A Trip to the Courthouse

We wanted to do a little research on the history of the house before Aaron went back to school, so today we went to the Person County courthouse to do a little digging. We didn't find out a lot but we did find out the house & land were sold at auction in 1937 to D. Long for the sum of $9482.55 for the homeplace of J.R. Rimmer and 177 acres. Mr. Rimmer died in 1933 and his wife died in 1936, after which their heirs sold the property at auction on the courthouse steps. We couldn't really tell but it seemed like there was some kind of dispute which the court settled by auctioning off the property. 

That was pretty much what we were able to find out at the courthouse. Then I did a little searching online and found out James Rimmer was born in 1855 and that would have made him 32 when the house was built in 1887. His first child was born in 1888 which sounds about right too. I also found out his dad was a Confederate infantryman and is buried up the road, and he shares a distant relative with David Koresh of Waco fame.... friggin' internet's amazing isn't it?

The garden is just about winding down for the summer so we're getting it ready for fall planting. Aaron dug up another big plot doubling the size of the garden after he got back from a much overdue visit to California to see his Mom & Dad and the rest of the family. It seems like they had a really good time, sorry I missed it!

This year was a really good year for cucumbers and we had so many I made dill pickles, which was surprisingly easy. They came out pretty good, they tasted like the kind you get in delis in the big barrels. I made 20 and they're already gone.

Last night I noticed these flowers out by the wooded area in the back of the property. I'm not sure what they are but the plant is shrub-like and it's got leaves like a mimosa tree and delicate golden flowers.