(032461) Janney, John Jay. John Jay Janney's Virginia: An American Farm Lad's Life In The Early 19th Century. Mclean, VA: EPM Publications, 1978. 1st Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 142 pages. Fine with no DJ. B&W Illustrations. Janney was born in 1812 in the backwoods of Loudoun County, Virginia, near Goose Creek. John was taught by Quakers. At the age of 90 he realized that he was one of the few who could write about the life of ordinary farmers. He describes two visits with Abraham Lincoln in these memoirs ISBN: 091444025X (Loudoun County, Virginia, Quakers, Country Life, Lincoln, Abraham)
