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Notes for Joshua Hearne Shell
Joshua Shell's record of the journey from Georgia to Louisiana:
CAMPBELL COUNTY GEORGIA
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1857- Crossed the Chattahoochee River at Widow Warner's ferry, traveled 11 miles.
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1857- Passed Carrollton, Ga., traveled 18 miles.
Friday, Nov. 13- Bowden, Ga. Altered chains, crossed state line, entered Randolph Co., Ala.
Saturday, Nov 14- Aveclooce Village. Forded Big Tallapoosa River at Gorden's Ford. Traveled 15 miles. Crossed Chockalooche Mountains and camped in Chockalooche Valley and had limestone water.
Sunday, Nov. 15- Lay by and went to Baptist Meeting in Talladega Co.
Monday, Nov. 16- Bought a ham in Talledega Town.
Wednesday, Nov. 18- Crossed Coosa River at Pyrulga Ferry, Shelby Co. Crossed Ala. and Tenn. Railroad at Wilsonville Depot.
Thursday, Nov 19- In Columbiana Town, the county seat, and passed Shelby Springs.
Friday, Nov. 20- In Montavalo Town, In Bibb County.
Saturday, Nov. 21- Forded Cohada River at Pratt's Ferry. Camped at Branchater Post Office, on to Tuscaloosa.
Monday, Nov. 23- In Tuscaloosa County.
Tuesday, Nov 24- Tuscaloosa Town, Crossed Tuscaloosa Bridge on the Black Warrior River.
Wednesday, Nov. 25- Pikage at the Sipang Turnpike, Pikens County.
Thursday, Nov. 26- Passed through Pickensville and forded the Tombigbee River. In Mississippi, Noxubee County.
Saturday, Nov. 28- Macon, the county seat of Noxubee. Crossed Mobile and Memphis R.R. Camped in Noxubee or Winston County. Rained Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Sunday, Nov. 29- In Louisville, the county seat.
Monday, Nov. 30- Two miles from Louisville, camped in Attala County.
Tuesday, Dec. 1- Toll bridge at Yockannakang, 1 and one-half miles from Kosciusko town, the county seat of Attalla County.
Wednesday, Dec. 2- Traveled through the northwest corner of Leake County.
Thursday, Dec. 3- Passed through Sharon, camped in Madison County.
Friday, Dec. 4- In Canton, County seat of Madison. Fletcher's oxen gave out in seven-mile lane. Rainey day and night, traveled 14 miles.
Saturday, Dec. 5- Traveled 3 miles.
Sunday, Dec. 6- Hinds County, traveled 15 miles.
Monday, Dec. 7- In Brownsville. Two new mule shoes put on.Rainey day and night, traveled 10 miles.
Tuesday, Dec. 8- Forded Big Black River, @@ 75cents per wagon, $1.50. Camped in Warren County.
Thursday, Dec. 10- Traveled 12 miles.
Friday, Dec. 11- In Vicksburg, Ferryage $5.00 to cross Mississippi River. Entered Madison Parish, traveled 12 miles.
Sar. & Sun., Dec. 12 & 13- Camped on Wonnett Bayou, traveled 19 miles.
Monday, Dec. 14- Tensas River @@75cents $1.50. Traveled 11 miles.
Tuesday, Dec. 15- Morning on Joes Bayou @@70cents, $1.40 to cross. At Cow Bayou unloaded and toted over and got to Bayou Mason and camped. Two steam boats went up in the fore part of the night.
Wednesday, Dec. 16- Morning at Bayou Mason, Dearfield Post Office. Ferry @@ 75cents, $1.50 in Carroll Parish. Camped at Big Creek. Traveled 9 or 10 miles. In the night some rain.
Thursday, Dec. 17- Crossed the bridge through the deep water, and at the Cypress Bayou Bridge, took out the team and folks and floated the wagons. By 35 minutes after 11 o'clock at Cypress Creek rafted over on the raft and camped and had little for our stock to eat. Three wagons, 28 persons from Miss., 5 from Ala., came up on their trip from Ala. going to Texas. Traveled 4 miles.
Friday, Dec. 18- Boeuf River at Cats Ferry @@70cents, $1,40, traveled 10 miles.
Saturday, Dec. 19- At Lake Lafush at Johns ferry @@68cents, $1.36---Morehouse Parish.
Sunday, Dec. 20- Ouachita Parish--rained part of night, traveled 20 miles.
Mon. & Tue. Dec. 21 and 22- In Monroe. Ferryage at the Ouachita River at Trenton Street. $1.42. Traveled 15 miles.
Wednesday, Dec. 23- Jackson Parish
Thursday, Dec. 24- Rain, Hail, Snow. Got to meeting house. Ate dinner in a Methodist Meeting House and camped in a house in the settlement of Brooklyn P.O. in Jackson Parish. Traveled 7 miles in the snow.
Those making the journey:
Mrs. Jane Ballard Hearn (widow of Stephen Hearn) with her children:
Oliver Redwine Hearn with wife, Nancy Carroll with their children, Stephen M., Mary E., Leroy W., Luther M., Sarah Francis, Fletcher Hearn with wife, Elizabeth Marshall with their children, Thomas and Stephen.
Craton Hearn with wife, Harriet Baker with child, Titus.
Howell Hearn with wife, Mary S. Hood and child, Luella.
J.W. Carroll with wife, Hulda H. (who died in 1856) and their children, John Franklin, Stephen Glynn, James C., and Nancy Jane.
J.W Carroll's second wife, Lucinda Bond Jordan (widow of Wiley Jordan) and her children, Purnell D. Jordan, Mary Jordan, Mattie Jordan.
Joshua Hearn Shell with wife Polly Carroll and their children, John F., Sallie, William P., James, Thomas Madison, Mary and Martha.
Joshua Shell. Georgia to Louisiana. 1857.
I have a newspaper clipping from the Monroe Morning World of August 18, 1957, sent to my Mother from Grandma Lillian Shell. It is about the 100th anniversary of the group arriving in Brooklyn Church
community. It tells the story of the four families wanting to move west from Georgia. The 1857 trip log is of the second trip for the Hearns. The first trip the Hearns managed to stay long enough to start a cotton crop. The worms ate the cotton and illness claimed the life of Mrs John Wesley Carroll.
The second trip had grown to some 40 people, including three slaves. They did not pick a very good time of year to make the trip but were a determined group. Lucinda Jordan, a widow, married John Wesley Carroll back in Georgia after Carroll's first wife died on the first trip. The day, August 18, 1957, hundreds of the descendants were expected to gather at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church in Chatham, La. for the "100th Wagon Train Celebration."
Beverley Dowdy.
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