My Time in Austin’s Colony

ByKatie Wiggins

My Arrival

Austin’s colony promised us more land than we have ever had. We had also found out that we can pay it within 3 years instead of right away. We all started packing right away, we had wanted to one of the first ones to Austin’s colony.

My Arrival

We had gotten on the boat and begun our journey. When we got there the land was just beautiful. There was so much land to look at. Our family couldn’t wait to start our lives here.

Year 1822

We were at the begging of our first year. Our total amount of land is 1,970 acres. Our yearly land payment was $78.80. After our land payment we started out with $921.20.

Year 1822

On our total cost of crops we did $500.00. We got 60 acres of cotton, 15 acres of lumber, and 12.5 acres of cattle. That made our gross income $650.00. We ended that year with $1071.20.

Lumber

Year 1823

We ended our last year with $1071.20. After our land payment we had $992.40. Our crop cost was $800.

Year 1823

We got 20 acres of cotton, 60 acres of lumber, and 40 acres of cotton. Our gross income was $1,500. So at the end of that year we had $1,692.40. Also that year the Lively had sank. We also had a mild winter.

Year 1824

From the end of the year before we had $1692.40. After our land payment we had $1613.00. We had decided to do $500 for our crops. This year we also had bumper crop. Everything went perfect that year.

Year 1824

That year we got 100 acres for cotton, 100 acres for lumber, and 50 acres for cattle. Our gross income was $3,500. That year was our last land payment. We had ended the year with $3,613.60

My Conclusion

At the end of the three years we ended up liking Austin’s Colony much better than where we where living before. We ended up staying in San Felipe for the rest of our lives.

My Conclusion

The last 3 ½ years had some hard times. Most towns lost money to the government. Some lost lots and some only lost a little, but not us. We had gotten $600.00. So with that we ended 3 ½ years with $4213.60.

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