To day I am busy assisting Sam H. Sharp* in making out his rolls as Assessor & Collector of Liberty County. The steamer Ruthven left for Galveston. The boys are at work in the swamp getting out cypress pughes. Bill is engaged in hauling them home. weather clear & hot. Ther: 95°. [*Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa of the Keeper of this blog.]
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, August 18, 2012
Monday, August 18th, 1862
Friday, August 17, 2012
Sunday, August 17th, 1862
To day the steamer Ruthven arrived from Galveston, bringing but little freight and no passengers. I remained at home writing and reading. weather clear and very hot. Ther: 96°.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Saturday, August 16th, 1862
To day being the regular meeting of the City Council of Course I had to attend being the Mayor of the City [i.e., of Liberty], and the time having expired for which each member was elected, the Council ordered a new election to be held on the first Monday in September next for seven trustees or aldermen for the City out of which number the mayor has to be elected. Sam Sharp & Charley Lund are busy making out the rolls of Assessment for the County. The boys worked on the fence in the forenoon and in the evening I gave them holliday. weather changeable & very hot. Ther: 97°.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Friday, August 15th, 1862
To day I am busy writing in the war tax Collectors office and finished all the business to be done in it. Sam Sharp is still busy at work on his rolls. The Boys are still busy getting out pughes in the swamp. at night I visited Charley Lund and heard some very good music and had a social whisk party. weather changeable & hot. Ther: 95°.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Thursday, August 14th, 1862
To day I am very busy writing in the office of the war tax Collector. I purchased from Nicholas D. Hamil of Chambers County a very likely negro girl about 19 years old, by the name of Maria for which I paid him 1200$. Boys in the swamp getting out pughes. Sam Sharp is still at work on his rolls. Bill at work on the fence. weather changeable & hot. Ther: 95°.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Wednesday, August 13th, 1862
To day I am very busy writing in the office of the war tax Collector. The Steamer Ruthven arrived from Galveston and my friend Frank Hitchcock came up on her. He left on her in the evening for Galveston. Sam* Sharp with the boys are busy in the Ware house braking out freight. At night I had a party of gentlemen who called upon me & we spent a pleasant time at a game of euchre. I weighed some cotton for E.A. Boothe in the morning. weather changeable & hot. Ther. 95°.
*This Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Tuesday, August 12th, 1862
To day I am very busy writing in the War tax Collector's office. Sam Sharp still engaged in making out his rolls as Assessor & Collector. Charley Lund came home on the cars having left his wife at Sour Lake. Bill is still at work on the gates and finished the large wagon one. The other boys are at work in the swamp getting out pughes. weather changeable with occasional showers of rain. Ther. standing at 95°.
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