-----Original Message----- From: Terry Smith <seeme@snowhill.com> To: KY-Footsteps <KY-Footsteps-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 4:28 PM Subject: Notes From Grandaddy Sullivan's Ledger Hi All, I've asked Bill if it would be OK to send this little bit of family info. to the JP & JP-Lore lists. He's agreed that it might have some interest to you friends. There are going to be about 6 installments. Recently found in my dad's papers was his dad's Farm Ledger containing stock, crop & labor prices as well as other family & local information covering the years 1892-1915. Grandad was William Howard "BID" Sullivan (1869-1946) who lived & farmed in Graves, Ballard & Carlile Co, KY. He & Grannie Sullivan (Emily Jane Fields) raised 8 children - 6 boys & 2 girls. Most of the children ventured out of the area to make their places in the world. Yet, none of them ever lost their love of Kentucky & home. To their everlasting credit, they also instilled this love into their children & grandchildren - a living legacy for generations to come. Grandad & Grannie Sullivan passed away in 1946 when I was only 2. Having never really known either of them, I feel as though this Ledger gives just a little glimpse into their everyday lives & the events that shaped them. I've left words & phrases just as written over 100 years ago.There are no apologies for spelling or other grammatical errors. Most are noted by ( ) or "SIC", meaning worded as found. Grandad wasn't an educated man in the sense that it's spoken of today. He didn't have much formal education, yet a world of true wisdom seems to have been his. In this new century & new millennium, I hope that this little bit of insight into the lives of family who lived in the last century might act as a bridge connecting us all -- Past, Present & Future. Regards, Terry NOTES FROM THE LEDGER OF WILLIAM HOWARD "BID" SULLIVAN: 1892-1915 ( Grandaddy & Grannie had married in March of 1892, he was 23 ad she was 25 ) - 1892 JUNE 17- S.A. Fields returned home from Piedmont,MO. (S.A. Fields was his father-in-law. The 2 men formed a close bond of mututal respect and friendship. Closer, it seems, than Grandad had with some of his own siblings). JUNE 26- loaned P.P. Green 50 cts. JUNE28- We moved home on P.P. Green's place. Baught(sic) of P. P.Green 86 lbs.(?) Barrel & all; Bacon, 32 lbs@ 10 cents/lb = $3.20. JULY 12- corn, 2 bushels, 50cts/bu, PD-$1.00; corn, 3 bu, PD-$1.50. JULY 25- Bacon 14 lbs @ 10 cts/lb, PD-$1.40 AUG 12- Settled in full with P.P. Green= Irish potatoes, 6 tin buckets full. CONTINUED ----