Thus closes my notes for the month of December and also for the year just passed and gone and now numbered with the things that were. Whether the Almighty will spare me to chronicle the daily events of the incoming year is more than I know but trusting in Him I shall enter upon the pleasing task, which is useful as a reference and may be profitable to those who have an interest in me.
To day I settled with Williams for the use of the mill. still at work in the cotton. weather clear & warm. The wagon went for the balance of the corn, and under the care of Sam* Sharp. weather clear & warm.
*This Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog.
To day Sam* Sharp & myself left Dailey's and arrived home safe & sound where I found my dear little woman [Margaret Hall Stewart nee Sharp] well but on a "light tight" she having heard of my acquittal before I reached home. hands still at work in the cotton. weather clear & warm.
*This Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog.
Today I left Sumpter in company with Daniel Dailey and Guy Stokes and came as far as Dailey's residence where I was overtaken by Sam* Sharp and remained all night. The remains of M. H. Bracken were interred in their last resting place. at home still at work in the cotton. weather clear & warm.
*This Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog.
Still in Sumpter. To day the jury in my case came into Court with a verdict of "not guilty" thus setting me free again. on the occasion I treated ? to all the champagne wine that the town of Sumpter did afford. And for the balance of the day and night myself & friends got into as comfortable a little "tight" as it ever befell man's lot to encounter with every thing passing off to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. The remains of Madison Hall Bracken started for Crockett in the control of his father, to be interred in the grave yard at Crockett. at home hands still in the cotton. weather clear & rather cool.
