[Estate Papers, Phillips, Nancy (Minor) to Piques, Sarah. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.]
Here's a transcription:
W.H.C. Perkins to Timney P Phillips D[?]
1859
Mar ? shoeing Horse Before old shoes 25
Mar 8 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 50
June 1 1 Tire Iron 1 00
25 upseting[?] 2 Bolts 12 1/2 cts 25
July 12 Shoeing Horse Before 50
Aug 5 Shoeing Horse Behind 50
Sept 21 100 nails 2 cts 2 00
Oct 4 3 1/2 lbs of Iron 7 cts 24
Dec 8 Reseting Horse shoes 25
5 99
Interest for one year 47
6 46
(Obviously "before" and "behind" refer to the front and back hooves of a horse.)
Here's Mr. Perkins' entry in the 1860 U.S. Census
["United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch, image 43 of 107; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653
(Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]
Here's another bill for work done by her neighbor J.W. Webb in 1861 that J.D. Phillips finally paid (plus interest) in 1864.
[Estate Papers, Phillips, Nancy (Minor) to Piques, Sarah. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.]
My transcription:
Mrs Timney P Phillips
1861 To J W. Webb & Co [undecipherable]
Sept 1 To Turning Waggen Hubb 1 25
" 10 " Making Coffin 6.00**
Nov 25 " 1 days Hauling 5.00
Dec 1 " Repairing Gin 7.75
$20.00
2 Years Interest 3.20
23.20
Recd of J.D. Phillips administrator
of the Estate of T.P.Phillips Deceased the
above bill in full 21 Jany 1864.
J. W. Webb & Co
I found myself wondering who J.W. Webb was and found him in the 1860 U.S. Census*** where his occupation is listed as "Mechanic".****
["United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch, image 43 of 107; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653
(Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]
[United State Census Bureau: 1860 Instructions p.15]
And we have the bill and receipt for Timney's own coffin paid to R[obert] A. Johnston, a local merchant.
[Estate Papers, Phillips, Nancy (Minor) to Piques, Sarah. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.]
My transcription:
Est Mrs T P Phillips
1 sh[?] 3 To R A Johnston
Sept 2 To 1 Fine Coffin No 11 }
" Box for Same } $200.00
" H[e]arse Hire }
Rec'd Payment in full
September 2nd 1863 R A Johnston
And here's Mr. Johnston's listing in the 1860 U.S. Census:
["United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]
I'm saving the doctor's bills for next time as there's a lot of them--so many that the court questioned Timney's neighbors in an effort to decide if they were legitimate and should be paid.
*You can read more about this 3X great grandmother here.
**I haven't figured out who this coffin was for although compared to the cost of Timney's coffin (see below) it was probably for one of her enslaved people.
***Note that he was a neighbor of A[linson] Lockwood whose first wife was Timney's daughter Elizabeth Ann Phillips (1828-1852) and second wife Nancy Ann Phillips (1832-1883) was her niece.
****This is a blanket term for a skilled craftsman--you can read more about the sort of jobs that covered here.
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