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Green Wood Travel Journal, 1848-1849
Green Wood Travel Journal, 1848-1849
Green Wood Travel Journal, 1848-1849 -
Journal of Trip to Mobile, Orleans
& Galveston
1st April 1848 left Montgomery
betwen 5 & 6 oclock in the evening
got to Mobile 10 oclock Monday
the 3rd paid passage $8.00
other expenses 0.45
April 5th paid out the Man
-sion house Mobile 4.00
paid concert ticket 1.00
other expenses 1.00
left for Orleans on the
California 5th passage 5.00
paid for hack &C 1.00
got to the St. Charles 8 oclock
Thursday morning 6th April
paid at the St. Charles 9.75
paid for Seeing Modelle
Artists & 2 Masquerade Balls 6.00
portorage & riding 1.50
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Green Wood Travel Journal (page 8) 1-5 April 1848 -
Brot over $38.00
Left Orleans Sunday
morning 10 oclock April 9th
arrived at Galveston 11th
Tuesday morning 7 oclock
Paid passage $20.00
other expenses 0.50
April 11th Tremont house
got a good Breakfast &
recovered for Sea sickness
April 12th Saw plenty of Snap
Beans in Market, large Beets,
Turnips, new potatoes & quite
a variety of Early vegetables
on the 11th had Squashes for
Dinner at the Tremont house
lef[t] Galveston on the 12th paid
Tavernbill Tremont House 2.00
paid passage up to Houston 3.00
got to Houston same day evening
Staid there next day & night
paid Tavern Washing &C 4.00
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 9) 9-13 April 1848 -
$67
left Houston 14th 1/2 past 8 oclock
in the Stage crossed the Buffalo
Biou on a bridge came
through flat pine woods
white oak runner Bushes & Slashey
Sandy land 4 miles & then
piney prairie or prarie with
Small patches of Short leaved
pine like old sickle pines
a foot or more through
the Bodie & low perfect
level Sandy land too wet
for planting owing to the level
in two miles came to large
level open prarie for
twenty miles or more very
level & then to open prarie
of a higher & better Kind
Some of it a little roling and
Sandy. Said to be 15 miles
wide which continued
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 10) 14 April 1848 -
for near 40 miles to Stev
-ensons the place of Stoping
for the night some high
post oak land & Prarie
rooling enough for Cultiva
tion in a few miles come
to Scruby oak & hickory land
very Sandy fine for po-
tatoes ground peas & some
good cotton land all roling
and rather richer as we
came near Brasos River
to Mr. Perrymans 50 m
miles from Houston The
Brasos Bottoms very rich
& wide resembling Red
River lands the river very
muddy & poor Navigation
crossed 8 miles below the
Town of Washinton
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 11) 14 April 1848 - .
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 12) 14-18 April 1848 -
Wednesday 19th hunted
& looked at land Saw
a great variety of land
a Large Body of Prarie
from Washington out 8 miles
mostly Sandy Some hog
Wallow land different
from any I ever Saw ly-
ing on the Side of hills &
at the top of the hills
Black & very little
Sand the Best quality
of Prairie, near Grants
went through what is
called Cedar Break
Black Prairie Soil
& Covered with Small
notty Cedar large enough
for house poles & then
into Cedar land of a
Sandy Black hammock
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Genl Lewis
Martin
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Green Wood Travel Journal (page 28) 27-28 April 1848 -
Fine Small creeks & Branches
Some pine land & Some hog Bed
pine land Staid at Mr. A Green,s
the ?????? night rained the
latter part of the night
& morning Saturday 30th
From there we traveled on
the road to Livingston the
County Cite of Polk County
the road pass through Some pine
land & then Came to Some
fine Oak & Hickery & next
to post oaks & Black Jack &
ten miles from where we took the
road into Livingston Came to
a large Prarie of Black hog
bed land of about 1000 Acres
& soon came to a Creek called
Long cane half mile of very
rich cane land Black hog bed
land the finest Kind of timber
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 29) 28-29 April 1848 -
Saw a Honey Locas that was
near 3 feet diamter & 40 feet
to a limb & came through ½
mile of rich timbered Sandy
land & Staid Saturday
night with Mr. Jones on the
first Hill from the creek
land & the place Settled first
by Capt A. Green & Mr. Barnes
six miles from Livingston
& 14 miles from Swartout on
the Trinity river traveled on
Saturday 24 miles
Tavern bill two night 2.00
at Green,s & at Jones 1 each
Sunday 30th day of April May from
Jones pass 8 fine runing Branches
in 5 miles to Levingston passd
through Some good land on
the Branches & fine timber
of all Kinds & through some
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 30) 29-30 April 1848 -
hog bed pine & post oak
land from Levingston to
Swartout 8 miles passed a
creek call Long King &
Some heavy timbered land
& came to poor hog bed be
fore geting to Swartout
passed a prarie about
three miles long & one
wide of Black rich
hog bed Prarie & then
oak & pine hog bed to
Swartout on the bank
of Trinity a Sandy Spot
with Ceader growth Stoped to
Diner at Mr. Baley,s had a
fine Dinner, & a very pleasant
Lady, crossed the ferry and
passed Some fine land 1/2
mile in width & Some low
wet swamp very bad road
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 31) 30 April 1848 -
came out of the Swamp on a
high ceader prarie Small &
Broken & then into Sandy hills
& continued upon the hills in
4 four miles of the river to Colonel
Williamsons 8 miles from
Swartout rich Black prarie
land very high traveled 22
miles on Sunday
Monday 1st May paid 1.00
from Colonel Williamsons we con
tinued up the river from
3 to six miles of the river
mostly oak & hickory Sandy
land good cotton land some
post oak hog bed land & some
rich black land on the
creeks passed several places
Said to be fine plantations
cultivating cane lands on
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 32) 30 April -1 May 1848 -
the river Mr. Harrells a very
good looking place on a
creek bank rich land
a vacant house two Story
Building painted now own
ed by Govonour Wood
& Judge Jones,s plantation
also Govonour Wood,s
place of Residence Said
to be a fine plantation
with an early crop we
were told a large field
of corn bunching to Tassel
and from there 3 miles out
through mostly pine woods
to Mr. Abbeys Some of the
best Sandy land are rowling
but not too much to cultivate
with parts of it like
the land on Caleebe creek
Macon County & some much
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 33) 1 May 1848 -
Staid at Mr Abbeys 1.00
better land, Judge Jones of
Galveston wishes to Sell his
place has taken off his
hands & rented it out, Saw
Several good looking p an unknown place aces
deserted & going to rack
2nd May Tuesday left Mr. Abbeys
20 miles from Huntsville Wal
-ker County passed through
mostly pine land mixed with
oak hickry Dogwood Sweet
gum Some very good cotton
land & on East Sanjacinto
Some good cane land &
near Huntsville Some Small
Prarie took dinner at
Huntsville a very pretty
town county cite of Walker
from Huntsvill four miles
pine land 4 miles & came
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 34) 1-2 May 1848 -
to large Praries some 2
miles or more & continued
out to Mr. Porters 15 miles
from Huntsville & in large
Prarie a great deal of it
rich black prarie Saw
gullies 4 feet perfectly
Black, also Some large
Sandy prairie covered
with white oak runner
Bushes about knee high
traveled 35 miles to Mr. Porters
May 3rd Wednesday paid 1.00
Started on to Mr. Barnes &
traveled through Prarie
with with small slop[e]s
of Post oak land prarie lying
Beautifully & generally
good Saw 15 deer &
several gangs of Tur Keys
The first 4 miles the prarie
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 35) 2-3 May 1848 -
Continued about ten miles
the largest commenced about
6 miles Saw a prarie of Sever
-al thousand acres and only
a few post oaks interspersed
on general good & mostly
Black it is called Roans
Prarie a gentleman of that
name living on one Side
of it has a good well
about 50 feet Deep lime
water (not generally as well
watered as the praries near
Fanthrorps Mr. Roan lives
8 miles from Fanthorps &
on the near edge to that
place four miles of post
oak & Black Jack Sandy
land betwen that large
Prarie & the Fanthorp
prarie
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 36) 3 May 1848 -
got to Mr. Barnes about
2 oclock Wednesday
20 miles
Thursday 4th left Mr. Barnes,
& arrived at Washinton about
2 oclock, paid our wag-
gon hire 20.00
Friday 5th paid Stage
passage to Austin & San Antonio 15.00
Tavern Bill at Washington 1.50
Traveled through prarie
most of the way Some post
oak ridges Some fine prarie
to Independance 12 miles
from Washinton in the Same
County a good School
after leaving that place the
prarie very good & gen-
erally 3 or 4 miles wide
with Some live oak in
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 37) 3-5 May1848 -
Small clusters & Some
post oak clusters about
enough for settlements or
Shade for cattle the
live oaks very low with
large tops Seldom over
thirty feet high passed Judge
Lipscombs a fine grove of
live oaks about his house
5 miles from Independance
he informed that there
were 700 children at
School in Washinton
County a population
of 5000 Stoped for the
night at Fuller,s 30
miles from Washington
paid at Fullers 1.00
Saturday 6th Traveled through
Large Prarie on to Lagrange
Mr. McGar Killed that
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 38) 5-6 May1848 -
Fayett County
morning a Prarie cock
the praries wide to La-
grange 30 miles 60 from
Washinton we were in
-formed that they were
from 4 to six miles in
width with on Small
c[l]usters of live Oak
& Some of post oak
generally Black land
the gullys 4 feet Deep
perfectly Black all
through the prarie are
places of Sand rock
& gravelly Spots of flint
& Sand Stone from Small
pebble to 4 pounds in
weight we dined
at that town & I
called at Mr. W. Barden,s
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 39) 6 May1848 -
Lagrange a Small
Town on the Colorada
River crossed at that place
passed up the river on
the the Second Bluf about
one or two miles from the
River the land a rich
Chocolate Colour and
lying most beautifull
Some Some fine corn
growing Saw the first
musket musket bushes
Small trees the largest
about the size of peach
Trees but mostly bushes
they are a Specis of locus
a dwarf Locus & bear
a pod resembling the
Locus the muskete grass
quite abundant
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 40) 6 May1848 -
Bastrop County
recrossed the river 12
miles above & contin-
ued upon the east
Side Saw very little good
land untill we got
to Mr. Hills making 50
miles that day & 80 from
Washinton from Hills
Sunday 7th 1.00
Changed Horses at the
Town of Bastrop the
Court house of that
County 15 miles tra
veled up the east Side
of the river and about
2 miles from the river
poor post oak and
gravely land & Some poor
pine land gra-
velly also Some poor
cedar Brake full
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 41) 6-7 May1848 -
of Gravel saw very
little good land for
30 miles or more to Web-
-bers prarie lay on the
river a beautiful pra-
rie of 2000 Acres or more
lying very level & a rich
chocolate colour
took dinner at that
Prarie at a Mr Manors
& from there pass a
large creek & Some
poor Sandy & gravelly
land untill in five
miles of Austin we
came to large prarie
lying rolling black but
very full of gravel
all the prarie that we
have traveled through
are plenty of creeks
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 42) 7 May1848 -
or Branches of
runing water & some
fine Springs the water
warm & strong lime
wells easily got none
over 60 feet & often not
20 feet deep we have
not found any cold well
water though better than
the Springs
Mr. McGar Shot at three
Deer Seting in the Stage
about 70 or 80 yards
Saturday evening Stand
ing got no meat
got to Austin the
Capitol of the State
Sunday evening about 7
oclock 130 miles from
Washington
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 43) 7 May1848 -
Austin is about 400 Yards
from the Bank of Colorado
two or tree miles below
the falls & mountain hills
the people Generally use
river water which [is] clear
but not cold
remained in Austin Mon
-day 8th the Town con-
tains about 1000 inhabi-
tants & has about 100 chil-
dren at School
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 44) 7-8 May1848 -
Teusday 9th left Austin
for San Antonio crossed one
mile below town & passed
through two miles of high
broken prarie a good portion
of it very rocky & gravelly
after geting out a few
miles the praries become
large & rich but most
of it gravelly 13 miles
came to a fine Spring
in or below a live oak
grove water the best we
have seen called man
Shack Spring & then to
a live oak grove & a
fine Spring runing out
of it near the creek or
river RivBlanco 20 miles
from Austin saw very
little timber Some live
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 45) 9 May 1848 -
Oak resembling old apple
Orchards in a decaying
State crossed the St. Marks
River just below the head
Spring a beautiful clear
Stream the handsomest
I ever Saw. Some very
rich low grounds near
it a mile in width
the timber poor took
Dinner at the Town of the
Same naime paid 0.50
the land near the St. Marks
is very rich of the Chocolate
colour Some Gravel mix
-ed in it the timber Scruby
Elm & Live oak after
leaving the river flat
passed through large
Prarie generaly good
& Some very rich & Black
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 46) 9 May 1848 -
all the way to the Waloop
river & near the river
is very fine Black prarie
& lies beatifuly the
Growth Scatering Elm
Live oak musket or
Dwarf Locus we were
in Sight of the hills
or mountains from the
St Marks where it breaks
out of the Mountains to
the Waloop river
from two to five miles
where they say that there
is plenty of Timber but
we Saw was very poor
timber to[o] Scruby for rails
but the land very fine
But nearly all mixed
with Gravel the Waloop
Waloop or Gaudaloop river
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 47) 9 May 1848 -
where we crossed at the
Dutch town New Brauns
-fels is a most Beautiful
Stream runs very Swift
& is very clear forty or 50 yards
wide is fordable generaly
the water good very much
like the St Marks but
larger Stream & is Said
to be a long Stream of
over two hundred miles a-
bove this. The Comal a
beautiful mill Stream
runs through one Side of the
town is as large as the St
Marks is only three miles to
its head the water very clear
& a mill building on it in
the town nearly ready to
Start
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Green Wood Travel Journal (page 64) 17 May 1848 -
Thurday 18th got to Levacca
at 1/2 past 7 oclock
the whole distance of
12 miles a level Prarie
mostly hog bed & Black
Saw on the way this
morning 106 Deer
the land black & rich
up to the bog but no
timber firewood rather
Scarce
paid hire of Waggon
from San Antonia to
this place 17.50
paid passage on the Yacht
for Galveston & orleans 26.00
left about 1 oclock thurday
18th
Friday Morning 19th May
Arrived at Galveston about
7 oclock put up at
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 65) 18-19 May 1848 -
Friday morning 19th May
the Tremont House
Saturday 20th
Spent the day walking
about the City & lying &
Seting about the Tremont
House
isited the New Cath
-olic church a large
Building 130 feet Long
& the end next the al-
ter 80 feet wide the
main body of the
church 60 feet the
windows ornamented
with coulard glass
one behind the alter
with Christ pictured
on the cross & on each
Side one with the Vir-
gin Mary & John all
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 66) 19-20 May 1848 -
represented in fine
coloured Glass
Sunday Morning 21st May
paid Tavern Bill 4.20
packed Trunk and made
ready to take passage at
9 oclock for Orleans
on the Steamer Galveston
Started 5 minutes past 9 oclock
had a fine day boat
very Steady & did not
get Sick Slept well at
night
Monday morning 22nd May
Sun rose clear water very
Smooth & boat Steady
had a smooth pleasant time
during the day & night
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 67) 20-22 May 1848 -
rained at night
Teusday morning 23rd clear morn
-ing & pleasant
landed at Orlean 1/2 past 9 oclock
This morning 23rd
left Orleans a little past
4 oclock in the evening 23rd
Wednesday morning 24th of
May landed at Mobile
a little before 8 oclock
rained in the night
passage 5.00
Hack &c 1.00
porterage Mobile 0.50
Took passage on the Louisa
Hopkins for Montgomery
left Mobile about 7 oclock
Thursday 25th clear morning
got up to Claibourn 1/4 past 9
rained about 8 oclock
a fine rain
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 68) 23-25 May 1848 -
Friday 26th May
a fine shower of rain
about day light
got to Selma about 5
oclock this morning
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 69) 26 May 1848 -
April 19th 1849 left
home in company with
John C. Abercrombie
for Louisanna & Texas
got to C. Gunters that
evening camped in his
grove 10 miles below
Montgomery
20th camped at a chuch
8 miles from Cahaba
a cold frosty night was
quite comfortably situated
21st got to Cahauba 1/2 past
8 oclock I left with Mr.
Speight went out to
Doct Englishes 20 miles
Abercombie staid at
Cahawba Ala after Din
-ner & camped at
Boughchitta 12 miles
& over took me at 9 oclock
the next day at Doct
Englishes
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 70) 19-21 April 1849 -
22nd the next day at Doct
Englishes
Camped at a fine place
good water 7 miles
east of Linden about
100 miles from Montgomery
23rd Started befor 6 oclock
and got to the Bigbee
River ½ past 4 oclock
20 miles from Linden
Some very Bad road
but better than the road
on Sunday & Saturday
evening rough prarie &
Causway Crossed the
river & camped three
miles out at a creek
making 31 miles
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 71) 22-23 April 1849 -
Teusday 24th Traveled 29 miles
camped at Almucha
old Town Lauderdale
County Missippi, had a
little rain at 12 oclock
in the day, a poor piny wood
country very Broken all
the way from the Bigby
river
Wednesday 25th traveled 15 miles
by 12 oclock passed the
Town of Marion courthouse
of Lauderdale Co. & stoped
for dinner 3 miles on
the road to Paulding
County Jasper County
went on 9 or 10 miles on
very Bad road broken
& poor hills the poorest country
I have seen, made 24 miles
today
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 72) 24-25 April 1849 -
1849
Teusday 26th Traveled on through
a Broker poor hill country
crossed Chickesaha
river & a little Town
called Enterprise on
the Bank of the river
poor pine land up to
the Bank no swamp
stoped to inder at a little
Creek near Mr. Huff,s
17 miles, continued on
after dinner 7 miles
crossed a large creek
some fine timber but
mostly poor pine woods
rained & camped
early 24 miles today
Friday 27th passed through Pald-
ing the County Cite of Jasper
& traveled on to Shelby,s
in all 30 miles took a
cold bath
[lower left margin, day] 9)
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 73) 26-27 April 1849 -
Saturday 28th a Sprinkling morn
-ing faired of[f] crossd Leaf
River about 8 miles from
our camp Stoped at 12 ocl-
ock in the hills lost, traveled
this day all day & gained
but 10 or 15 miles on ac-
count of a creek bridge
Coha creek –
Sunday 29th rained a light
rain at night where we
were & a hard rain a head
traveled 28 miles camped
at a church 18 miles from
Montacello a fine Spring &
creek a beatiful camp
ing place
Monday 30th left camp before sun
rise & got to the Pearl river
ferry at 11 oclock 18 miles
Montecelo on the west Bank
[lower left margin, day] 12)
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 74) 28-30 April 1849 -
the County Cite of Lawrence
105 miles from the Mouth of
Red river traveled on ten
miles & camped
May 1st Teusday left camp at
1/2 past 5 oclock and
went to Homesville pike
County to dinner 20 miles
eat on the Bank of a large
Creek called Bougechitta
in the edge of the town
camped 8 miles from Homes-
-ville at Mr Quins on little
Tanchapaho & four miles
further crossed Big Tichapaha
[left margin] Traveled 30 miles
May 2 Wednesday Traveled about
28 miles camped three miles
West of Liberty Amit County
crossed East & west prong
of Amit river
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 75) 30 April - 2 May 1849 -
May 3rd Thursday Traveled about
28 miles camped 2 1/2 miles
from Woodville Wilkinson
County called next morning
on Doct D. Holt
Friday 4th got to Woodville 6 oclock
Stoped over two Hours to
lay in Supplies a little rain
made the Magnolia & Beech
Hills very Slipery The land
rich & Broken noby short hills
camped at a small Branch
12 miles from the mouth of the
river raney night
Saturday 5th passed the worst hills
this morning for 9 miles
got to the ferry at 1/2 past 11 oclock
got over the river 1/2 past 5
& camped 1 mile from the ferry
had plenty of mosquitoes
ferage $8.50 cross lake 2.50 at?
??? bank? and diner?
[lower left corner, day] 17)
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 76) 3-5 May 1849 -
Sunday May 6th traveled up
the Chofelier Byou
12 miles to Sims Ferry got
there a little after 9 oclock
Saw the Best corn & in
Tassel some Stalks ferried
over the Buyo three miles &
a mile further ferried over
Yellow Buyo at Doct McClan
-ahan Staid in the house
made 16 miles
[left margin] ferage $1.10 ferage $8.50
Monday 7th traveled 8 miles &
came to the Cut off of
Buyo Deglaze three miles
through bad Swamp
& mud & came on 5 miles
& camped at a french man’s
last 19 miles hard travel
Tuesday 8th Came on two miles &
came to Buyo Rouge & then
a few miles to Huff power
Buyo Stoped to Dinner at
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 77) 6-8 May 1849 -
Ierens
Mr Iron,s Sugar mill
on Huff Power Buyo a very
raney wet day up to 12 oclock
12 miles & then about 3 miles
to Buyo Beff up that
to Chaneyville & 4 miles
further to Mr Loyd,s in
all 26 miles a beautifull
rich level Sugar land
& many fine Plantations
Wednesday 9th a hard rain in
the morning made a late start
traveled up the Buyo Bef
5 five miles & then out on
the Texas road in pine land
on to Mr Pauls 25 miles
Thursday 10th took the fort Jesup
road through Clayey pine woods
the wo an unknown person st road I ever Saw
Stoped at 12 oclock without
passing a Town or meeting any
person
[lower left margin] 22 days)
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 78) 8-10 May 1849 -
continued on after diner had
to head a creek & got to Mrs
Thompsons just at night 30
miles & never passed a
house & a bad road
Friday 11th Traveled on to
Mr. Holts Sulpher Springs
20 miles to dinner &
7 miles after dinner
to Mr Neeleys
Saturday 12th Traveled 20 miles to
Fort Jesup eat Dinner &
went to George & Jack Thomson,s 5
miles
[left margin] 24 days)
Sunday 13th 14th Spent at Mr. Thomp
-son,s
Teusday 15th left Thompson,s & Stayed
that night with Mr. John
Jordan 20 miles from
Mansfield
Wednesday 16th Went to Mansfield
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 79) 10-16 May 1849 -
and from there to Doctor Bald
-win,s a heavy night &
morning rain crops all
deep in the Grass
Thursday 17th Went to Mr Davis,s to
Dinner & to Col Wm O
Baldwins in the evening Saw
Some grand cane lands
Friday 18th Looked at land in the vicin
ity of Col Baldwin Saw Gam-
-ble land
Saturday 19th Went home with Moses
Davis Saw Some fine land
Sunday 20th At Davises & wrote letters &
in the evening went home with
Mr Davis
Monday 21st went to Mansfield Saw
a great many acquaintances
Staid at night with Doctor
Baldwin
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 80) 16-21 May 1849 -
Teusday 22nd went home with Col
Baldwin & after dinner
to Mr Haden,s
Wednesday 23rd returned in the eve-
-ning to Col Baldwin,s
Thursday 24th Started for Sheveport
Stoped at 12 oclock at Mr.
Hall,s & left at 2 oclock and
went to David Gilmer,s 11
miles from Shrveport
Friday 25th Started on 1/2 past 7 ocl
ock & had a fine rain
before we got to Shreveport
Saturday 26 left Shreveport & went
out to Colonel J W Campbells
Sunday 27th Went to Colonel D. J. Hook,s
and spent the day
Monday 28th left for Nocogdoches
got to Major Edmon? Smiths Elisian
fields Texas Harrison Cty 5
miles & looked at his land 4600 Acres
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 81) 22-28 May1849 -
Teusday 29th left and crossed the
Sabine River 15 miles & then
to Mr. Forsyths 9 miles & camped
Wednesday 30th traveled on to Mr.
Vincins Store 26 miles & camped
25 miles from Nocogdoches
Rusk County,
crossed the Sabine River at
Grand Bluff Panola County
Thursday 31st Traveled 25 miles
to Nacogdoches Town passed
through some red lands &
oak Sand Hills
Friday 1st June, went out eight miles
see Neil Marten & returned
to Nacogdoches & traveled 8 miles
to Mr Haiters
Saturday 2nd on the road to the
Town of Crocket Saw Some fine
red prarie & Black Jack land
Between Angelena & Naches Rivers
traveled 27 miles to Mr. Durins fr
from Autauga Cont
[left margin] Saturday 2nd Cherokee Ct to Naches
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 82) 29 May - 2 June 1849 -
one mile west of Naches in
in Houston County
Sunday June 3rd traveled 25 miles
camped at Mr John J. Burton,s
1 mile from the town of
Crocket Houston County
Monday 4th traveled the Cincinatti road
by Westmorelands & then
on the Robbins ferry road to
Mr Kenada,s 20 miles camped
a rainy evening & night
Teusday 5th traveled 18 miles crossed
Trinity River passed through
a Gama Grass prarie of at
least 3 miles, Grass as thick &
tall as good wheat
Wednesday 6th in Grimes County
got within 14 miles of Fanthorps traveled 19
miles, Cork had colick
land poor prarie & post oak
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 83) 2-6 June 1849 -
Thursday 7th June got to Mr J W Barnes
to Dinner got a letter from
Wife & News papers
Friday 8 & Saturday 9th at
Mr Barnes,
Sunday 10th left for Montgomery
County Staid at Mr Grigs
Monday 11th at Mr. Green,s Still in
Grimes County
Tuesday 12th at Genl Lewis, Sanjacinto
Wednesday 13th Stoped at Mr. Cur-
ruthers 4 miles from Danville
Montgomery County
Thursday 14th dined at Colonel Lewins
Sanjacinto & then to Montgomery
Friday 15th to Mr. Stoneums in
Grimes County
Saturday 16th to Mr J. W. Barnes,s
Sunday 17th Spent at Barnes
Monday 18th went to Fanthorps
after Dinner to Mr Stonums
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 84) 7-18 June 1849 -
Teusday 19th Went to Colonel C.
Louins, Sanjacinto
Wednesday 20th To Danville & looked
at Mr J. Lindleys Land
Thursday 21st Bought Mr J. Lindley,s
land 1416 Acres at one Dollar
per Acre & Staid Both
nights at Mr. Curruthers
Friday 22nd took a Deed &
paid for the land & went
out & staid at Mr Curruthers
Saturday 23rd Rented Mr. Carothers
place & engaged his corn
at 50 cents & went to Mr
Ch Louin,s & Bought 6000
feet plank
Sunday 24th Went on to
Montgomery to Dinner
got My Deed recorded
& then to Mr J. Green,s
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 85) 19-25 June 1849 -
Monday 25th Went to Mr
Barnes to Dinner
Teusday 26th Spent at Barnes,
Got letters from home
Wednesday 27th Started for
home camped 7 miles
from Huntsville 30 miles
Thursday 28th camped 2 miles
from Cincinatti on Trinity
17 miles
Friday 29th Crossed Trinity River
at Cincinatti, road very bad
on the East side 4 miles out
traveled 25 miles camped at
a campmeeting ground Mr
Holmarks, passed through
some a large Sandy Prarie
5 or six miles wide
Saturday 30th traveled 28 miles
to Mr Newman,s pine
Spring
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 86) 25-30 June 1849 -
1st July
Sunday 1st July, crossed the
Naches & Angelina
rivers camped at Mr Mc-
Nights two miles east of
Angelena River
Monday 2nd traveled 23 miles &
camped 6 miles North east of
Nacogdoches at Mr David Rusks
Teusday 3rd Traveled 20 miles
Broke in a Bridge over
a small creek 6 feet high
& Broke nothing nor no seri-
ous injury to the horses camped
at a Branch by a Mexican,s
house
Wednesday 4th Traveled 14 miles
to dinner fed & cooked
at Mr. Hilliards 15 miles
from Logans port camped
at Major Truitts 21 miles
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 87) 1-4 July 1849 -
Thursday July 5th traveled ten
miles crossed the Sabine
River at Logans port & from
there to Mr Henry Rugeleys
3 miles from Logans port
Friday 6th Left our waggons
at Mr. Rugeleys & went to
Major Coles & to Mr Robert
G. Hadens to get land titles
for Milo Abercrombie & return-
ed in the evening to Mr Rugeleys
Saturday 7th Went to Colonel
Wm O. Baldwin,s about
10 miles
Sunday 8th remained at Colonel
Baldwins untill Teusday
10th went to Wm Davis,
Wednesday 11th to Dr Baldwins
& mansfield
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 88) 5-11 July 1849 -
For home
Thursday 12th Started from
Doctor Baldwin,s for
home passed through Mans-
field & left at 8 oclock &
Traveled 26 miles to Mr
Warners - rained all day
Friday 13th Started 1/2 past
5 oclock & got to fort
Jessup 1/2 past ten &
fed 12 miles & traveled
12 miles & camped near a creek
making 24 miles – rained all
day & Sprinked at night
Saturday 14th Got to Holts springs
at 12 oclock 14 miles & Stoped
on account of high water
Sunday 15th traveled on to Mrs
Thompson,s 20 miles to
dinner & then crossed the
Buyo ?Seper? had a heavy rain
& camped made 26 miles
[left margin, in a box] Flood
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 89) 12-15 July 1849 -
Monday 16th Traveled a wet Slopy
Road to Paul,s 18 miles
fed & crossed over a creek
by rolling the waggons
by hand & swiming
the horses & went out 6 miles
& camped at a pretty creek
made 24 miles today
Teusday 17th Fed & eat Dinner
at Mr. Loyd,s on Buyo Bef
& staid at night with
Mr. Iren,s on Hufpower
Buyo, good Mosquito Bars
33 miles
Wenesday 18th traveled down
below the Cut off &
Staid at Mr Clanihan
Buyo Deglaze 25 miles
Thursday 19th Crossed Buyo Deglaze
& Chofelier Buyo at one ferage
2 miles & then Yellow Buyo
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 90) 16-19 July 1849 -
above buyo Deglaze & came
down to the mouth of red
River & Crossed the
Missippi & Staid at
Mrs Franklins Steam mill
made 20 miles to the
ferry Mississippi River
Friday 20th left for home and
camped 6 miles east of
Pinkneyville on the
Woodville road
Saw a Sassafras full
4 feet through 4 miles
from Pinkneyville east
22 miles today rainy day
Saturday 21st Stoped to feed &
cook dinner 3 miles
east of Woodville 13 miles
traveled on 9 miles to Mr Mc
Gahas? Staid in the house
a very mudy road all day
22 miles rainy day
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 91) 19-21 July 1849 -
Sunday 22nd traveled on through
Liberty & camped 5 miles
east of that place made 24 miles
Monday 23rd traveled about 23
miles & camped two miles
west of Homesville
Teusday 24th made a Short Stop
at homesville got Corks
Shoes naild & clinched
& crossed Bougechitta
river in a flat &
traveled on 9 miles of
Columbia County Cite
of Marion County
made 22 miles
Wednesday 25th Traveled on to
Pearl river 7 miles fered
over & two miles to Colum
bia & traveled on 15
miles & camped in
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 92) 22-25 July 1849 -
an old field making
24 miles rained
Thursday 26th traveled on to
Bouie River 19 miles
& fed & eat dinner
Crossed in a flat-
& then 4 1/2 miles to Leaf
River crossed in a flat
went out three miles to
a pine woods Branch
& camped making 27
miles heavy rain
Monroe a very old & little
town one mile west of
Leaf river 38 miles east
of Columbia
Friday 27th left camp at 6
oclock came on 7 miles
to Tallahaley river &
crossed in a flat a small
river but very full
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 93) 25-27 July 1849 -
Crossed Bogehomo
river & many large
creeks & bad Bridges
3 bad bridges in half
a mile like to have
fallen in one of them
27 miles today camped
near the 3 Bridges
no rain in the day but rain
-ed at night 10 oclock Just
one month since we
left Mr J.W. Barne,s Texas
& it has rained every day
except two
Saturday 28th Traveled all day &
ony gained 20 miles had
to head a creek crossed
Chickasaha river at
Mr Pattons ferry & camped
near his house Slept in his
house a hard rain
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 94) 27-28 July 1849 -
Sunday 29th left camp at 6
oclock & went 8 miles
to a large creek called
Buckatunna creek
& crossed in a flat
crossed the line Between
Miss. & Alabama at
11 oclock got into Wash-
-ington County had
a hard rain & made
no coffee too wet
Got corn at Mr Jordan,s
18 miles from Patton,s ferry
& 6 miles West from the
old Washington
Court House, we camped
at Mrs Listers two miles east
of the old court house made
25 miles, about two miles
of Broken lime land near
the court house very bad road
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 95) 29 July 1849 -
Monday 30th left camp late
45 minutes past 6 oclock
& traveled 6 miles &
passed Bladon Springs
& then 7 miles to Bigby
River Coffeeville & on
7 miles to Mr Cox,s &
camped at a church 20 miles
Teusday 31st We went on to Macon
(County Cite) of Clarke got
there at one oclock Aber
-crombie very sick & Staid
untill next day only 15 miles
Wednesday 1st of August, left
Macon at 8 oclock Ab
-ercrombie very unwell
& traveled on 12 miles &
Stoped to Dinner at Mr
West & then on to Cla
-borne 21 miles got into
town 5 oclock & a hard rain
none [too] soon
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 96) 30 July - 1 August 1849 -
Thursday 2nd Waited all
day for a boat
Friday 3rd got aboard of
the Sunny South
with our Waggons &
teams about 12 oclock
Saturday 4th Got to Mont-
gomery 12 oclock at
Night, & Drove out home
about 3 oclock
Sunday morning
Green Wood Travel Journal (page 97) 2-4 August 1849
- Last Edited: 7 Feb 2016