To day I am busy at the office engaged in making out the war tax rolls of non rendered lands. Bill engaged in working on the fences. weather changeable & hot. Ther. 92°.
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.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Monday, June 23rd, 1862
Friday, June 22, 2012
Sunday, June 22nd, 1862
To day I remained in my room writing up this Journal. In the evening I attended the funeral of my friend W.R. Howard's child. it died in the morning and was buried in the evening about 4½ o'clock the boys having dug the grave. I partook of a nice water melon for my dinner which was the first I have seen of the season. weather changeable & hot, with some prospects of rain. Ther: 90°.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Saturday, June 21st, 1862
To day I am engaged in the office. In the evening I was compelled to attend the session of the board of Alderman for the City of Liberty. I being a member of said board, and under the laws of the corporation an election was gone into and I had the extreme honor of being elected Mayor of the City, into which office I duly installed after making the oath of office. Sam Sharp & the ladies reached the mills [in Houston County] as I am informed by letter. I make this note in order to date the time that my little woman [Margaret Hall Stewart nee Sharp] commenced boarding with her mother [Mahala Sharp Hall nee Roberts*]. Charley Lund engaged in the office. Boys at work at Capt. Wrigley's. weather clear & hot. Ther: 94°. [*This Mahala is a 3rd great-grandma to the Keeper of this blog.]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Friday, June 20th, 1862
To day Sam H Sharp having received his commission as assessor & Collector of Liberty County, I am busily engaged in arranging his tax books in order to facilitate him in his collections. Boys at work on the fence. I am getting on pretty well as a batchelor. weather clear & hot. Ther: 94°.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thursday, June 19th, 1862
To day I am busy in the office & finished the war tax rolls for Hardin County. Frank Hitchcock & family moved into my house, and I moved my things to the back room of the store and there took up my headquarters. Boys busy hauling furniture for Hitchcock. weather clear & hot. Ther: 94°.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Wednesday, June 18th, 1862
To day my little wife, Fawn & Nellie in the buggy, Sam on Hawk and the little wagon & mules with the negroes & baggage left Liberty for the Mill, there to spend the summer, leaving me all alone in my glory to get along the best I may. I am engaged in making out a duplicate war tax roll for Hardin County. Bill at work on the fence. weather changeable & hot. Ther: 95°. In the evening there was a perfect hurricane blowing. no damage done by it except a few trees torn up.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Tuesday, June 17th, 1862
To day I am busy in the office, in making out a duplicate war tax roll for Hardin County. Boys are engaged hauling. My little wagon is still at the Shop, but will be finished in the evening. weather clear & hot. Ther: 93°.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)