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.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Monday, December 12th, 1864
To day the boys killed five hogs which only weighed 738 lbs. I helped the little woman [Margaret Hall Stewart nee Sharp] to spool thread for her linsey. Nellie [Mary Alexandrien Sharp nee Lemaire] came up from Mother's [Mahala Sharp Hall nee Roberts] and spent the day. Hicks ground 5½ bushels of corn. Two soldiers stopped with me for the night. Weather clear & cold with a freeze at night.
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ReplyDeleteThe Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 181, Ed. 1 Monday, December 12, 1864
The Texas Christian Advocate (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Monday, December 12, 1864