A view of the place of my nativity
July 6th This was a day of great interest to me I left aunt ,
after visiting , and many in the place I walked in comp-
any with Elder on the canal to Uncle from thence
to built and formerly owned by my father
I was born and spent my youth upon the place
after viewing the mills, I walked to the house whare I was born &
visited each appartment. The house and farm all look'd natural
Bogue Hill not accepted. I called at Mr ; & saw
Mrs . I also called upon Mr , Mrs , & , at I saw & . I called
upon Uncle family I saw , I called upon
Capt , , Adna &c all glad to
see me. I visited uncle family he was absent
I saw & many other friends. During this walk
I passed the school house in which I had spent many of my youthf-
ul days I gazed upon it and also upon the grave yard in which
lay the bones of many of my progenitors & friends my Mother not
accepted [excepted] in visiting their tombs I read the inscription of several numbe
red with the dead who were well when I left in 1832
I read the following inscription upon the TOMB stone of my
Mother , the daughter of
[FIGURES] A pleasing form a generous gentle heart
A good companion Just without art
Just in her dealings faithful to her friend
Beloved through life lamented in the end
[FIGURES]
Bulah Thompson ^Woodruff^ was born 1782. Died June 11th 1808. Aged 26 years
Aphek Woodruff was born NOV 11th 1778 {[descendent]}
Married. NOV 29th 1801
born NOV 29th 1802
born Dec. 22nd 1804
Willford born March 1st 1807
born July 31st 1792
Married to Nov 9th 1810
born Nov 29, 1811. Died Nov 25th 1827 Aged 17 years
born April 11th 1814. ^Died Oct 18 1838, 24 year^
born April ^march^ 12th 1816 Died June 1st 1816
born June 19th 1818 Died September 1820 {drowned}
born April 22 1821 Died [blank]
born June 19th 1820 Died Aug 4th 1841 Aged 20.
After spending most of the day in visiting the before mentioned
friends I walked from to to again
visit my parents who had mooved from , a few days
previous, to their former place of residence. I arived at my fathers
house at the setting of the sun whare I was once more in life
blessed with the happy privilege of taking my parents by the hand
& of beholding them face to face after being seperated from
them rising of five years I was joyfully receieved and made
heartily welcome. I visited the mills whare I had spent sev-
eral years & found things looked natural I spent the night
plesantly at my fathers house distanc of the day 16 miles
