Dr. Kittrell’s Diary of John R. Parker Entries

Volume 1 - Page 82

1855 John R. Parker

Oct 21 I have this day put in the hands of John R. Parker a land certificate for 320 acres of land on the following conditions. Parker agrees to go to the land office in Montgomery & endeavor to lay the certificate on some land, supposed to be vacant, lying south of the late survey made for the Brimbury family, formaerly known as the Wilson Survey. If he suceeds, the survey, for the certificate is to begin at the N.E. corner of the late Brimbury Survey, where it intersects the North and South line of the Moffatt's league, now Sarah Goree's, and run on the East & West, South line of the Brimbury Survey west a certain distance for quantity, thence South, thence East, thence North to the beginning.
The agreement between Parker and myself is this. He is to go to Montgomery and locate the certificate in my name, and as my property, which it is. If he suceeds, then I am to let him have a portion or all of the land if he desires at some low valuation which is not yet agreed on between us. But,I had fixed my mind on about $1 per acre, that is if he should bear the expense of the location, if not, then about $1.25 cts per acre. One important condition connected with this matter is, I am to have the timber, all on the upper or Brimbury line, whether he takes all the land or not.
If he fails in making the location, then he is to return the sertifiacte to me or my family.
If I let him have the land I am to wait with him for the money until he can open land & get fixed.

Kittrell

Volume 1 Page 148

24 Janry 1857

John R. Parker

This day, I settled in full all of my buisness matters with Parker. After giving him credit for a milk cow which I recently bought of him, I fell in his debt $5.40, which sum I have agreed to pay Mrs. Ball for him on the tuition of his children. That, with $13.25 which I owed him on cotton acct., makes $18.65 which I am to pay Mrs. Ball for him when I see her. I further agreed as a matter of favour to pay her $1.35 more to make out the $30 which he owed her & interest if she claimed it.

Friend John & myself are now even as we begun [in] the world, neither owing the other one cent, without it be good will & I am afraid not enough of that to make a fuss about.

Volume 1 - Page 210
Willis Parker

About a month since I loaned Willis $2.50. He promised to return it soon. If he does, he will agreeably surprise me.



Volume 2- Page 49
John R. Parker

1857

March 14 A visit child & medicine 2.50

To cash paid Mrs. Ball for you 6.75

17 A visit child & medicine

I believe I gave pretty John all I held against him,

amongst the rest this acct. K.

Volume 1- Page 40
Dec'br 1854
John R. Parker

I have picked Parker's crop of cotton. He had a remnant of 230 labs. Of ginned cotton. I put it in a bale with mine, and it is agreed between us that I am to account to him for that amount, when I sell my cotton, at whatever mone sells for. Another thing connected with this, I am to appropriate the proceeds of his 230 lbs to the payment of Mrs. Cleveland for the tuition of his children.



December 1854 in Volume 1 Page 44:

Coburn

Sometime during Christmas week I paid Hansel Coburn $100 for pork bought of him. A few days afterward, I paid John R. Parker, his brother in law and agent, $106.25, it being a balance due him for pork. A few days after Mr. Coburn brought over a small lot of hogs including two open sows, for which I paid him in cash $25. Among the hogs he brought were two small spotted male hogs, which he proffered to sell me for $3. I would not agree to give it, but he said that I would alter the hogs, and turn them out, and if they took up with my hogs and staid with me, I would pay him their worth.