My Time in Austin’s Colony

BY: Alex Schafer

My Arrival

• My arrival was a bumpy arrival. We got there by boat and it was storming the night before. We rode on the Lively.

My Arrival

• When my family and I got there, we looked for acres to buy for a place to live.

1822

• Our acres in 1822 was a total of 1,520 acres. We also paid $182.40 for our acres. Our yearly land payment was $60.80.

1822

• For the second year of 1822 our investment money is $939.20. our crops were a total of $539.20.

1823

• In the year 1823 our bank balance money was $1,039.20. our remaining money was $978.40.

• The for our total current remaining money was $578.40.

1823

• Our remaining investment money was $578.40, we added the with our gross income money and got $1,478.40.

1824

• 1824 we money for crops and got a remaining of $1,117.60. we paid a total of $1,000 for our crop.

1824

• Our gross income for our crops was $700.00. And our total cost of just the crops was $300.00.

My Conclusion• My conclusion is that going to Austin’s colony is the best and right thing has ever done my family.

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My Conclusion

• We love our acres and the way our house is set up. My husband and I have paid off the acres and house.

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