| 1st T |
Cdy cool a north east wind ploughed a turnip patch moved the cow pen cutting hay by Canfields commenced ploughing corn etc went to C Line to meeting this evening Brother Lewis preached text Romans 8th Ct. 32 verse 2 cutting hay Fleming & Robert halling leaves with 2 carts |
| 2nd W |
Cdy a north west wind I went to Cty Line Brother Stringfellow preached Text John 14 Ct 15th verce if you love me keep my commandments [this was possibly Baptist minister Thornton Stringfellow from Culpeper Co., 1788 - 1869, who would go on to write a book in 1856, Scriptural and Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery. ] ploughing grubbing cutting hay etc Baptizing I baptized Mr an Mrs U-dw [Underwood?] 2 cutting hay halled and put up a stack ploughed up a turnip patch Dr Anderson is sick in the evening |
| 3rd T |
A little cdy a north wind Cutting hay ploughing corn weeding tobacco. I sowed a turnip patch and worked my horse Tom to the buggy Thomasia & myself went to T Castle 2 cutting hay sent 3 hands to Mt Airy to help get out wheat I sowed a turnip patch - - |
| 4th F |
Rain a little a north wind cdy day I finished ploughing the corn ploughed the Irish potatoes by the house ploughed the cotton patch weeding tobacco etc I went to Mt Airy to see the mashine at work 2 sent 3 hands to Mt Airy to mashine out wheat cutting hay etc etc |
| 5th Sat |
Rain the most of the day a great rain and a washing one the wind at every point commenced halling rails for the fence by the barn etc 2 mending the harness and the road by the spring sent wheat to the mill |
| 6th S |
Fair I went to T Castle staid all night I went to Carmel Brother Harris preached Tex Luke 11th Ct 13 vers |
| 7th M |
Fair very warm a south wind Fixed the mashine down and scraped the yard commenced halling the wheat from the shop and stacking it put up 2 stacks of wheat I came home in the morning and went back for Thomasia there were 3 Dr to see Dr Anderson 2 scraping the yard halled the wheat to the mashine etc |
| 8th T |
Rain a heavy rain Thomasia and myself went to T Castle to stay with the Dr he is very sick fencing and helping to mashine out Mama, wheat 2 mashineing out wheat 2 stacks it got caught in the rain |
| 9th W |
Rainy day very heavy rain the wind at a warm point fencing a little - 2 halling leaves priming tobacco |
| 10th T |
Rainy day stayed all day at T Castle Dr Anderson is very low William Dandridge came up to see him and brought me a umbrella cost $2.50 cts finished fencing the fence by the barn 2 halling or rakeing leaves etc |
| 11th F |
Fair I came home and went back in the evening the Dr is quite sick finished getting out Mama,s wheat etc etc 2 getting out wheat finished |
| 12th Sa |
Rain in the evening getting out my what finished the forward wheat and put it in the shop I came home and went back in the evening 2 worming tobacco etc |
| 13th S |
Fair very warm Thomasia and myself came up home after some watermellons for the Dr in his gig a memerable day |
| 14th M |
Rain in the evening I came up and finished getting out my wheat the mashine went up to W Swann halling the straw and putting it in the house I went back to T Castle to dinner etc 2 halling straw to the barn worming tobacco etc |
| 15th T |
Fair halling straw and putting it in the shop loft made 2 stacks I came up and went back to T Castle. 2 halling hay stacking etc |
| 16th W |
Fair I came up home TC and went back and spent the day at T. Castle ploughing and working my tobacco halled up my hay put up one stack 2 halling hay and stacking it weeding tobacco etc |
| 17th T |
Fair weeding the tobacco at the house and the cotton & my peas etc I came up home went back to T Castle in the evening I went by Mt Airy to order Miss B, hands to work on rode 2 weeding tobacco toping etc etc |
| 18th F |
Fair working on the Rode from Hills shop to the mill with Mama,s hands and Miss Betsy Hills - I went to T Castle in the evening or at night |
| 19th Sat |
Rain in the evening I went to meeting at Mt Carmel Brother Dick preached weeding Irish potatoes etc made a cow pen I went to T Castle cdy day 2 working tobacco etc |
| 20th S |
Rain in the evening. I went to Carmel Brother Sumner & Harris preached S, text John III [3]rd ct last verse Brother H, text Ecclesiastes 9th Ct 10 verse etc |
| 21st M |
Rain a little in the evening I went to Carmel Brother Dick and Sumner preached S, text was Peter said I go a fishing and his deciples said I go with you and that night they caught nothing [John 21:3] I went to T C grubing ploughed a turnip patch etc etc 2 malling rails cutting hay suckering grubing etc etc |
| Tusd 22nd |
Rain a little I went to Carmel Brother Harris & Sumner Preached commenced fallowing for wheat grubing etc 2 malling rails cutting hay |
| 23rd W |
Cdy day I went to meeting 5 talked to the church Brother Sumner preached in the morning his preaching convinced several that they aught to join the church Anna & Robert Dickinson were convinced etc Thomasia came up home to stay Brother Harris went to T. C. fallowing grubing etc 2 malling cutting rail timber etc cutting hay suckering tobacco etc |
| 24th T |
Fair warm I went to meeting Brother Sumner preached on baptism etc Anna talked to the chirch I went to the baptizing there were 10 baptized 8 whites Robert Dickinson was baptized and Methodist. fallowing grubing etc 2 malling cutting hay weeding tobacco etc |
| 25th F |
Fair warm I faned out 4 bushels of wheat and sent it to the mill I got 1/2 bl of corn from the mill or out of it - - fallowing by the gate grubing 2 weeding tobacco cutting hay |
| 26th Satur |
Fair very warm I went to T Castle in the evening Fallowing grubed a little weeding tobacco worming etc I sent to the mill for the flour William dandridge brought up a moal board no 8 - cost 1.30 weeding tobacco cutting hay Fleming is mending Brother Samls traces he sent for 2 bls of corn |
| 27th S |
Rain in the evening staid at T Castle all day Dr Anderson is werce |
| 28th M |
Fair warm I came up in the morning and Thomasia came to dinner went back to T Castle in the evening Bet has 12 pigs 4th litter the last by the Berksher boar fallowing and faning out wheat fand 24 1/2 bushels of red shuck etc 2 worming tobacco, grubing halling up hay etc |
| 29th T |
Fair warm I went to T. Castle faning wheat faned out 129 bu of forward wheat fallowing etc 2 finished the hay grubing & malling etc . . . . . |
| 30th W |
Fair very warm I brought Thom up home John came up with us fallowing sent 2 hands to T Cast[le] to help get out wheat W and L finished faning out wheat 53 1/2 bu making 90 bushels in all 2 faning out wheat finished faned 41 bushels to day making 62 in all grubing malling etc |
| 31st T |
Fair very warm I went to the Depot for bags, swaped saddles with B Walker & Lewis worked at T Castle wheat fallowing, stoped it driing [drying] peaches Thacker came back from the mountains 2 grubing malling sleeping etc [cutting sturdy sleeper beams used for foundations and flooring?] sent the fan home Fleming went to Buttlers to work |
[There are two Confederate bonds issued in Richmond and
made out to Hanover farmer James M. Pollard. One, No. 296 from March 31, 1863,
is in the amount of $100. The second, No. 347 from Feb. 17, 1863, is in the
amount of $450.]