1st Sun |
Fair cool I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text Matthew 25th ct part of the 34 verse Come ye etc Mr Minor spoke on temperance 20 od joined etc I carryed Mony to meeting Oliv Anderson is at TC |
2nd M |
Fair I came up home scattered manure ploughed by the tobacco patch weeding potatoes etc (Harris lade up) pd Minor 50 cts gave my note for 90$. finished ditching |
3rd Tus |
Fair Thomasia came up with me we went back in the evening I saw Mr Martin etc raked & ploughed over the tobacco patch weeding potatoes (Has lade up I gave bet a washing or greeseing & taring etc etc |
4th W |
Shower in the evening I went to T. Castle Finished hilling tobacco hills weeding potatoes etc |
5th Th |
Small shower or two in the evening very warm finished weeding potatoes weeding pumpkins & cotton |
6th Fr |
Fair warm Edmond T. Redd came for 1/2 bu of potatoes for his mother dined hear I went to Bro Saml & to Mr Buttlers to have a coat made went to T C finished the cotton patch commenced throwing dirt to the corn weeding corn etc etc |
7th Sat |
very warm day I went to the mill for a moal bord for a single plough had 2 pointed I made a swingle-tree at the mill had the irons taken of and put on new one runing 2 ploughs throwing the dirt to the corn weeding etc W Dandridge & B came up to day |
8th Sun |
Fair very warm day Thom and I went to Bro Harris in the evening his child is quite sick |
9th M |
Rain a little this evening Llewellyn & I came up home spent the day hear I received 62 dolars & 12 cts of Lewis Hill part of Franks hire sent it by S Gouldin ploughing corn by Mama, fence thining this evening weeding etc I soled 2 bu potatoes to Mrs henderson & Cammel etc |
10th Tus |
Rain a little in the evening we went to T. Castle cutting wheet commenced by the shop ploughing thining corn etc |
11th W |
Fair I went to T. Castle Bob went to Bro Saml for tobacco plants and potatoe sprouts set out the potatoes watered them cutting wheat ploughing corn etc etc |
12th Th |
Fair & warm till evening a little shower Thomasia & the children came up home Merrel was at TC in the morning cutting wheat ploughing etc Mr Martin is hewing sills for barn or rather planks for the shed |
13th Fr |
Fair very warm Thomasia & I went to Wm Swann's this evening cutting wheat ploughing corn sent 2 bu wheat to mill cotton etc 2 plough points beet out. & a new bolt in new plough Mr martin hewing |
14th Sat |
Fair warm we visited T Castle in the evening Ann was taken sick I went for a coat to Mr Buttlers finished cutting my foreward wheat thining corn etc etc pd Miss Eliza Chiles 75 cts for coat or making |
15th Sun |
Fair I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached text 1st Cron 29 ct part of the 15th verse. spent the day at T C I put on my new coat Miss C made |
16th M |
Fair ploughing By Cobbs & weeding corn etc I came up home went back to Castle Ann is no better |
17th Tus |
Fair I am quite sick took 2 or 3 doces of medicin spent the day at T C Thomasia came up home to give out provision Olivia had her first calf to day a male |
18th W |
Fair Thomasia & Jams H & Llewellyn & self came up to day dined & went back to T. Castle ploughing corn weeding etc Ann is no better to day |
19th Th |
Cdy evening a few drops of rain I went by Edmond Terrells & to T Castle cutting wheat ploughing by Cobbs. W Harris cut his wheat by the shop |
20th Fr |
Cdy a few drops of rain finished with furrows by Cobbs commenced ploughing Irish potatoes. finished my wheat at home – Llewellyn came up with me went back to T. C. |
21st Sat |
Showery a little Finished cutting wheat at E Terrells Mr Vass sent his hands to help working potatoes ploughing etc Dandridge came up |
22nd Sun |
Rain a good one spent the day at T. Castle lent Dr A my mair to drive to day |
23rd M M |
Fair warm day sent to T Castle for Tobacco plants & set out my patch ploughing the corn in front of the house weeding etc thined the cotton etc etc I went to T. Castle Thomasia is quite poly with head ake etc |
24th Tus. |
Fair very warm day ploughing in front of the house & by the grave yard. ploughed my water mellon patch. planted some seed. weeding corn plastered tomatoes etc etc wed watermellon vines etc |
25th W |
Fair in the evening a pretty shower halling away the dirt from the barn halling up my wheat etc brought over a lode of rafters from Melley house went to T Castle |
26th Th |
Fair Thomasia & children came up & spent the day went back to T Castle ploughing by the house till dinner halling wheat weeding corn etc etc |
27th Fr |
Fair ploughing corn weeding etc finished halling up my wheat commenced halling from Edmond Terrells I offered him 12 $ for a steer halled 2 lodes from Terrells have 1 more to hall |
28th Sat |
Shower in the evening a great wind with it I finished my wheat halled a lode from E Terrells to day I bought his steer for 12 $ finished the stack of wheat put my waggon – wheels in the barn ploughing by the gate weeding corn etc |
29th Sun |
Rain 2 hard showers I went with Thomasia to Bro Saml spent the day |
30th M |
Fair & cool win Dr Anderson went to Richmond this morning We came up home this morning halling the dirt from the barn ploughing irish potatoes in the new ground ree planted tobacco sent George to T Castle ploughing black peas |