Thursday, August 26, 1982
2 hrs. To Zanesville – arriving at Courthouse at 10. Got Wm. Hildreth & Elizabeth Stokely marriage record & researched deeds. None transferring at David Stokely’s death in 1847. But in 1824 he bought a salt mill in sept & sold it back in Nov.!
David & family (except Sarah) arrived at 11:45. Had Dairy Queen lunch & picked up Marguerite Stokely Maddox at Sunnyview Nursing Home. She showed us where David & Abigail had their cabin (now Putnam Landing) along the Muskingum. Went up on Putnam Hill to view Y bridge & downtown Zanesville. Then down to the farm N. of Roseville. Man there mowing – place looked lovely. Marguerite showed us over house & told where most of the furniture came from. Lydia White Stokely (Elizabeth Stokely Hildreth’s sister-in-law) sheltered run-away slaves in the basement. Showed David Haldeman the barn – beams 50’ long – all pegged. And the tombstones in the granary. Then walked out to cemetery. So overgrown with multiflora roses. David had come up throught Belpre & Marietta & went back through Athens. Long trip for him. Marguerite took us to Tom’s Bowl on McIntire for ice cream & sandwiches. Took her back to Nursing Home about 6:30. Still wants me to come for all night.