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.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Sunday, April 7th, 1861
To day the steamer Ruthven arrived, and James Wrigley returned home from Galveston. The river rose 7 feet plumb water and the steamer Col. Stell started for the upper river with a large freight. I sold Melinda, Laura and Elisha for $1700. these negroes were the property of the little woman [Margaret Hall Stewart nee Sharp] and I am indebted to her for the amt. of purchase money. I having ? it. I was busily engaged in writing up our correspondence. weather clear & warm.
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When the census was taken in 1860, the following individuals were listed as Slave Inhabitants in Houston County, Texas under the name Jas M Hall . . .
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40-year-old female (Malinda?)
19-year-old male (Conny or Elisha?)
11-year-old male (Conny or Elisha?)
21 year-old female (Laura?)
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24-year-old female
6-year-old female
3-year-old female