Thank you both so much.
Pat Archer
On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:57 AM Susan Sheppard <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Some tidbits re Mr. Nicol: The Southern Planter (vol. 14, 1854), p. 29,
> reported that they had received " 'the Southern Farmer, a weekly journal
> devoted to agriculture and kindred subjects, edited by Thomas S. Pleasants
> and Andrew Nicol...." The July 1855 issue (Vol XI) of The American Farmer
> (p22) [Google Books] reported, under "Model and Experimental Farm," that
> Mr. Bruce, "President of the N. Carolina and Va. Union Society, at
> Petersburg, Va." reported that $18,355 had been "subscribed for the
> purchase of the farm of this society, and a farm of 102 acres has been
> purchased near Petersburg...and is now in successful operation, under the
> charge of Mr. Andrew Nicol.... Tasty and appropriate buildings are being
> erected...."
>
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 6:40 PM Pat Archer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Are there earlier copies of The Southern Planter? The former editor was
> my
> > ancestor Andrew Nicol who lived in Petersburg and I believe started the
> > Southern Planter. He was from Perth, Scotland. He started a model farm
> > and, I believe, this publication. I would like to have a copy for my
> > records. He died in 1854.
> > Pat Archer
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:49 PM Wilson, Donald L <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <
> > > [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Brooks, Vincent
> > > Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 4:30 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: What does it mean?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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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 valuabl
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/er+house,+which+would+have+been+a+valuabl?entry=gmail&source=g>e
> farm commodity.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Vincent T. Brooks*
> > >
> > > Senior Local Records Archivist
> > >
> > > Library of Virginia
> > >
> > > 800 East Broad St.
> > >
> > > Richmond, VA 23219
> > >
> > > 804-692-3525
> > >
> > > Fax 804-692-2277
> > >
> > > *The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:17 PM Wilson, Donald L <[log in to unmask]
> > > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > > I suspect the word "top stack" is misread or misw
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/ct+the+word+%22top+stack%22+is+misread+or+misw?entry=gmail&source=g>ritten.
> Haystack
> > > seems
> > >
> > > > > a logical word in context.
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > > Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian The Ruth E. Lloyd
> Information
> > >
> > > > > Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC) Prince William
> Public
> > >
> > > > > Libraries Central Communiity Library
> > >
> > > > > 8601 Mathis Avenue
> > >
> > > > > Manassas, VA 20110
> > >
> > > > > 703-792-8380
> > >
> > > > > www.pwcgov.org/library/RELIC<http://www.pwcgov.org/library/RELIC>
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > > > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <
> > >
> > > > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On
> > > Behalf Of Brooks, Vincent
> > >
> > > > > Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 2:54 PM
> > >
> > > > > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > > > Subject: What does it mean?
> > >
> > > > >
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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
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > > *Vincent T. Brooks*
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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