JOURNAL OF HENRY HAMILTON FLOYD
OF
CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 1852 - MAY 1853 Feby 1852. Bellevue. Wed.
18th. Sunny and warm. I left Bellevue at 4 o'clock, A. M., for Cabin Bluff, in company of Mary, Rosalie, & John Floyd, also my daughters, Margaret & Catherine, remained, there until Sunset when we boarded Steamer Gaston. Pafsed (sic) a very pleasant day eating oysters, (here is a pen sketch of an opened oyster) Arrived in St. Marys in two hours after leaving Cabin Bluff. Thus
.19th. Clear & warm. Found the ox cart had arrived yesterday. Sent it back. Transacted some business. Friday 20th. Windy & cloudy. Mr. Richard Floyd and family came from Judge O'Neill's and went to Dr. Bacon's, overhauling Mrs. King's papers & c. Sat. 21st. Very cloudy, cool in the afternoon. John & myself
called on Mrs. Floyd and daughters. After tea, Mrs. Drysdale & Mifses (sic) Annie & Caroline Floyd called at house opposite "Hotelle de Invaleids" (sic) to see Mifs Mary & Rosalie Floyd. Sundy 22d. Cloudy, windy, and in the afternoon a light drizzle. Margaret & Kate commenced school at Mrs. Harby (?) on the 19th. Mon 22d. Warm, windy
and appearance of rain. Mrs. Floyd and daughters left in the Welaka for St. Augustine this morning. Tuesday, 24th. Clear and very windy. Mr. Wm. Clarke's youngest daughter, named Alia, died of pneumonia this afternoon. I pafsed a most agreeable day. Wed, 25th. Clear and warm also a hard S. W. breese (sic). At 10 this morning John G. Floyd and myself got on the steamer Welaka and were landed at Cabin Bluff
in two hours where we met Dr. Delaroche who is going to Savannah. We took Dr. D.'s conveyance and reached here in an hour after. I found all quiet. During my absence my mare Nelly died. She was the best horse I have ever owned. Vegetation has put forth rapidly since I left here & the flower garden begins to show many pretty blofsoms. The Irish potatoes are up, ----------- the cabbage seed, & some of the peaches, the seed of which my sister Caroline sent me from Laurens County. (second page) Thursday 26th. Clear and warm. It is now excessively dry. John G. Floyd and little Sammy went fishing and were gone nearly all day. Nothing caught. I planted corn in my garden and other vegetables besides sowed flower seed in my flower garden and planted peach seed, given me by Dr. Henry Bacon, under the myrtle trees near the flower garden gate. Hands planting sweet potatoes. Mordina had fever yesterday and today.
Friday 27th. Clear and warm morning. Cloudy and pleasant afternoon. Mother Augusta and old Maum Sally went to Black Point this morning and got back in the afternoon. Harry Clay had the chill and fever today. John Floyd and myself grafted 18 pear trees, 14 of them were young pear trees on which we grafted from an old tree, and the other 4 I ground grafted with pear on quince roots. Preparing vegetable garden for seed –
planted a few bush squash seed – finished planting sweet potatoes – have one acre. Satry 28th. Clear and very windy 'till after dark when it became cloudy and rained very hard. John G. Floyd and myself went to Fairfield this morning and loaded the cart with things to be sent to St. Marys. Started the cart after dinner to go as far as the Hermitage. John Floyd sat a snare in my vegetable garden last evening for
rabbits and it had one this morning. I planted cucumbers, melons, squashes and snap beans today. Sunday 29. Cloudy and a rainy day. This has been a remarkably dull day. | 
