1st W |
Fair finished putting in the post of the barn sheds raming them in etc commenced rakeing the fallowed land cutting down corn halling etc cutting poles for the corn house gathering peas etc Winston got some fellow timber of me |
2nd Th |
Fair finished raming the post of the barn sheds commenced on the corn house raised it 6 or 7 logs coppled the rafters etc rakeing halling corn shucking etc |
3rd Fr |
Fair finished covering the corn house planked up the ends comenced jointing shingles halled 3 lodes shingles finished rakeing over the fallowed land laying it of to sow by pulling of corn etc etc shucking etc |
4th Sat |
Cdy a litle rain I went to Chiles Burg to muster Elected W Swann for a Captain mustered. received 15 $ of E Swann for Bro Saml W Swann came over this evening to try to borrow a horse & gig. finished halling shingles shucking corn sent to mill for meal etc etc finished the corn house all to swinging the doar jointing shingles etc |
5th Sun |
Rain last night & this morning We went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text Revelations 3rd ct 16 verse - - - |
6th M |
Fair cool & winday jointing shingles Commenced sowing wheat by the meadow sowed 2 bu halling manure & scattering it etc sent 4 1/2 bu of wheat to E Terrells & a lode of straw shucking corn etc for 3 pecks of Jeter let him 1 1/2 lbs of leather |
7th Tus |
Fair sowing wheat 3 1/2 bushels 2 ploughs runing scattering manure brakeing clods etc Jointing shingles Mama went to Mr Talleys to day |
8th W |
Cdy finished jointing shingles picking them up etc sowed 2 bu wheat rakeing it over diging the Mercer potatoes |
9th Th |
Fair a good rain last night Vinkner & I made a rake to day he went home got [npas?] tobacco scaffold to day halling up corn etc diging potatoes sowing wheat rakeing etc sowed 1/2 bu |
10th Fr |
3 B 1 B [appears above entry for 10 October] Cdy day foggy morning I went to the mill carryed a rake & a bar of iron for teeth got 4 planks for a boat sent a turn of new corn to the mill sowing wheat 2 bushels suckering tobacco diging Irish potatoes etc etc |
11th Sat |
Rainy day I made a boat to day shelling peas etc |
12th Sun |
Fair after the morning I went to Carmel to the prayer meeting. |
13th M |
Fair a frost I finished the boat all to putting on the chain halling up corn Harris is sick sent a bag of cotton to Terrells mill I killed a squirl |
14th Tus |
Fair a frost I cut tobacco to day cutting down corn etc ploughed in a little wheat finished the boat & carryed it to the river went hunting killed 3 partridges & a squirl Tobacco |
15th W |
Fair winday & cold finished cutting my tobacco ploughing in front of the house halling up corn gathering peas etc Katy laid up to day shelling corn etc |
16th Th |
Fair very cool night & morning frost I went to the mill for meal an a rake carryed a axle tree f[to?] have 2 boards put on I killed a patridge carryed corn to mill diging potatoes put away 3 lodes of pumkins ploughing shucking corn etc |
17th Fr |
1 bird Fair a killing frost rakeing with the new rake in front of the house prepairing to sow wheat finished halling the corn in lot by the house I had a corn shucking shucked all of these that is up etc Hacket & I went hunting ober the river killed 3 hairs & 2 birds. |
18th Sat |
Fair a pretty day finished takeing up my corn & putting away the shucks put 1/2 lode of corn in the corn house I killed a hawk. |
19th Sun |
Fair We went to T. C & to meeting & from Carmel to Mr Quarles f[or] Mrs Sutton funeral who died the night before & by T Cast home Bro Harris preached. N Luck had a fall off his horse |
20th M |
Fair mild finished picking peas black peas sowing wheat on the swamp & the tobacco ground 2 bu ploughing it in etc diging potatoes Mercers shelling corn to night |
21st Tus |
Fair a drop or 2 of rain this morning sowing wheat 1 bu sowed the pea & fallow rakeing etc faned out 2 1/2 bushels of red shuck diging the potatoes by the barn dug 30 bushels and 3 pecks of the Rohan [A Rohan potato was exceptionally productive but coarse grained and good for animal feed] sent corn to the mill got a plough |
22nd W |
Fair cold a frost the ground frozen finished diging the patch by the barn dug 18 bu to day sowed 1 bu of wheat halled out manure etc I made a bridge to day 3 B: 1 turk I sent to mill for meal got the axle tree We dined at Anna, |
23rd T |
Fair finished the fallow land sowing sowed 16 bu in all on the fallow & one lacking 1 inch on the potatoe patch. finished diging the Mercer potatoes halled a lode of corn from the new ground shucked it etc Thomasia went to Mr Gouldins I went over to spend the night a large frost |
24th Fr |
Fair a large frost I killed 3 birds started the turkeys finished diging potatoes made 6 bu by the corn house finished the potatoe patch ploughing & rakeing commenced sowing forward wheet sowed 1 1/2 by halled a lode of corn shucking it etc |
25th Sat |
Fair mild day sowed wheat in front of the house 2 bushels halling corn 3 loads Hackett & I went after the turkey killed one apiece |
26th Sun |
Fair foggy morning smokey day We went to Cty Line to day Bro Powel preached Mr Vass dined hear to day |
27th M |
Fair I put up 4 lodes of corn & a half all out of pen halling up corn 4 lodes ploughing at the end of the house sent a turn of corn to the mill I killed 5 birds this evening |
28th Tus |
2 B 5 B Fair mild halling up corn Mr Gouldin had 3 bu of wheat I faned out 6 bu Sowed 1 1/2 bu end of the house ploughing up the potatoe patch killed 2 birds |
29th W |
Fair warm I went hunting killed 5 Birds & a hair on Swanns & old W, w halling corn cutting down etc Sowing wheat 1 bu by the gate & in the sweet potatoe patch back of the garden |
30th Th |
Fair warm William came up to plough at the new ground finished sowing about the house. opened the water furrows etc halling up corn etc Sowed about 7 bushels of forward wheat or 6 3/4 of a bushels |
31st Fr |
Fair mild. Hackett has my gun to try it. Finished faning out my white wheat once through halling corn 2 or 3 lodes ploughing Harris is lade up |