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Courtesy of Susan I. Nelson, owner of the Journal
Note from Susan Nelson: This is found in Lewis McDowell's personal journal. I have looked for an "official" copy in records for the State but have not been able to locate this census anywhere else. I have assumed that this was a draft that was recopied on an official document.
Notes in Comments column: by Susan I. Nelson = SN; by Mary Bittick Gallano = MBG
White | Black | Money | Comments | ||
[Page 1] | |||||
W. P Wolf |
2 | ||||
M A Bittick | 5 | 2 | 30 | Martha Ann Smith md Jonathan Albert Bittick, Jr. [MBG] | |
E Crim | 5 | Edward Crimp, 1860, age 45, b KY, miller [SN] | |||
A Farquhur | 10 | ||||
A H Arnold | 2 | 3 | |||
Rillen Skaggs | 9 | \ | 30 | ||
James Elliott | 8 | 7 | 55 | ||
G S C Harper | 10 | ||||
J P Hughs | 4 | 6 | |||
Catherine Butler | 11 | 45 | Recid paymt | Cathrine Woodfin, wife of Ahira Butler [SN] | |
Wm Ohair | 9 | 1 | |||
R W Farquhur | 3 | ||||
Hugh McCay | 8 | 4[?] | |||
G C Bittick | 8 | 40 | George Crittenden Bittick, md Mary Samford, d. 15 Sep 1864 [MBG] | ||
John Pasebear | _ [?] | 40 | |||
A M Ramsey | 9 | 4 | 50 | ||
R A Stuart | 3 | 20 | |||
E Scully/E Sculley | 1 | ||||
J W Smart | 4 | 40 | |||
J F Hoyle | 3 | ||||
W R Morris | 8 | 5 | 40 | Paid | |
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A. Rife | 7 | 30 | |||
D C Riffe | _ [?] | ||||
J H Allison | 5 | -- | 30 | ||
E Stuart | 7 | 22 50 | |||
M M Furguson | 5 | 2 | 20 | paid | |
Amanda Greer | 8 | 30 | wife of James, 1860, age 30 b. TN [SN] | ||
Thos Williams | 4 | 15 | |||
J B Money | 5 | ||||
Mary Palliom | 4 | -- | 20 | paid | wife of Simpson Pulliam, mother of James Alford Dykes [SN] |
Malinda Miller | 4 | -- | 15 | ||
Jefferson Capelond/Copeland | 7 | 30 | Jefferson Madison Copeland, 1861 tax roll [SN] | ||
Mary A Holland | 6 | ||||
Sarah C Mather | 8 | 14 | 85 | wife of Samuel, 1860, owned mill [SN] | |
Wm Black | 9 | ||||
Elizabeth Malden | 4 | 15 | |||
Sarah Stapp | 6 | 25 | wife of Joshua, 1860, age 60 b. TN [SN] | ||
Thos Williams | 9 | 4 | 60 | ||
Ralome Williams | 4 | 15 | |||
John A Hley | 3 | ||||
J N Bittick | 7 | 3 | 50 | paid | Jasper Newton Bittick b. 1843, possibly his parents, wife & siblings [MBG] |
[Page 3] | |||||
T H Wolf | 7 | ||||
Mrs D Allen all orphans | 7 | 30 | Deborah Allen, wife of Hudson, 1860, age 65 b. GA [SN] | ||
P E Higgs X | 4 | 1 | 20 | ||
Lauesa/Taresa Allen | 5 | paid | 25 | ||
Mary Riffe | 5 | paid | 25 | ||
E V Maxwell | 3 | paid | 15 | ||
Mesno/Mesra[?] Maxwell | 3 | paid | |||
Isabela Elliott | 10 | ||||
John Smart | 2 | 1 | 10* | *number is between this line & one below; son of B. M. Smart, age 22 b. MO [SN] | |
Isabela Cox | 1 | ||||
Nancy Vaughn | 9 | ||||
B M Smart | 11 | 1 | 50 | 1860, age 44, b. IN, farmer [SN] | |
M D Strickland | 11 | Recd | payment | ||
Sarah Smart | 8 | ||||
C Philly | 7 | ||||
Lewis McDowel | 8 [?] | transcriber, 1860, age 35, b. LA, 1st wife Selina Butler [SN] | |||
M A Field | 7 | ||||
J H Stewart | 5 | 20 | |||
[Page 4] | |||||
D W Smart | 9 | 40 | 1860, age 35, b. IN, stockraiser [SN] | ||
E Marcus | 8 | Recd paymt | 40 | ||
Sarah Jerry/Gerry | 4 | 15 | Perry? Berry? [SN] | ||
Richard Surginer/Sorrginer[?] | 8 | 40 |
Note on General John Slater Besser from a Texas Historical Marker:
A native of Pennsylvania, John Slater Besser was a Brigadier General,
Legislator, and Judge in Missouri before moving his family to Texas in 1842.
While living in Montgomery and Walker Counties, Besser held a number of public
offices before and after the Civil War. He served as Director and
Financial Agent of the State Penitentiary under
Governors Bell, Henderson, Pease, Runnels, Huston, Clark, and Lubbock, and was a
Walker County Judge from 1878 to 1880. Married four times, Besser was the father
of nine children born to his first wife, Julia Hampton.
1850 The Town of Huntsville, Huntsville PO, Walker Co, Texas 01 June 1860, p89a:
#6/6 John S. Besser 57 md Ex F agent Texas Penity $3,750/4,200 Pa
A R Besser 15 f Tx
J O Eddins 18 m
E C Eddins 16 f
Susan McKean 79 f
Texas Treasury Warrants, 1861-1865:
A Test of the Tax-Backing of Money
Gary M. Pecquet, Central Michigan University
Clifford F. Theis, Shenandoah University
Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, Spring 2006
"Two other advantages of Texas were its ability to trade overland with Mexico
and the use of the state's penitentiary as a manufacturing enterprise. By 1865,
the penitentiary produced half of the state's revenue."
March 1857
Corn Bought of J Bittick
to 1
Bushel Corn
1 00
to 3
Bushels Roten Corn 1 510
1 2
Bushel Corn
2 00
4 50
to
To Half Bushel of Meal
Borrowed
flour of Bittick 29 1/2
Wheat 77[?]
Paid to
Bitticks 2 1/2 Bushel
of Wheat at 1 50 per Bushel
December 14th
1857 Salt 9 1/2 lbs
from Bittick 3 cups full
May 15th 1858 to W. Williams 11 lbs Salt 3 Cups
Paid in full "
" " 5 cups full 8 in
all paid
Salt Loned to J Bittick 5 Gallons of Salt
August 2th 1858
[Note: J Bittick was probably Jonathan Bittick, born 1796.]