Macon Telegraph Newspaper

June 23, 1864

(printed in Macon, Bibb County, GA)

NOTE:  It lists names of Crawford County citizens and the supplies they donated to Confederate soldiers in need in June 1864. I transcribed it exactly as it read.

FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY

The following is a list of contributions of raw provisions for the sick and wounded soldiers of Johnston's army, from Crawford county:

Mrs. L. Smith, 1 bag flour, 1 jar butter, 1 bag grits and 1 lot of beets.

Mrs. E. A. Sanders, 1 ham bacon, 1 bag flour, 1 jar butter.

Mrs. G. A. Webb, 1 jar of butter.

Mrs. John Holmes, 1 bag onions.

Mr. Jason Castleberry, 1 bag flour.

Mr. B. Simpson, 1 bag flour.

Mr. W. C. Cleveland, 1 sack peas, 1 sack flour, 1 bunch onions.

A. J. Colbert, 1 jug syrup, 1 ham.

Mrs. E. Smith, 1 bag peas &c.

Jas M. Smith, bag sundries.

J. B. Patterson, 1 sack flour, 1 sack grits, 2 hams.

D. W. Simmons, 1 ham.

Mrs. Nancy Colbert, 1 ham.

S. F. Stroud, 1 sack flour, 1 ham bacon, 1 bottle wine, 1 bottle cordial.

J. S. Blasingame, 1 ham.

J. W. Blasingame, 1 ham.

P. Haskins, 2 hams.

L. F. Hicks, 2 hams, 1 bucket butter.

H. N. Scarborough, 1 jug vinegar.

Robt Hatcher, 4 dozen eggs.

Wm. Hamlin, Pepper and sage.

M. Holliman, 1 dozen eggs.

Jas. W. Stembridge, 1 dozen eggs.

P. Scarborough, 3 dozen eggs.

S. F. Anderson, 1 sack flour, 1 sack grits, 1 ham.

C. H. Walker, 1 sack flour, 1 sack grits, 2 hams.

R. R. Harris, 1 bundle rags.

A. J. Preston, 4 hams, 1 lot collards, 1 lot potatoes.

W. C. McCrary, 10 lbs soap, 1 bundle sage, 1 bundle bandages, 1 bucket butter, 1 lot potatoes, 1 lot     peas, 1ham.

J. J. Hilsman, 1 lot potatoes, 1 sack flour, 1 lot potatoes and beets, 1 lot pepper.

W. Rickerson, 1 ham bacon, 1 bottle honey.

L. Parsons, 1 ham bacon, 1 lot onions and potatoes.

J. M. Simmons, 1 sack flour, 1 ham.

A. B. Moran, 1 jug vinegar, 1 ham, 1 sack onions, 1 flour.

Isaac Dennis, 1 lot rags, 1 jug syrup, 1 ham, lot onions.

T. F. Gibson, 5 hams of bacon, 2 sacks of flour.

Wilkins Rickerson, 1 ham.

Thos Raines, 2 sacks of flour.

Mrs. Payne, 1 jug of lard.

Mrs. J. W. Dent, 1 sack Irish Potatoes, 1 onions.

Mrs. L. W. Hicks, 1 jar lard.

Mrs. P. Yarborough, 1 jar butter.

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