APPENDIX II ANSWERS TO CIRCULAR. 383 



I cannot give the time of introduction of cotton in this connty, but it was raised 

 before the Revolutionary War of 1776. [Paul S. Felder, Orangeburgh. 



In this county about the year 1807 cotton was first grown. [James C. Brown, Barn- 

 well. 



TEXXESSEE. 



Cotton was first raised in this county about the year 1810. We have no records on 

 the subject here. Cotton has been raised in the State to some extent ever since it was 

 a State. [D. W. Holman, Lincoln. 



Cotton first grown in the State in 1790 and in the county in 1808. [A. W. Hunt, M. 

 D., Perry. 



There is no cotton grown in Robertson County. [George W. Walker, Robertson. 



Cotton is not raised to any extent ; sometimes a little for domestic use. [ J. K. P. 

 Wallace, Anderson. 



Scarcely any cotton is grown in this county. Cotton-worms are strangers here. [ J. 

 S. Thomason, Monroe. 



But little cotton grown in this county ; never saw or heard of a cotton-worm here. 

 [Ephraiin Link, Greene. 



There is no cotton raised here. [H. W. Hart, Bledsoe. 



Cotton is not grown in this county to any considerable extent. [ J. S. Lindsay, Camp- 

 bell. 



No cotton nor cotton-worms in this county. [W. C. Emmert, Unicoi. 



There is not sufficient cotton raised in my connty to justify a report. [A. Gardner, 

 Weakley. 



We raise but little cotton in this county. [J. W. Hammer, Sevier. 



No cotton raised in this county. [Robert McNeilly. Dickson. 



Very little cottun has ever been raised here. [John F. Hauser, Grundy. 



This county does not raise cotton. [L. C. Hall, Jackson. 



Too far north for cotton. [Miles F. West, Macon. 



Cotton was raised from 1823 to about 1830. Cotton became as low as four cents per 

 pound when farmers abandoned the raising of it. [Thomas J. Mason, London. 



As cotton is not raised in this county, or at least to so small an extent it is not worthy 

 of notice. [J. P. Hooke, Blount. 



Cotton was grown in this section in 1818. [John McMillan, Decatur. 



About 1815 in the county. [E. W. Cunningham, Henderson. 



TEXAS. 



In this State, Texas, we suppose very little cotton was planted before the annexa- 

 tion to the Union. I moved to this State in 1854, and found large fields in cotton at 

 that time. [W. T. Hill, Walker. 



After 1840 cotton was grown to some extent in our county. The five years preced- 

 ing 1850 in a considerable quantity. [ J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



The cotton making in this county is small in extent, and also careless in procedure. 

 The data for information is very inadequate for giving satisfaction. [Prior Lea, Go- 

 liad. 



Austin's Colony, the central portion of Texas, began to be settled by American colo- 

 nists in 18'20-'21, and cotton culture soon after commenced. The writer arrived here 

 in April, 1834, direct from Massachusetts, and cotton then was universally cultivated 

 throughout Central Texas. [A. Underwood, Brazoria. 



Cotton was grown in this county in the year of 1835. [Stephen Harbert, Colorado. 



1840.-[H. J. H. Brensing, Bowie. 



Cotton was first raised for sale in the year 1840. About that time the first gins were 

 established. Cotton was probablv raised in small quantities in other parts of the State 

 before that period. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



I arrived in Washington Connty, Texas, November, 1838. I found but little cotton 

 raised, and but two or three gins ; they were owned by Dr. Asa Hoxie, Judge J. P. 

 Coles, and Mr. Foster. Cotton was grown in other counties east of the Brazos River 

 more or less. [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



In 1877 in this county. [William Tanner, Clay. 



No cotton planted here. [A. Turpe, Maverick. 



In this section of the State very little cotton is grown, and in my own connty 

 (Menard) comparatively none ; the soil is adapted to its growth, but the climate is 

 too dry. [J. F. P. Krinse, Menard. 



There is no cotton raised in this county. There is no cotton grown in this State 

 from the San Antonio River to the Rio Grande. The climate is rather too dry and 

 windy. [W. R. Hayes, Bee. 



Cotton has not been planted in this county extensively as yet; only by way of ex- 

 periment. [James O. Gaffeny, San Patricio. 



Cotton has been raised in this county since 1858. It was grown in the State earlier. 

 [P. S. Watts, Hardin. 



