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Excerpts from Lewis McDowell Personal Journal

Courtesy of Susan I. Nelson, owner of the Journal

Photos of Journal

Confederate Census taken August 24, 1863, Williamson Co, Texas found in Journal of Lewis McDowell

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  
[Page 2]          
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    

State of Texas             }  To Gen John
County of Williamson  }  M Besser Fin
ancial agent of the State Peneten
tiary I do hereby certify that
the subscribers to the foregoing
List is my neighbors and
I am well acquainted with
their families and the list
___ ____ of their families both
white and black is just and
true to the best of my know
ledge and belief and the bear
er L McDowell is authorized
to recive (sic) the same ____[cloth?] and pay for[?] it[?]
                                Given under
my hand and Seal this Augt 24th 1863

Samuel Mather is written across the page vertically.


Note: Based on the 1860 census of Williamson Co, Texas, it appears the above lived in the area of Gabriel Mills.


Map showing county line changes between Williamson Co, Texas and surrounding counties of Burnet, Milam (Viesca), Bell, & Bastrop (Mina) 1838-1853.  http://three-legged-willie.org/map1.htm (map on this site)

 

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."
 


Grain & Salt Transactions with J. Bittick & W. Williams

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                                                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.]

 



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