Yes, and in the May 1855 issue of "The Southern Planter"
https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/bitstream/handle/10288/17669/southernplanterd155sout.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y it says
“[Green corn] is left there [standing in shocks in the field] to wilt for three or four days, then taken up, if free from rain-water, and laid on a top stack, or as we term it, fodder house, with both ends open. ..”
Don Wilson
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No, the word was not misread or miswritten.
According to The Farmer. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, the Mechanic Arts and Household Economy. Elliott & Shields, Published by Richmond, VA.
Volume I: Nos. 1-12 (January- December 1866), a "top stack" refers to a building used to store silage for farm animals. It is also known as a fodder house, which would have been a valuable farm commodity.
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:25 PM Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> This sounds VERY plausible - how clear is the handwritten text?
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> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:17 PM Wilson, Donald L <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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> > I suspect the word "top stack" is misread or miswritten. Haystack seems
> > a logical word in context.
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> > Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian The Ruth E. Lloyd Information
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> > In an 1811 court document, there is reference to an enslaved man
> > being jailed for "burning a top stack." Does anyone have any idea
> > what "top stack" might mean in this context?
> >
> > I was thinking it might be an agricultural reference (like in
> > haystack), but can find nothing conclusive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vince
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