1st W |
Cdy morning finished ploughing my corn the 1st time throwing the dirt to it etc white washed the arbout & made benches etc |
2nd Th |
Rain a very heavy one we went to Anna, & dined caught there in the rain ploughing in the morning choping corn etc Rain last night etc |
3rd Fr |
Rainy day or evening – halling logs to the mill halled 4 brought 11 cherry planks home patching the fence by the barn thined cotton etc |
4th Sat |
Rain in the evening I went to Carmel no preacher commenced fencing by the orchard fenced in the potato patch by the barn etc We went to T Castle in the evening – river is up |
5th Sun |
Rain a heavy wind & rain I went to Carmel Bro Fox preached Bro Harris has the billious fever [fever with nausea & diarrhea] we came home river up |
6th M |
Fair warm Peter mule died yesterday or last night choping the corn by the ice pond. I saw the first silk in my corn field a white one |
7th Tus |
Fair very warm day Thomasia & I went to N Lucks got some apples budded 3 or 4 trees of a sweet apple from Lucks – ploughing weeding corn etc |
8th W |
Fair covered old Peter with dirt lime ashes etc ploughing the young mule sent becky Lane to Mamas to go to Tyler. I budded 2 trees by dabs house |
9th Th |
Fair commenced cutting oats ploughing corn in the wet bottom - - weeding etc |
10th Fr |
Fair very warm day cutting oats ploughing brakeing out balks etc Molly is quite sick this evening - - |
11th Sat |
Fair very warm weather last night was as warm a night as we have had for a long time cutting oats ploughing etc weeding cottopn etc greesed my pigs to day - & Sow yesterday – I washed in the river this evening |
12th Sun |
Fair very warm day we walked over to Mamas this evening |
13th M |
Fair pleasant day cutting oats I hired a man Ambrose for 62 1/2 ploughing etc Thomasia & I went to Rehoboth to meeting L Swann got converted to day |
14th Tus |
Rain a pretty shower Thomasia warped a piece of cloth at Mama, cutting oats commenced on the rode cut till 12 ock weeding cotton ploughing corn & potatoes irish |
15th W |
Fair & a cool day I went to Bro Saml to carry some money for Sister Sarah to go to the bank in Richmond Finished cutting oats to night – had 4 or 5 mails put in my horses shoes |
16th Th |
Fair very cool day ploughing weeding cotton cymblains etc Mama & Sarah T went to Dr Gouldins to day I Pd Ambrose $1.50 cts for cutting oats |
17th F |
Cdy, cool, ploughing by the corn house wed the pumpkins & Irish potatoes we went to T Castle in the evening |
18th Sat |
Rain fine rain most of the day finished ploughing corn & Irish potatoes we went to T Castle in the evening |
19th Sun |
Rain a good one last night & this morning we went to Cty Line to hear Bro Fuller preach. Text Prodigal Son Luke 15th ct 13 verse went back to T Castle & home in the evening - |
20th M |
Rainy evening Thomasia & I went to S Gouldin's to have a wais coat cut out had hair cut etc weeding potatoes ploughing sweet potatoes cotton etc sent for my mule at W Dickinsons etc budded 4 trees July cherries that came from Dr Gouldin |
21st Tus |
Fair we went to Mrs Terrells I caught my mule – got 1 qt wheat buck of W Terrell – patching the garden & runing the fence by grave yard etc |
22nd W |
Cdy Cherry the Hudson cow had a calf to day mail I halled 2 loads manure to the garden & sowed a little buck wheat – fallowed the cow pen for turnips ploughing the corn field peas weeding potatoes – September cut the wheat made nearly 1 1/2 bu from 1 quart - - |
23rd Th |
Fair Rain commenced to night – Thomasia & the children went to W Swanns & spent the day – ploughed the pea patch – ploughing the cotton etc weeding potatoes halled 1 1/2 loads oats |
24th Fr |
Fair very warm – I went around to give notice to work on the Rode – ploughed the cotton, beets etc weeding potatoes etc finished halling up my oats halled 3 loads - |
25th Sat |
Fair warm I worked on the road commenced at the mill finished about night we went to T Castle J L Hart & others were there |
26th Sun |
Fair very warm we spent the day at T. Castle brought up a basket of peaches & some twigs to bud from etc. . . . |
27th M |
Rain a fine shower I went to the Depot had a wais coat cut out got my things from the Depot sugar pants etc etc weeding potatoes doing up the garden etc Tom came by with Dr new horse |
28th Tus |
Fair warm fencing on the garden & by the corn field – halled 273 rails from Mama new ground – weeding potatoes picking up apples |
29th W |
Fair warm working on the road left of by by the spring caught a hair |
30th Th |
Fair very warm day finished the rode by ice house all hands came over to work finished potatoes cotton etc & working the peas - |
31st Fr |
Fair very warm day I beet about 35 gallons sider – wed out my wheat yard finished weding peas – I went to Beaver Dam Depot bought pair shoes for $1.50 cts had my boots patched cost 18 3/4 cts & bought 2 skains silk 12 1/2 cts on credit. Dr Gouldin & Louisa came up – had horse shod |