This screen covers Paul Yeaton Journal entries in the 1850s.

Interestingly, almost immediately, entries begin to refer to planting, oxen and heiffers. Prior to this date, there are fewer entries relating to farming.


This year, the first snow storm is noted. The date was October 27.
1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
Ending

page 49 is blank

page 50:

Belgrade May 1850 $. C.

Richard Yeaton 2nd Dr, to makeing wood to harrow 1.50
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by your self one day sowing peas. your oxen and Richard two days each.
harrowing
by your self one and half days mending fence
________

May 26 put your oxen in my pasture and calf also
May 27 put in colt (bize shiny) I'm uncertain of the words.

Oct 27 brought colt out at that
by your oxen two days plowing (uncertain)
May to six bushels potatoes 2.00

May 1850 to six bushels what at $1.50 pr. bushel 7.50


page 51:

May 28, 1850

planted corn tuesday, wednesday, thursday and
friday the 28-29-30- and 31 sawed wheat
the 20 of may and first day of June
planted over corn
24 day of June
planted potatoes over
the 27 day of June
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Andrew's heiffer 7 of June
Smith heiffer 14 of June

Wentsworth heiffer 24 June
Wentwarth heiffer 20 July
youngest read cow 22 July
oldest red Cow 31 July

page 52
Sparked heifer to Bull (crossed off information)

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Dunn heifer cfalved 27 of April
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red cow calved 7 of May 1851

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May 26 Richard
put his oxen in pasture



page 53:
Belgrade

April the 28 and 29
Sowed peas and oats.

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1851 May 14 and 15 and 16
planted potatoes
May 26 and 27 planted corn

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May 29 sowed wheat
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page 54
Belgrade June 1851
Sparked heifer went to Bull the 17th of June.

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undeciferable pencil notes

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Oct the 27 first Snow Storm

page 55:

Commenced howing corn the 18 of june

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Sept the 6th sowed wheat
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Oct the sixth sowed wheat



page 56 is blank.

page 57:

Belgrade 1851 $. C.

Amos Rollings to Paul Yeaton Jr. Dr.

Aug the 14–15 and 16th 3.75

Aug. 18. 19–20–21–22–23 7.50

Aug. 27–28–29–30 5.00

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Sept 1st 2ndand 3/4 of the tird day 3.43

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Sept the 15–16–17–18–19 and the 20th six days 7.50
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Setp 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th and half of the 27th. five days and one half6.871/2

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34.05

page 58:

Belgrade 1851 $. C.

Amos Rollins to Paul Yeaton Jr. Dr.

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Sept and Oct Six days 7.50

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Oct 7th 8th 9th and 10 four days 5.00


Oct 12 one-half day , thursday one half day
friday and Saturday,
15th 16th 17th
three days 3.75

Oct 20th 21st and 22nd
three days $3.75cts

16.25
34.05
______
50.30
3.75
__________
54.05
Settled


page 59:
(this page is in a different handwriting in pencil, I believe by E. F Yeaton.
It is out of sequence time-wise)

Winter 1882–3

Town of Belgrade to E. F. Yeaton Dr

(the words over the dollars and cents column are not legible to me)

Dec 14 To breaking Roads 7.30
Dec 24 To " " 6–
Jan 5 To Shoveling 2.30
" 14 To breaking roads 6.15
" 17 " " " 9—
Feb 4 " " " 4
" 5 " " " 9
" 8 " " " 8.30
" 13 " " " 9—
" 22 " Shoveling 2
" 24 " breaking roads 6
Mar 9 " " 6

" 11 " " 7.30

June 12 (or 14 somewhat undecipherable) Do work on road 30
" 15 " " " " 17—
To last 112 day (somewhat undecipherable) 4
Go Shoveling snow and cutting ditches4.30
6
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136.15

page 60

The journal continues now back in 1854
(This is in the original neat quill penmanship of Paul Yeaton, Jr.)

Belgrade 1854 $ C.
January 1854 Charles Lander to Paul Yeaton Jr Dr

to Pork 00.50
to eight poounds 1/4 flour
to one bushel ears Corn 00.50
to twenty two pounds meal
May 1854 to one bushel ears Corne 00.50

May to two an done quarter lbs. pork 00.28
May 31 to four ounds pork 00.50
May 31 to two pounds apple 00.14
June 3 to four quarts beans 00. 25
June to three bushels of oats 1.50
June to two bushels potatoes 1.00
to two pounds flour
Settled up to this date August 25 1854

Aug 25 to one bushel corn 1.00
Aug to flour 00.50
Sept. 16 to two pounds pork 00.22
Oct. to three pounds two ounces pork .33


page 61:

Cr. by C Lander one day picking rocks
by William one day picking rocks

May 27 by one day harrowing
29 planting potatoes to gether
May 30 by one day dunging for corn
June by washing sheap
by sheering sheep
by one day howing to Zechariahs
by one day howing potatoes
by William one day
Settles up to this date
August 25
by balance due on account 1 dollar 58 cts.

page 62:
Once again the journal jumps in time to pencil handwriting by E. F. Yeaton DR

Jan 20–1886
To breaking roads 8
Mch 17 " " " 8
" 22 " " " 13

page 63:

(this page is in still a different hand in pencil.)
Belgrade 1872
Henry Yeaton Dr

to $12.20 lbs — May 12.20
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Mch 1873
Freuman Yeaton Dr
To 51/2 lb Hay 512 = 13.83
___________
May 24 F.Y. Yeaton Dr
To 2.20 lbs. hay (undecipherable numbers)

page 64:

The journal now continues back in 1854 in the original neat quill penmanship of Paul Yeaton Jr>

Belgrade August 1854 $ C

Richard Yeaton Dr to Paul Yeaton Jr. Dr.
_____________

to myself three days work on your house 3
_________
Cr. by Richard two days and half

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Sept to myself thre and half days 3.50

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Sept to myself one half day
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by Richard three days harvesting
by yourself one day husking
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Sept to myself four and one half days work on your house 4.50
by Richard one day clearing up flore and thrashing beans
by one day thrushing
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11.50

page 65:

Continued

to myself five days work 5
_________
by Richard one day diging potatoes
by you one-day diging potatoes


+by Richard thre days diging potatoes and picking apples
to myself 3-1/2 days 3.50

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by 3 days work on the Road

Oct. to myself one day Clubonding 1

by Richard two days picking aples

Oct 28 by your self one day makeing Cider
and Oxen hating it home

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9.50

page 66:

Continued
to myself five days work 5
Nov to myself one half day 00.50
Cr by your self and oxen three and half days
by Richard three and half days
by your horse one an dhalf day
Nov. to myself one day 1
Cr. by your self and oexen
and Richard three days
each plowing
Nov. to myself three and half days work 3.50
Cr. by yourself and oxen and Richard one half day each
halling in wood
____________
Dec to myself four days 4
Dec to myself two days 2
Dec to three days work 3
Dec to one day 1
Jan to two days
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19.00


page 67

Belgrade March 22 1855
Town of Belgrade to Paul Yeaton Jr. Dr.
March 22 to one day at J. H. Moshers
limiting high way surveyars and other buisnefs 1.00
April 2–3 and – 4. Taking Inentory 3.00
May 1. one day at J. H. Moshers to licence an agent to sell
liquers for medical care and other purposes 1.00
May the 24–25 and 26 makeing taxes 3.00
May the 28–29–30 and 31 making highway taxes 4.00|
June 1855 to making money tax
June –6–7 and half of the eighth day making money tax 3.00
June the 8 to making school house tax in dist No.6 00.50

page 68
Belgrade 1855
Town of Belgrade to Paul Yeaton Jr. Dr.

June 12 to one day proportioning
School money and other buisnefs 1.00
Aug. 11 one day making out list of Voters
and other buisnefs. 1.00
Oct 18 to one half day choosing referrees
and other buisnefs 00.50
Oct. 19 to one quarter day down to
the location to see to the bridge 00.25
Oct 22. to one half day to notify a referree 00.50
Oct 25 to one day on the hill 1.00
Oct 26 and 27 moveing Austin family
with my horse and wagon 3.50

Dec. one quarter day to James H. Moshers on
town buisnefs 2.50

page 69
Belgrade Nov. 10—1855
Isaac Goodridge to
Paul Yeaton Jr. Dr.


Nov 10 to one half day framing 00.50
Nov 12 to six days framing 6.00
Nov 19 and 20 to two days work 2
Dec. 1st to one day work 1
Dec. 3 to five and half days 5.50
Dec 12 two thirds of monday, and
and tusday, all day, and thursday one third of the day,
and friday, and sturday all day making
four days 4.00
Dec. to five days work 5.00
Jan 1856 to two days work 2.00


page 70

Belgrade 1857
Harry Damren to
Paul Yeaton Dr.
June 1857 to six bushels
ears corn 3.00
Aug 20–1857 to one
Cheese 12 pounds 10 ounces 1.75

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1858

Harvy Damren to
Paul Yeaton Dr.
April 1858 to ten hundred
of hay at nine dollars
per ton 4.50
Nov. to one hundred feet
of Bafs boards 10 dollars per
thousand 1.00
May 1859 to work on blinds 00.85
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6.30

page 71
Belgrade 1859
to breaking rodes
to myself one hour 00.13
January 5th 1859
to myself and oxen
four hours and one half each 1.12
_________

January 17th 1859
to myself and four cattle
four hours each 12 hours 1.50
___________
1859 Jan y 29th to myself and
four cattle two hours
and one half each 7 1/2 .92
also myself same day
in the after noon one half
hour shovleing 1/2 .(0)7
(Note: the zero is assumed due to placement in the column)
_________
3.74

1859 Feb 4 to myself and four
cattle on the road. 3 hours each 1.13
March 5 to myself and four cattle 9 hours 1.13
March 9 to myself and four cattle 7 1/2 hours .94
________
$6.94

page 72

Continued
March 10th to myself and 4 cattle
two and half hours each 7 1/2 00.94
_________
Dec 15–1859 to breaking
roads in Dist No 9
to myself Edwin and four cattle
two hours each, 8 hours 1.60
Dec 19 to myself and oxen 2 1/2 hours
each 00.63

Dec 21 to myself and 4 cattle 2 hours 00.75
Dec 26 to shoveling snow and
freaseing my ears 00.25
Dec. 27 to shoveling to git the
Schollars home from school 0.12
Dec. 28 to myself and 4 cattle
two hours each 00.75
Dec 29 to myself and 4 catlle 2 hours each 00.75
Dec 31 to myself and 4 cattle
two hours and half each 7 1/2 00.93
Jan 2nd 1860 to myself and 4 cattle 2 3/4
of an hour each 1.00
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6.18

This listing continues on the 1860's page.