Initials only. ..Please help give names to the "initials only" entries in the 1843 inventory prepared by Col. James Bourland, tax collector for the Red River Dist, Republic of Texas. ..Below the "initials only" line items are those entries with surnames that I cannot identify; below that listing are those names that I found. Toward the bottom is my corrected Bourland isting in the order in which he wrote it in 1843.
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A.P.U., Fort Towson — 5 boxes, 1 barrel, 1 sack coffee
P.J.A., Fort Towson — 7 barrels, 2 barrels, ....
J.R.W. — 1 sack salt.
B.J.H. — 1 sack salt.
W.B.H. — 1 sack salt.
J.B.M. — 1 sack salt.
G.B. — 1 sack salt.
T.F. — 5 boxes, 1 willow carriage, 43 plough moulds ...
B.F., Fort Washita, I.T. — 5 barrels, 1 box, 5 kegs
A.L. — 2 coils rope.
R.N. — 2 coils rope, 28 bunches twine.
R.H., near Scott’s place — 6 bales of bagging ... Scott's place ?
B. — 248 pieces castings, 27 pairs andirons, 1 barrel
B., Doaksville — 21 barrels, 21 boxes, 1 cask, ...
B.& J. — 1 box.
B.& B. — 2 bales blankets.
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BRINKLEY, George Brinkley
BROWN, M.& G. Brown
COCKE, B.F. Cocke (1843 Jonesborough, Red River Co, Rep of TX)
GLASS, Joseph Glass
HILLION, J.J. Hillion
McDOWELL, John McDowell
OLMSTEAD, Gerard Olmstead
WETMORE, Lt. Wetmore, George C. Wetmore and Alex O. Wetmore were there in 1815
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BERTHELET, Joseph R. Berthelet; partner of J.H. Heald in 1843 Berthelet, Heald & Co.
BYINGTON, Cyrus Byington, translated Choctaw spelling book into English (missionary 1820-1866 in Choctaw Nation, I.T.)
DOAK, Josiah L. Doak, 1824 fur traderL est. Doaksville, now Choctaw Co OK; partner with V.B. Tims
HEALD, John Hobart Heald (1813 Middlesex Co MA-1884 Concord, MA) m-Lucy Wright; partner was Berthelet in Doaksville, I.T.
SCHRACK, E. G. Schrack (1843 sutler in Choctaw Nation, I.T.)
SCHRACK, Lewis M. Schrack; m-Susan Holman (1843 sutler in Choctaw Nation, I.T.)
TIMS, Vincent B. Tims; partner of Josiah L. Doak (1843 Choctaw Nation, I.T.)
WRIGHT, Alfred Wright (1788 CT-1853 I.T.) in 1833 est. Wheelock Seminary, Choctaw Nation
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Col. James Bourland's 1843 listing.
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Doak & Tims, Doaksville, I.T. — 5 bales [? of bagging], 9 boxes, 9 sacks coffee, 2 barrels, 9 kegs, 1 small box glass,
1 large cask.
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Doak & Tims, Fort Towson, I.T. — 14 sacks coffee, 4 boxes.
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Doak & Tims, — 112 pieces of castings, 44 plough moulds, 101 bars iron, 9 slabs iron, 4 bundles iron
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Doak & Tims, Fort Towson — 23 barrels, 5 bales, 37 sacks coffee, 1 bale blankets, 1 ditto bagging, 1 box, 36 kegs
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A.P.U., Fort Towson — 5 boxes, 1 barrel, 1 sack coffee.
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Rev. Alfred Wright, Wheelock, I.T., care of Doak & Tims — 2 boxes, 1 bag feathers, 2 kegs, 1 bundle mattresses
marked C.N.H., 1 barrel
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Rev. Cyrus Byington, care of Doak & Tims — 1 box, 1 barrel.
Gerard Olmstead, Wheelock, I.T. — 2 boxes marked ‘C.N.’
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Berthelet, Heald & Co. — 29 barrels, 2 bales blankets, 23 sacks coffee, 20 kegs
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T.F. — 5 boxes, 1 willow carriage, 43 plough moulds, 15 flat bars iron, 1 bundle nail iron, 11 bars rolled iron, 1 bale
twine, 14 bales bagging, 1 dozen teapots, 3 casks, 28 sacks salt, 14 coils rope.
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Berthelet, Heald & Co. — 16 bales bagging, 1 bale twine.
B. — 248 pieces castings, 27 pairs andirons, 1 barrel.
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B., Doaksville — 21 barrels, 21 boxes, 1 cask, 11 kegs, 13 bags shot, 22 boxes, 142 brooms, 31 painted buckets, 2
sacks coffee
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Schrack & Nail, Doaksville — 3 boxes, 14 kegs, 4 bales bagging, 2 tin canisters, 1 coil rope, 4 small boxes, 1 large
oven, I barrel.
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Schrack & Nail, Fort Towson — 8 barrels, 35 sacks coffee, 19 boxes, 19 kegs, 20 painted buckets, 130 pieces castings,
29 sacks salt.
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Schrack & Nail, Lieut. Wetmore, Fort Washita, I.T. — 1 dozen Windsor chairs, 3 lanterns, 28 boxes, 48 kegs, 10
barrels, I bale [? of bagging], 1/2 dozen spades, 1 bellows and vice, 1 set measures and bunch of wire, 2
wheelbarrows, 1 dozen sneads [snaths], 1 dozen pitchforks, 1 dozen spades, 1/2 dozen buckets, 1 dozen pitchforks,
1 dozen spaced marked ‘U.S.,’ l large cask, 1 pair wagon wheels, 6 cross-cut saws, 6 spades
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P.J.A., Fort Towson — 7 barrels, 2 barrels, 2 bundles leather, 1 box, 10 sacks coffee, 1 bundle of kid-skin leather, 2
large casks, 25 sacks salt.
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B.F. Cocke, Jonesborough, Texas — 3 barrels, 3 boxes, 4 sacks coffee, 5 kegs
B.F., Fort Washita, I.T. — 5 barrels, 1 box, 5 kegs.
John McDowell, Fort Towson, care of Berthelet-Heald — 4 barrels, 6 boxes, 33 sacks salt
J.J. Hillion — 1 bale bagging.
M. & G. Brown — 1 coil rope.
L.A. Singleton — 3 coils rope.
A.L. — 2 coils rope.
R.N. — 2 coils rope, 28 bunches twine.
R.H., near Scott’s place — 6 bales of bagging, 9 coils rope, 5 sacks salt.
B.& J. — 1 box.
B.& B. — 2 bales blankets.
Joseph Glass — 1 bale bagging.
George Brinkley’s — 1 sack salt.
J.R.W. — 1 sack salt.
B.J. H. — 1 sack salt.
G.B. — 1 sack salt.
W.B.H. — 1 sack salt.
J.B.M. — 1 sack salt.
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Goods found not marked or numbered: 91 painted buckets, 6 whip saws, 3 stone jugs, 1 stone jar, 1 piece bagging, 1
coil rope, 30 brooms, 4 large willow crates, 7 sacks salt, 1 barrel, 6 frying pans, 64 pigs lead.
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Your help in identifying these men, especially the "initials only" entries, would be greatly appreciated.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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