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1865 Gilmer School Tuition Records
We do not know the name of this school, since the records only indicate
that it was a
Gilmer School. Thanks to Margaret
Bradshaw for sending us this information she found
at the University of Texas at Arlington. It is taken from original
records in an old ledger from
the Civil War. If you have any information regarding this school,
please contact
Sharon
or Elaine.
Camp Flournoy, Texas
Records, 1861-1870; ledger (.08 linear ft.) Camp Flournoy was
located in Wood County, Texas, a few miles southeast of Quitman. Samuel
M. Flournoy provided the land for the camp from his property holdings
just southeast of his home. Flournoy enlisted there in the Third Texas
Confederate Cavalry in October 1861. The ledger contains quartermaster
records for Camp Flournoy, Texas, September 15-17, and 21, 1861. It
lists supplies for Captains Alex Earp, Mat Barton, H. D. E. Redwine,
J. H. Rucker, 1 W. Wilson, M. L. Crawford, C. E. McKnight, Anderson
Whetstone, Martin, and Crain, who probably served in Matthew F. Locke's
Tenth Texas Cavalry. A notation indicates the regiment left Clarksville,
Texas, on February 12, 1962, and crossed the Red River on the 14th and
on to Rocky Comfort on the 15th. The Tenth Texas Cavalry fought most
often as infantry being dismounted in 1862. It served in Matthew D.
Ector's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, and participated in several major
battles, including Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in which the regiment suffered
thirty-four percent casualties. Also recorded in the ledger is a statement
that the volume was preserved by Charles W. Pyle, whose wife, Georgia
Elizabeth Avery-Pyle used the ledger to record student tuition payments
in a Gilmer Texas school, ca. 1865-1870. The ledger also contains essays,
"in Memory of Willis," "Look Aloft!" and "Winter and Old Age," as well
as recipes for food and soap, and was used as a math workbook.
Gift, 1989.
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Tuition July 8, 1865......................
W.R. Bradford...............24.25
Mrs. Ballington............. 7.00
H.L. Crawford................51.00
D. Connally.................... 6.50
Askeid Casey................ 48.00
Bickara Askew................ 7.00
Mrs. Askeroft..................8.75
J.B. Callieott....................25.50
O.S. Davis........................14.50
Samil Davison.................. 8.50
W.W. Davison.................42.00
A.P. Henderson............... 4.50
D. Holoinefs...................... 9.50 (not sure about spelling
of last name, was real faded)
Mrs. Hairley...................... 10.40
Beny Jones......................... 5.00
J. M. McKnight..................20.50
McLemore........................... 7.50
D. McGee............................31.00
Mrs. Oldham.......................30.50
Robertson............................23.50
B. Remane............................38.50 (not sure about spelling
of last name, same as above)
Mrs. Roberts........................17.00
Hardmond.............................38.00
William Smith........................14.37 1/2
James Smith...........................29.00
James Gimms.........................16.00
James Mitchel........................29.37 1/2
Mrs. Bedford.........................30.00
R. Witkins..............................32.00
White......................................21.00
Wheeler..................................
Henry Banks......................... 10.00
Alies Mitchil..........................
David Mitchil.........................22.50
Livey Harguhan.....................28.10
Sammie Harguhan..................21.35
Alies Saunders.......................21.35
David Strong.......................... 6.55
Martha Grimes......................... 8.50
Tish Grimes............................. 32.50
Mary Tiwgette.........................60.60
21st week of School
John Smith
Sallie Smith
Isaael Mitchel
Alies Mitchel
G. Rankin
Harry Rankin
William Moody
Tommy Williamson
Alan Short
Mary Short
James Short
Billy Short
Dan W. Short
Alies Saunders
Annie Williamson
Mary Williamson
Sallis Herrille
Levey Harguhan
Martha Grimes
Augustus Roberson
Martis Fields
Dora Fields
Cora Dardon
Carris Dardon
Jammis Faukguar
Alfred Faukguar
Evdolopas Roberson
Jennis Balp
Jane Owens
Mary Finkley
David Roberson
Davis Stewart
Mary Ann Fraugette
Tathis Grimes
Will
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