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1 st Su |
Rain a little I went to Mt Carmel Bro Harris preached Text Galatians Vth ct 6 th verc |
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2 nd M |
Cdy a cool wind I came up saw Dr G sent for 400 weight of pork or to know if I could get it I sent Bob to T Castle for things molaces etc I went for Thomasia & children Jessay cut out 8 pair shoes Moria & Katy halled 2 loads leaves malling ploughing rakeing leaves etc |
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3 rd Tu |
Rainy day halled 2 loads of wood ploughing striping tobacco etc ploughing on the swamp fronting the house Dr G says there are 100 hogs at Depot. |
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4 th W |
Rain a little fine rain halled 5 lodes of leaves, 2 of wood. sent Billy to Depot for hogs gave Dr Gouldin 20$ to pay for hogs rakeing leaves etc |
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5 th Th |
Cdy most of the day I went to Dr Gouldins weighed the hogs mine weighed 519 lbs brought it over in the boat Dr went to pay for the hogs halled one or 2 lodes leaves lode wood ploughing front of house across swamp rakeing leaves etc I went to the mill commenced on my corn shelled a turn |
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6 th Fr |
Rain fine rain I cut out 3 hogs drove hogs salted them sent a turn of corn to the mill sent 4 hogs to Canfield he is to pay $1.00 or $1.25 cts to a piece – got my bench from Canfield’s that Anna gave me – ploughed the land from the house to swamp halled 3 lodes of leaves rakeing etc I made a troft for the calvs etc |
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7 th Sat |
Rain in the morning clear evening I made 2 braces for Winston for which he is to pay $1.00 – sent 2 1/2 bu wheat to the mill for Xmas for the negroes cutting & halling wood ploughing this evening |
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8 th Su |
Fair cool day I spent the day at home paid Peter 75 cts for Old Milly he is to pay 12 1/2 cts to her for me. |
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9 th M |
Fair cold day (I carried two brace to Winston) ploughing by the house & grave yard malling rails rakeing leaves I ground a axe & cutting knives to day |
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10 th Tus |
Fair cold morning a very large frost Lucius came up this morning Tom dined hear & Sister Sarah & Louisa I went to Sis Cobbs – ploughing by Cobbs malling rails |
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11 th W |
Fair cold day halled 2 lodes leaves covered the potatoes rakeing leaves malling rails halled 2 lodes of wood etc cutting |
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12 th Thu |
Fair. Stoped the pond on the rode to get ice Pd Young Garold $10. for EG for corn and W Smith 2.33 cts the balance in full of all clames malling rails ploughing etc went to the mill this evening |
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13 th Fr |
Fair I went to Dr Gouldin hair hunting with Bro Saml etc caught 11 hares Lewis came over with his dogs ploughing malling rakeing leaves sent to mill for flower & meal brought up plank etc |
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14 th Sat |
Fair a large frost Lewis and I went hunting started a hare L went home. I went to the new ground by Cobbs ploughing by Cobbs halling wood straw etc rakeing leaves barking logs on beef house etc had a turkey killed |
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15 th Su |
A few flakes of snow I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached text Ephesians 2 nd ct 1 st verse (cool day) |
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16 th M |
Snow this morning commenced last night fell over 1 inch I went hunting for turkeys – started 5 or 6 Mr Martin went from Dr Gouldins went to Nelson Cobbs to look for corn cutting wood malling rails rakeing leves etc |
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17 th Tus |
Fair very cold morning cutting malling I handled a axe ground 2 Henry came for Bro Saml oats halled a lode pines & wood 2 of oats. Shelling corn |
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18 th W |
Cdy a flake or 2 of snow very cold day indeed. I went by T. Castle & to Mr Buttlers to get Miss L Chiles to make a coat Tom went over to Bro Saml with me. I received 4 bonds amounting to 281.78 cts I saw some of the largest turnips I ever saw in my life at S. Redd, cutting halling wood shelling corn etc |
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19 th Thu |
Fair a smart thor warm evening Tom & Lewis came up to go hunting they killed 2 hares dined hear to day – I worked on a shelter for calvs killed 2 hogs this morning halling wood rakeing leaves sent to mill |
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20 th Fr |
Fair cool I cut out 2 hogs weighed them weighed 161 lbs went to the mill for a lode of slabs for the calf house carried corn for chop I had my mair shod all round halling leaves cutting rakeing leaves etc I finished the beef shelter this evening |
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21 st Sat |
Fair a large frost I went to Mr Talleys Ann Emily & William came over halling leaves wood cutting wod rakeing leaves etc |
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22 nd Sun |
Cdy warmer I went to meeting at Mt Carmel Bro Holman preached Text Matthew. 25 th ct 14 to the 30 verses a good sermond I gave $1.50 cts to bild a church in New Orleans Bro Saml came to Mama, |
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23 rd M |
Rain hail & snow to day cold & winday Dickinson sent for his turkeys etc shelled a turn of corn this morning cutting wood halling etc rakeing leaves I planted a row of apple seed this evening |
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24 th Tus |
Fair and mild sent to the mill for chop & meal plank etc halling wood cutting halled a stack of fodder a lode of straw etc Wm S Talley went home to day |
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25 th W |
Fair mild day we went to to T Castle spent the day W Dandridge & Barbara & Wm Terrell came & Olivia Henry was married at Mr Keans |
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26 th Thu |
Fair & mild we came up home this evening Tom came up for my Dog & gun we went hunting killed a squirl I saw Munrow Anderson at T. Castle. |
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27 th Fr |
Rain half of the day & snow the balance of the day an owl killed a duck set a trap for him etc caught him |
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28 th Sat |
A flake or 2 of snow Dr M Anderson Mr Nowel Mr Dandridge & the girls came up & dined went hunting etc Ed & Lewis Redd are hear to night I sent by Dandridge for 100 bu bran Iron moalboard tumblers etc etc |
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29 th Sun |
Fair I spent the day at home Lewis & Edmond Redd spent the day hear John Saml Molly came over to day |
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30 th M |
Fair We went to Bro Saml spent the night I went to Mr Burkleys pd Billys hire 45$ hired a boy of A Dick cutting rail timber etc |
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31 st Tus |
Fair we came home this morning Bro Saml came over & dined hear I killed a turkey weighed 10 lbs cutting rails timber ploughing new ground - - the past summer was a very dry one indeed but small crops of corn etc made
[shop accounts for Swann & Winston for 1845 appear next – Jan – July for pointing plows, shoeing mare, mending chimneys, etc.] |