Day Journals of James T. Redd - April 1846

1st W
$1.44
Canfield

Fair cool set up the loom put in a new beem pd Canfield $1.44 cts Coaltering burning brush etc back of stack

2nd Th
Dr D
50 ¢

Fair smokey sold Dr Daricotte 1/2 bu potatoes at 50 cts caught 2 fish ploughing burning brush etc Mr Tainham came to day to see me

3rd Fr
Trainham
Chimney

Fair cold morning ground froze Mr Trainham finished my chimney & comenced pointing it etc ploughing finished new ground 2ith 4 furrows – grubing etc - - -

4th Sat
Chiles Burg
coffin $3.50
Bob

Fair cool morning I went to Chiles burg to muster & mustered Mr Kean Pd for coffin $3.50 cts. his chiles ploughing grubing Bob went to see his wife

5th Sun
Carmel

Fair frost we went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Luke great many persons at meeting sent a letter to Mrs Dandridge

6th M
Plough

Fair mild grubing & ploughing the brier bottom, head of the long ditch etc

7th Tus
fodder
Anna Redd

Fair cdy evening like rain fixing lge hopper finished bottom ploughing grubing etc Anna got her shucks & tops

8th W
21 bu
40 cts
50 ¢
Katy child

Rainy day. picked over m,y potatoes & measured them up 21 bushels red & rohan 1 1/2 rohan bought 8 brooms for 40 cts Jessey had a pattern of leather for 50 cts ows for it – made a lye hopper put in ashes etc Katy had her 2nd daughter shelling coen etc etc

9th Th
Yoke
Pd $2.00

Fair a large frost I made a new yoke broke the old one gr.[?] burning brush commenced rakeing corn beds etc etc Pd Mr Tainham 2 $ in part of the 4

10th Fr
$1.00
.50¢
corn planting

Fair foggy morning I shot at a owl in H-over Sowled Ware 2 bushels potatoes at 75 cts ows 50 cts Commenced planting corn next to the ice pond Commenced planting corn

11th Sat
hot bed etc

A few drops of rain sent to mill for meal & cotton seed etc planting corn by the shop put sweet potatoes in hot bed gave the negroes holiday caught a duck in the river

12th Sun
T Castle

A shower we went to T. Castle spent the day I came up to give out feed

13th M
.50¢
rails
Bro Saml

Fair windy & cool day I came up home & went back for Thomasia – I hired Bob & Robert to plough & gave 50 cts Billy malling rails at 1/ pr hundred sent Mrs Swanns note to cart by Bro Saml to collect - - - - -

14th Tus
Hackett &
Hands

Fair a large frost and a crust on the ground saw ice.) Mr Hackett & hands came to help plough and grub hall off all the logs & wood etc burning brush etc

15th W
Bro Saml
1/2 bu potatoes

Fair cool & windy – planting corn finished the wet bottom sent to Bro Saml for 1/2 bu red potatoes col weather

16th Th
25 ¢
10 ¢

Fair a large frost cool morning set a turkey hired 2 hands of Anna 1 $ 25 cts for Archy 10 cts for Fany Mama sent 4 hands this evening to help plant corn planting corn

17th Fr
Winston
1 bu Potatoes

Fair mild Dr sent 3 hands to plant corn Mama sent Joh & mule finished planting all the land ploughed throughing up manure ploughing etc halling rails etc Mr Vass dined hear to day sent Winston 1 bu potatoe

18th Sat
hot bed
1/2 bu
5

Fair warm & windy halling manure on beet patch ploughing the ice pond throughing up manure planted butter beens put 1/2 bu sweet potatoes in hot bed made a manure falk sent one to the mill with a piece of iron to mend it halled 5 lodes manure

19th Sun
Bro Saml,
Lew &
Edmond

Fair warm I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text Joshua 24 ct 15 verse Bro Saml & Lewis & Edmond dined hear to day cut bull

20th M
Bro Saml
$10,00
Mr Gouldin
4

Fair I went to Bro Saml & dined received 10 $ of him from Dr Swann Thomasia spent the day at Mr Gouldins finished ploughing by the ice pond ploughing my garden halling rails manure etc throughing up manure etc halled 4 loads manure

21st Tus
41
calf
37 1/2 ¢
soap

Fair warm finished ploughing the garden halling out manure halled 41 lodes manure throughing it up etc sent to rail road carrryed a beal to go to Richmond sold 37 1/2 cts worth potatoes 1 $ of soap 24lbs 2nd pot soap 25 lbs 3rd soap 8 1/2 [lbs] making 34 [balls?]

22nd W
35

Fair warm halling out manure halled 35 lodes ploughed over the beet patch this evening sticking peas etc

23rd Th
Wright
$2.47 1/2 ¢
18

Fair warm day I went to Gouldans ville to the election voted for White pd Write $2.57 cts land tax & Jessey's feees. – manured beet patch & ploughed it etc halling manure etc – halled 18 loads manure

24th Fr
18
Dickinson Elected

Fair warm a few drops rain – planted my sugar beet seed & some carrots planted cymblains halling manure rakeing up etc 18 loads manure J Dickinson is elected by 40 votes James

25th Sat
1
21 1/2 lbs wool

Rain I carryed barush to mill & had the spring mended. planted pumpkin ["patch" lined through] seed halling manure sent to mill etc dun up the fence from the gate to the swamp by corn house Edmond T Redd got 1 bu potatoes Hacket 1/2 bu 1 load manure sheared sheep – got 21 1/2 lbs clean wool from 9 sheep

26th Sun
Potatoes
Calf

Showery morning – Cdy day we went to T. Castle Mr Winston got 1.2 bu potatoes Dr for them Emily the buffalow cow had her first calf

27th M
15

Fair ploughing the cotton patch & halling manure halled 15 loads planted broom corn seed stuck peas etc Lewis Redd came over this evening Linnaeus came by at night with letter that was said was his -

28th Tus
17

Rain a little in the evening. planted cotton pumpkin seed & symblain seed etc halling manure halled 17 lodes

29th W
30

Rainy or showery day halling out manure halled 30 loads put the cows in the new cow pen turned out the sow & pigs etc

30th Th
22

Fair halling out manure for potatoe patch halled 22 loads scattering manure ploughing for corn etc cleaned out the spring