1850-1851 Greenwood plantation
- The Texas Greenwood plantation was established by Green Wood (1792-1866) early in 1850 near the now-vanished town of Danville in Montgomery County. The following records were kept by Green himself in his 1850-1851 plantation daily account book. Transcription by Elsa Vorwerk, with minimal punctuation added to facilitate readability.
Citation: Wood, Green. Greenwood Plantation, Montgomery County, Texas, 1850-1866. Compiled, digitized and transcribed by E. Vorwerk and W. B. Wood Jr. DVD-ROM. Georgetown, TX: Vorwerk/Wood, 2006.
- Book 1: 1850-1851, Early 1850 (DVD 1, Folder 2, Image 0015/page 2)
- Started my waggons under the Care of
Green M. Wood & Willis B. Wood for Texas on Thursday, the
6th day of December 1849, 3 large waggons with 6 mules
each, two waggons with 4 each & one with two mares
- Lost by cholrea after crossing the Mississippi
13 Negros in the month of January 1850 viz Little Sam
Dave, Warren, Toby, Young Bill, Neptune, Turner, Harry, Alesey
Darcas, Pleasants youngest child Butler, Patseys child Flora &
Ferabas child Elbert, had to camp for four weeks
did not arrive at my place near Dan-
ville Montgomery County Texas untill the 3rd of February
1850 & left the three large waggons near Naches river
& Guilford & his Family 15 in all did not get
them home untill the 10th of March, Got Adams Family
& Leanty home from Houston on the 20th March
The White Family got to this place on the
22nd of Febuary after staying in Houston from the
15th of January, we left Montgomery Alabama
on the 6th January 1850 on the Lowndes Junr
left Mobile on the California Capt. Renolds & left
Orleans on the Galveston Capt Place on Friday 11th
arrived at Galveston 14th, left same day on the Steamer
Reliance for Houston arrived the 15th,
- Expenses by Land $1320
passage of Family from Montgomery to Mobile including 75
12 Negros & 3 Horses
Mobile to Orleans 69
Orleans to Galveston the same as above 188
1652
expences in Houston of Family 5 weeks 80 400
Galveston to Houston passage 50
- Book 1: 1850-1851, February 1850 (DVD 1, Folder 2, Image 0016/page 3)
- Done very little work in this month, have no tools
the negros & mules in very bad condition after
the cholria & the mules Poor, the hair all
taken off the legs by boging & mud
The Freight put on the Sanjacinto Pole Boat
owned by Capt Davis got up to the Landing on the
24th, one month from Houston, Freight very badly injured
Hawled with 3 waggons three days & hiered five loads
at $5 each
- Book 1: 1850-1851, March 1850 (DVD 1, Folder 2, Image 0017/page 4)
- 4th (Monday) - Commenced planting corn, Women & Boys
Willis B. Wood Started to Naches river after Guilford & Family
& Edmon & Tom with 6 mules
Men Spliting rails, geting timber to Build
Some Plowing
- 5th (Tuesday) - Planting corn with Women & Boys
Men cuting making rails &c
Planting corn
- 16th (Saturday) - Willis B. Wood returned home, rode from
the Trinity river after 12 o'clock, the Waggon got
Back the next day at night
- Book 1: 1850-1851, week of 17 March 1850 (DVD 1, Folder 2, Image 0018/page 5)
- 17th (Sunday) - Guilford & his family got home
- 18th (Monday) - Still planting corn
- 19th (Tuesday) - Still planting corn
- 20th (Wednesday) - Finished planting corn at the Carothers place
Very Dry & the land hard to plow, No rain after the
Flood on the 11th of Febuary at night
William B. Wood returned from Houston & Edmon & the waggon
with Adam & Family & Leanty
- 21st (Thursday) - A very hard rain at night with lightning &
heavy thunder
- 22nd (Friday) - rained untill 12 oclock, slow rain
no work
- 23rd (Saturday) - very little done, to wet
- Book 1: 1850-1851, week of 24 March 1850 (DVD 1, Folder 2, Image 0019/page 6)
- 24th (Sunday) - a fine day, ground very wet
- 25th (Monday) - Plowing up New Prarie, plowed very well
planted the Landrum Field in cotton
a tremendious rain at night with considirable Hail
Had a visit From Mr Barnes & Lacey, Mr Bates & Colonel Moris Evans
- 26th (Tuesday) - a tolerable pleasant day but rained at
night heavily with lightning, Thunder. Blew off
cold &c
