VB-323, Reel 47, NYSL collection of Western REserve Shaker tapes


JOURNAL KEPT BY DEACONS OF 2d FAMILY, WATERVLIET, beginning 1830

Has records of hay,,corn, potatoes, oats, what grown 1830-1846
For 1847, January 1: Stock wintered was
17 cows, 1 bull
8 young cattle
3 yoke oxen, 1 pair steers
7 horses
112 sheep
12 hogs
Land owned byy2d Family - 560 acres
cleared 326 acres
wooded 234
Brooms made 43,452
Brushes 13,800
Made 100 bbls cider
2003 Ibs. butter
Raised 600 bu. oates

In 1853:
Brooms made
Simon Smith 207 doz. ( 2,484)
Jeremiah Bates 530 doz ( 6,360)
Abm. Newman 850 doz. (10,200)
Jos. Newman 917 doz. (11,004)
Henry Greely 227 doz. ( 2,724)
32,768

thru 1855