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1 st Th |
Hail rain & snow in the evening Dr Gouldin & my self went to the Depot for my boots I carried a pair & left to do up bought a pair [rapers?] at Watches & a blanket gave 1.75 for both went by S Gouldins to have a pattern cut etc sent Bob to T Castle for Rose William & George are about a plant bed on the river etc cleaning it off & cutting wood etc |
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2 nd Wd |
Fair most of the day a sleat this morning thoring [thawing?] all day Burning the plant bed on the river nearly finished it saw Dr Gouldin & others ar rhe plantbed Dr Gouldin gave me some tobacco seed Louisa came to Mama,s |
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3 rd Sat |
Cdy I went to Carmel to meeting Brother Haris preached text Psalms 24 ct 4 verse came back Dr Gouldin dined hear we went to T Castle in the evening Bro Harris pd me 75 cts for mataxe [combination of ax & matlock] finished the plant bed sowed it etc I rode down to the mill |
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4 th Sun |
Rain hail & snow in the evening Thomasia & I went to Carmel Text Isaiah 42 nd Chap 16 verse went back to T C staid all night Moria Va I – went to TC from meeting gave Ella 50 cts- |
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5 th M |
Rain fine came home from T. Castle handle my chop axe striping tobacco cutting and halling wood etc |
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6 th T |
Cdy day I went by John Dickinsons to N Lucks from there to W Terrells & to W Cobbs looking for a cow saw several for sale I saw Mr Canfield & martin Mr Martin sold John for $40.00 hitched my black steer to mama’ carte halling wood to day cutting wood rakeing leaves etc |
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7 th W |
Cdy a drop or two of hail & snow I went to Hybla to look for a cow W Terrrell came to my house to day cutting logs for barn & wood malling rails rakeing leaves |
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8 th Thu |
Fair day – Snowed last night nearly 1 inch it turned cold in the morning very cold fair to day Dick Bullard came up to day and dined the Ladies came up to day sent to the mill for meal and corn for chop halling wood malling rails etc |
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9 th F |
Fair cold day I spent the day at Mama’s the division commenced to day Mr Duke Moncure & W Swann were commissioners Mr Talley & others came over cutting malling rakeing leaves etc Thomasia and Ella went to Mr Lucks. |
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10 th Sat |
Fair cold I burnt a plant bed at the new ground & sowed the same in the evening halling wood We went on with the sebttleing up the estate We did not finish Thomasia & the Ladies went to Mama, to day to spend the day |
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11 th Sun |
Fair a fine day the wind is at the south west I salted the catch and gave them potatoes Mr Talley went home to day |
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12 th M |
Cdy morning fair in the evening I sent the pug to Mr Butler and one to Mr Goul;din the boar I went to the B Green to day Mr Hill came back with me gave Mr Hill 10$ to give to W Dandridge malling sent to mill for shop brought in plough [an houses?] etc sent for molaces shears |
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13 th Tus |
Fair pleasant weather a south wind the girls went to Mt Airy and home I went to Mt Airy to dinner Brother Saml and Dr Gouldin came over to Mama, cutting wood halling rails rakeing leaves, halled a load of wood etc shelling corn and the like I ground my new axe etc etc |
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14 th W |
Fair a find day I handled an axe & made a rake cutting malling rakeing leaves shelling corn etc ploughed a little halled 2 loads of wood Mr Martin had John brought back to him |
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15 th Thur |
Rain in the evening I went to Mr Ester with H Martin and to the Depot with Dr Gouldin for my shoes & boots shoes for Thomasia cutting rail timber malling rakeing leaves etc |
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16 th Fry |
Fair a fine day Canfield came to the shop to fix his bellows up etc halling leaves rakeing malling rails etc I set a seel[steel?] trap for a halk killed a partridge & larke sky I subscribed to the Mother’s Journal to a Bro Smith at $1.00 |
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17 th Sat |
Cdy a few flakes of snow We went to T Castle in the evening malling rails nearly finished halling leaves wood etc rakeing leaves etc |
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18 th Sun |
Fair a fine day we went to Carmel Bro Maddox preached text Revelation 3 ct 18 th verse staid all night at T Castle Mar Anderson went to T. C. I gave 5 cts to Bro Maddox |
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19 th M |
Clear scarcely a cloud to be sen warm fine day we came up from T C Tom came up to go to scool I caught a halk in the seel trap I halled 2 loads of potatoes from the shop ploughing halling wood etc cutting in the cut down pines rakeing leaves etc finished fallowing for pumpkins etc etc |
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20 th Tus |
Rain 1 or 2 showers a south wind warm I went with Tom to school at Mr Harris paid Mr Luck $1.00 part for timber ploughing malling wood grubbing planted potatoes in the garden etc peas unions etc Canfield makde a iron for my saw frame H Martin came to the shop this evening |
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21 st W |
Clear & smokey a warm fine day Thomasia went to Mr Gouldins to spend the day I made 2 shafts to my little cart etc ploughing cutting grubbing etc Mr Harris came by shelling corn |
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22 nd Th |
Clear a fine day warm Mr Martin commenced work to day I have been cutting with him to day Billy is halling the poles ploughing grubbing sent to mill with little cart & mule I saw the Dr on the rode by new ground |
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23 rd F |
Clear cdy at night warm day Treding out oats finished halling logs Mr Martin is cutting I saw W Swann I gave him $10.00 to get clover seed & iron Bro Sa & Dr Gouldin came to Ma saw W Duriott & Winston |
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24 th Sat |
Rain in the morning a shower or sow a north wind cool day & winday. Mr Martin worked 1/2 of the day or nearly halled 1 load of poles halling wood etc ploughing grubbing etc |
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25 th Sun |
Fair cool day we went to Cty Line Bro Powel preached Isaiah 45 th chap 22 nd verse Lewis came over staid at my house |
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26 th M |
Fair a fine day I went to the Depot for some things molaces coffee sugar coat etc etc I got 25 lbs of scraps of Allen at 4cts I saw Dr A at HS shop Mr Martin huing plates sills etc ploughing this evening grubbing Bob helped about the logs part day bought chanes for Mike come look etc Lewis went home to day |
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27 th Tus |
Fair a fine day I went to T Castle to see Dr A carried my deed halling logs ploughing grubbing Mr Downes came to plug my teeth & pull out one Thomasia had one pluged & one pulled Mr Martin is huing shelling corn etc |
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28 th W |
Fair a cool day Downes finished pluging my teeth this morning & charged $6.00 for mine & Thomasia’s. he went away this morning Mr Martin is hewing halling logs carried one to the mill sent corn to mill ploughing grubbing I went to the mill bought a chane of Winston pd 75 cts for it hje mended it with 2 new links charged 8 cts for it |
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29 th Th |
Fair a fine day I went to Chesterfield to have a great coat cut pd 50 cts for cutting pd 60 cts for scraps & 50 cts at the Depot for lining for coat I went to see Mr Moncure he promised to come up in the morning to execute a deed etc Mr martin, is hewing he lent me a horse to ride to Depot ploughing halling logs burning a plant bed in garden |
8 rainy days 5 cdy days 13 fair
[list of oats sowed in March 1844:
March 7 th 4 bushels of oats sowed
8 th 1 bu {11 th 5 bu {14 th 7 bu
19 th To 5 bush {20 th 6 bu {21 st 1 bu
22 nd To 3 bu {23 rd To 5 bu 35 bu
Sowed all of the ruffle oats
2 bu scotch oats. 2 bus 3 bu
To 4 bu I sowed 46 bu of oats in all