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| Size | 1 item |
| Abstract | John Fletcher Comer was a cotton planter of Barbour County, Ala., where he also ran a sawmill and corn mill. J.F. Comer was the father of Braxton Bragg Comer, who, in 1906, became governor of Alabama. The collection is a journal kept by John Fletcher Comer containing various kinds of records relating to agricultural activities on his Barbour County, Ala., plantation and to his lumber and corn mills. Included are records of cotton and corn planted, picked, and stored, and of hogs slaughtered. There are also records of specific orders for lumber cut to varying sizes and of numbers of bushels of corn milled for various customers. Miscellaneous purchases of knives, clothing, cloth, and tobacco are also documented. For 1845 through 1847, there are short journal entries, most of which list weather conditions and planting and milling activities. A few entries, however, contain slight references to the health and activities of family and friends. |
| Creator | Comer, John Fletcher, 1811-1858. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, April 1991
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2010
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Biographical Information
John Fletcher Comer (1811-1858), a native of Jones County, Georgia, was the son of Ann Trippe and Hugh Moss Comer, and grandson of Elizabeth Moss and Samuel Comer. He married Catharine Lucinda Drewry in 1841 and settled in Barbour County, Alabama, where he engaged in growing cotton and operating a sawmill and a corn mill.
When he died, Comer left his widow with six minor sons. The fourth son was Braxton Bragg Comer, who, in 1906, became governor of Alabama.
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Scope and Content
Journal, 200 pps., kept by Comer, containing various kinds of records relating to agricultural activities on his Barbour County, Alabama, plantation and to his lumber and corn mills.
The journal is arranged as follows:
Pages 1-5: Records of cotton planted and picked and of hogs slaughtered, 1844-1845.
Pages 6-92: Records of activity at Comer's sawmill, including specific orders for lumber cut to varying sizes and numbers of bushels of corn milled for various customers, 1844-1847.
Pages 93-107: Miscellaneous records of corn and cotton planted, picked, and stored in warehouses, and of purchases of knives, clothing, cloth, and tobacco, 1844-1845.
Pages 108-200: Short journal entries, most of which list weather conditions and planting and milling activities. A few entries, however, contain slight references to the health and activities of family and friends.
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