William F.S. Alexanders

Journal from 1872 to 1875

in which he mentions several deaths that either occurred on his plantation or that he had heard about in town. These contain black and white citizens.

Sept 1872 W.F.S. Alexanders Journal

Tue 17 Doctored horses and brought "Peters Minather" to this side of the creek. Jesse Woods, "freedman" who has been (?) living with me seven years was taken ill last night and died this night. He was a Cristian and good man.

Wed 18 John Rieves made Jess's coffin and he was buried this evening. took some Calafornia clover seed to the north pasture and soed it and brought some lumber from the saw mill. Paid $4.50 for Bivens bagging and ties.

December 1872

Tue 17th Rainey. Paid Habermacher $1.00 for a pair of gloves. Habermacher (John) has moved his store from the saw mill on the east side of the Bernard to the west side of the creek near our west lines. Dr A returned and reports Guarad and Dan Kincheloe both died the same day (yesterday) of pneumonia and whiskey.

January 1873

Tue 14 Menter Galagher gave me $2.50 currency to send for garden seed. Dr A. and Vanhootan came to breakfast and said D. V. Myers had died yesterday. A. Ross came over and brought a trunk, which he said contained D.V. Myers papers and that he had requested they should be opened and and [word repeated]examined by Ross and myself. I went to the burying in the evening and Mr. Davis returned with me. I promised to give him my young horse "Bever" when I get him out of the bottom in the Spring. Mr. Ables also came to dinner and staid all nigh in consequence of the cold, a norther having come up. Got two lamp chimneys of Habermacher for which I owe him.

February 1873

Sun 9 A clear day. Dr. A. went to see Mr. Harrison. Henry Foote to dinner. Spent the day reading the news papers which had not lately seen. Jefs child died.. and Sarah and Ada went over there in the night.

Mo 10 Henry Foote went to cart to Mr. Harrisons got about 2000 pounds of bacon. Bevens and I made a coffin for Jef's child. Dr A. Dug Hooe and G. Thomas were here. Mr. Simons called and I loaned him $30.00 to make a payment on his land. Joe Brown c. was here and I gave him a letter of credit to Llagume for $120.00 to pay for 2 mules.

February 1873

Fri 14 Drizly. The death of Geo Snoddy and other circumstances having made it necessary I wrote a new will. For I make it a rule to keep one by me, and have done so for more than 20 years, so that I may not be annoyed by business in case of illness. sawed wood in the evening. October 1873 Fri 17 Paid The Watkins $15.00 a ballance he claimed as due for building Bob Carters house at Bear camp. Two negroes have been murdered near Eagle Lake and there is great excitement at that place and on the Bernards. Jef brought the last load of corn from Bear camp.

June '74

Fri 12 Bevens and Cris drove Smoky and Richmond to Wharton to get latter shod, But Tom Gorden, the smith was sick so he was not shod. Heard that Lee Lacy shot and killed Gray Franks in Wharton yesterday.A good rain at noon. Gave Bevens $1.00 Took a dose of medicine, had fever.

Sat 13 Very slight fever.Went to J. Habermachers got some articles and paid him a ballance due him to date $6.80.Paid Jim 50c for a soft shelled turtle

Su 14 Bevens and I dined on the turtle, a young man called hunting for Dr A. to see Mr. Herbert at Eagle Lake. Negroes all gone to Old Mikes funeral service: He was a most notorious old thief and none of his family cared a cent for him when alive.

July 1874

Su 19 Dr A. came out and went to see Minter Galaghers child,which died at night.G. C. Duncan spent the day with me.

Mo 20 Mrs.Galaghers is very sick from the los of her child and Dr A. is staying with her A shower

Tue 21 Looked after the horses - no worms in them and fewer ticks than I have ever known. No rain here but showers in sight.Mr Quinan called.

We 22 Dr A still with Mrs.Galagher.I now here of the Cotton worms having made their appearance in a number of places.But still have hope they will not destroy the crop from the fact that I see none of the millen about the lamps at night as is usual when worms appear in sufficient numbers to destroy the crop Nelson Jefferson and Ada returned from a trip up the country,and report Sarah's old horse "Beaumont" strayed or stolen.

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