's line)!!! > >The journal was graciously given to my father by his >sister, Dorothy Kornegay Rockett, who has a wealth >of geneology on our family collected over many years. > >Kathy Kornegay Chruscielski > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== >To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this listsend to >[email protected] or if your are using the digest mode >substitute a D for the L.