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1 st Tus |
Fair a fine day Wash and I worked on the beef house till breakfast he went to work on the smiths shop with Cobbs etc finished rakeing the fallowed land, ploughing corn lan pulling off corn halled 3 lodes shucking at night etc |
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2 nd W |
Fair. pulling off corn shucking tonight etc ploughing, I washed 4 bushels of wheat sowed 1 1/2 bushels rakeing it in on the new ground forward wheat I hooped a barrell cutting tobacco by the shop |
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3 rd Thu
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Fair (I sowed 1/2 bushel of wheat) raked it in ploughing haling up corn & cutting down Corn by Canfields hung some tobacco this morning |
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4 th F |
Fair it Raned last night halling corn made a pen for corn ploughing brought over my tobacco and put it in the barn I went hunting with Dr G & Bro Saml – Lewis & killed a turkey |
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5 th Sat |
Fair I went to Muster at Chiles burg & mustered We went to T Castle in the evening paid my Tax Muster fine etc [fine for being absent from muster] sowed 2 bushels of wheat rakeing it in chopping around the stumps put up my short corn in a pen etc |
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6 th Sun |
Fair cool day I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text Luke 19 ct 41 & 42 verces. We came home in the evening |
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7 th M |
Fair I washed 3 1/2 bushels of wheat. Sent 2 bushels to Dr Anderson by John – {ploughing pulling off corn cut all of the tobacco at the house I started the Turkeys |
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8 th Tus |
Fair I went hunting killed 4 turkeys I gave Dr Gouldin one. 2 were tame ones. Mr martin and I raised the barn this evening ploughing halling out manure for wheat pulling off corn etc |
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9 th W |
Fair Tyree & John working on the barn underpinning it sowed 2 1/2 bushels of wheat halled out all the manure for wheat cutting down corn rakeing etc Let Fleming have ¾ pound of leather 18 ¾ |
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10 th Thu |
Fair working on the house under pining sent Bob to the Drs for 2 bushels of white wheat halling up corn Sowed 2 bushels of white wheat by Canfields rakeing it in etc shucking corn etc bought a 1/2 bushel of sweet potatoes of Peter gave 25 cts. |
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11 th F. |
Cdy a little rain. cool day. finished the wheat by Canfields shucking corn I sawed down & cut the cherry trees by the shop finished underpinning the barn this morning |
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12 th Sat |
Fair a frost I went hunting and killed a turkey in hanover by Coopers. fixed the tobacco in the barn moved out the cherry trees ploughed the land & sowed 1/2 a bushel of wheat and a little over shucking corn etc |
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13 th Sun |
Fair a large frost. I spent the day at home went to Mama in the evening walked on the river |
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14 th M 4 bu |
Rainy evening pulling off corn dug 14 bushels of Irish potatoes put them under the barn W Swann says he will take the hogs at 8 $ I gave W Harris Miss B Hills account 5$ 85 cts collected Pd him for getting out my wheat 6$24cts |
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15 th Rus. |
A little showery in the evening very winday I sent corn & 6 bu of wheat to mill cotton etc cutting down corn halling shucking etc ploughing the potatoe patch |
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16 th. W |
Fair finished sowing wheat in the potatoe patch dug 1 bushel potatoes halling up cotton pulling off etc I sowed 13 1/2 bushels of wheat sowed 5 1/2 of red shuck the balance foreward wheat |
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17 th T |
Fair I went to Bro Saml. and carryed his cow sent for cotton and flour from the mill halling up corn shucking etc We went to T. Castle in the evening |
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18 th F |
Rainy till 2 Oclock a heavy rain we came up home this evening Dr Anderson came up from Richmond he pd me Toms board 20$. shucking corn pulling off etc |
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19 th Sat |
Fair W Smith came for wheat 10 bu and 9 hogs I went to Mr Tompkins for 15 bu wool Pd $5.62 1/2 cts for the wool cutting down corn halling up Thomasia went to T. Castle to stay. |
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20 th Sun |
Fair cool day a frost I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text John 19 th ct part of the 30 th verse (it is finished) |
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21 st M |
Rainy evening cool frost I came up home took my tools out of the shop and put them in my barn halled 2 lodes of corn shucking etc |
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22 nd Tus |
Rain a little cutting down corn halling up shucking etc {I went to T Castle Dr Phillips was at T. C. I put Harry in the pasture Miss B Hill has had 17 lbs butter |
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23 rd W |
Cdy day I came up home with Llewellyn from T Castle finished halling up my corn – finished shucking, working on the beef house takeing the timber out the scrap house Tom dined hear to day Winston came by this morning to see pistol. etc |
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24 th T |
Fair halling rails for a hog pen making a hog shelter for hogs to sleep in rakeing leaves halled one lode Llewellyn [oldest son, then 5 years old] had a fall on his nose we went to T. Castle |
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25 th F |
Fair warm. W Harris sowed his wheat by the shop halling rails to the stack dug my Mercer potatoes made 7 bushels put them in the seller halling leaves to hog house & barn etc |
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26th Sat |
Fair a fine day made a hog pen diging up the yard at the shop for manure halling it to the stack etc I went to T. Castle in the evening put up my timber in the barn |
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27 th Sun |
Cdy I went to Cty Line Bro Lewin preached Text Malachi 3 ct 16 th verse went back to T C J Noel dined at T Castle |
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28 th M |
Rain I came up home after breakfast Linnaeus came up from Richmond, this morning halling the dirt all day from the shop diging it up etc |
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29 th Tus |
Fair cool day finished halling the dirt sawing down some pines for stocks on the rode where I got ice, rakeing leaves I went to mill saw Canfield I went to T. Castle by Mr Martains etc etc etc |
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30 th W |
Fair I went to Bro Saml Thomas went over we went hunting for birds & turkeys in Dr Terrells & around about – I came home to diner sawing of stocks rakeing leaves etc |
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31 st Thursday 21 bu |
Fair a killing frost the ground froze diging Irish potatoes dug 21 bushels put them in the seller I went to T. Castle at night Tate put up a corn house for Ma. |