II. 



ANSWERS TO CIRCULAR. 



The following answers to the circular letter printed in fall in the in- 

 troduction to this report are arranged as follows : First, according to the 

 sequence of the questions ; second, alphabetically, according to States. 

 The name of each correspondent and of the county from which lie wrote 

 is given ; the full addresses of correspondents may be found by referring 

 to the list given in Appendix III. 



PAST HISTORY OF THE COTTON- WORM. 



QUESTION 1. Give, so far as you can from trustworthy records, the earliest year in which 

 cotton was grown in your State, county, or locality. 



ALABAMA. 



Cotton was grown as early as 1825 in this county. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



Some few settlements in this county', Bullock, then Macou County, in 1636, but not 

 generally settled until 1840 to 1842. [J. R. Rogers, Bullock. 



I think about 1817 or 1818. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



Cotton was probably grown in the State when it was first settled, 1818, or earlier. 

 This part of the State was settled as early as 1817. [R. W. Russell, Lowudes. 



The growth of cotton was on a limited area as early as 1818 in this locality ; by 1825 

 and 1828 it became a general crop. [Robert S. Williams, Montgomery. 



First grown in this county in 1832. [John D. Johnston, M. D., Sumter. 



In its earliest settlement, about 1816. A few years later in this county. [H. A. 

 Stollenwerck, Perry. 



Cotton was grown on a small scale as early as 1820 ; and after Indian war of 1836 it 

 was more extensively raised. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



Cotton was grown in this locality as early as 1817, but not as a, field crop before 1825, 

 extending rapidly from that time. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



In my locality cotton was grown immediately succeeding the removal of the Creek 

 Indians in 1836-'37. [ A. D. Edwards, Macon. 



We have no records here of the exact years in which cotton was first grown ; it was 

 commenced on a small scale and gradually increased from 1820, and reached its great- 

 est about 1858. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



My recollection dates back to 1827, but it was grown even before that time. [James 

 M. Harrington, Monroe. 



About the year 1820. [M. W. Hand, Greene. 



1830. [Knox, Minge, and Evans, Hale. 



Being a native of both the State and county where I now live, and am now fifty- 

 eight years old, can say that as far back as I can recollect cotton has been grown here. 

 For the last fifty years I should say it has been the leadiug staple. [Andrew Jay, 

 Conecuh. 



First cotton grown in this locality in 1812. [R. B. Dunlap, Greene. 



Cotton was grown in small quantity aa early as 1825 in Autauga County. There are 

 no records showing this, but there are persons now in this vicinity who testify to its 

 truth. [Charles M. Howard, Autanga. 



Cotton first grown in this locality in 1813, or to a very small extent as early as 

 1800. I. D. Dreisbach, [Baldwin. 



The county of Bullock was created from sections of Pike, Montgomery, Barbour, and 

 Macon, in 186(5. In 1819, Pike County grew 7,1!>2 bales of cotion. The whites began 

 to settle Montgomery County in 1816 or 1817. Macon and Barbonr were formed from 

 the territory of the Creek Indians in 1832. Cotton was grown on the laud now cov- 

 ered by Bullock as early as 1816 or 1817. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



Cotton was grown in this (Conecuh) county, from trustworthy records, as early as 

 the year 1817. FP. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



