1880 Wood & Low Lumber Receipt, Brenham, Texas

Antique 1880 invoice and sworn affidavit shown in the document. The debtor was a prominent local attorney and Civil War veteran who died unexpectedly just two weeks after his final purchase. Col. Patrick Henry Swearingen (1834–1880) was a respected lawyer, former teacher, and Confederate Lieutenant Colonel in Brenham, Texas. He had a wife and five children. Once the estate entered probate that summer, T. A. Low pulled the ledger sheet, wrote out the itemized bill, and walked down to the courthouse. He swore on the Bible before Deputy Clerk C. F. Herbst that the $128.95 balance was honest, ensuring his lumberyard would be paid before the estate was divided among Swearingen's heirs. Header & Letterhead Brenham, Texas, Mch 1 [March 1], 1880 M [Mr.] Col P. H. Swearingen Bought of WOOD AND LOW, —DEALERS IN— LUMBER, SHINGLES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDING, ETC. Barbed Fence Wire, and Farm Machinery. Agents for the Studebaker Farm and Spring Wagons, Walter A. Wood's New Iron Mower. Itemized Account • Feb 13: To Bal brot forward [Balance brought forward] — $140.27 • [Feb 13]: By Cr [Credit] amt paid by E. A. Ewing — $11.48 (subtracted, leaving $128.79) • Mch 1: To 2 pc 1x16 [2 pieces of 1x

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