1st Sun |
Snow hail & Rain a great Sleet – spent the day at or in the house . . . the snow begins to brake up |
2nd M |
Snowed all day & night very cold & windy a north wind Snow banked up about 3 of 4 feet deep the most disegreble day had halled a load of straw from the barn to feed the cows at the stack. – I made & mended 2 back leans. |
3rd Tus |
Fair rather milder. n wind I went to W Swanns to look for straw I bought 2 loads for 2 dollars halling straw & hay wood etc |
4th W |
Fair very clear after the morning We dined at Anna, to day – getting ice finished halled with my 2 carts - |
5th Th |
Fair mild a south wind the snow is going away slowly – Sent 3 cows to T. Castle to stay March out – Anna. Ann & Emily Talley & Mama, family dined hear to day & Louisa Gouldin halling wood etc |
6th Fr |
Fair warm the snow is melting a good deel – I went to W Swann's for 2 loads of straw of Soiuthard pd him 2 $ - bought a cust plough of W Swann etc cutting rail timber malling cutting poles for a grainery - |
7th Sat |
Fair mild we went to T. Castle in the evening malling rails cutting etc Mr Pleasants is dead killed by Richy |
8th Sun |
Fair a frost, warm day we came up home |
9th M |
Fair mild weather we dined at Mama, , to day with Mary S Taylor & others – malling rails choping around the fence etc I made a single tree commenced stocking a plough I went to the mill with William S Talley |
10th Tus |
Fair mild ploughing for oats or fallowing burning brush etc I broke the ice pond sent a wheal to the mill to have a box put in etc sent for the cotton & chop. looking for Thad on the river |
11th W |
Fair mild Jack had 2 of his fingers cut of by the cutting box wheels sent for Linnaeus & Dr Gouldin cut them of ploughing fallowing & ploughing in the new ground burning brush etc halling out wood & logs out of the new ground |
12th Th |
Fair & mild I went to the shop & mill Pd Jones 1 $ & 22 1/2 cts for a wheel boxes & spoke working on plough W Terrell dined hear to day ploughing burning brush halling it off the land etc shelling corn etc |
13th Fr |
Cdy a litle rain fine – thunders & lightened to night ploughed the garden & planted potatoes & peas etc planted 1 1/2 bu potatoes sowing oats commenced to day sowed 1 1/2 bushels bated the fishing hold – oats |
14th Sat |
Bob went to see his wife Jessey & I are eaven pd his 30 cts for patching |
15th Sun |
Rain this evening Thomasia & I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text 1st epistle of Timithy 15 verse Mr Boulwer came to see Jack He talks of carrying him home |
16th M |
Cdy & cool halling rails fincing etc lade off the holds for gat post Peter to dig them for 50 cts. Moton went home yesterday has not returned. |
17th Tus |
Fair a cold morning Sowing oats sowed 6 bu fencing etc grubing etc Dab diging some holes for peach trees. Boulewate sent for jack - - - girls came to visit Mary & Ana spent night |
18th W |
Fair cold morning rakeing oats & ploughing in etc sowed 3 1 /3 bushels – Miss B Hill came over this evening |
19th Th |
Cdy a part of the day morning & evening very warm day sowing oats comenced by the grave yard sowed 5 1/2 bushels oats planted beet seed sowed plant bed set out unions etc in the garden corn etc etc - - |
20th Fr |
Fair very warm & smokey rakeing sowed 2 bushels of oats sent to the mill for chop & meal, caught a carp. made a arbour in front of the house |
21st Sat |
Fair windy cool E Swann came to breakfast got 1 bu potatoes pd 50 cts still ows 25 cts. Garrett Hackett had 3 bu by the bog Mr Coalman had 2 bu sowing oats 4 1/2 bushels rakeing in etc finished the house field. – nailed slats on the arbour |
22nd Sun |
Fair a cool wind. I spent the day at home till evening went to Anna, & Mama, Edmond T Redd John & Sam at Mama, |
23rd M |
Cdy a shower this evening I souled 1/2 bu potatoes to Mr Jones pd 25 cts owe 12 1/2 cts. Thos went to Mrs Swanns S day sowing oats on the fallow land on the road – sowed 3 1/2 bushels oats to day grubing etc Llewellyn went to scool |
24th Tus |
Rain. fine rain, till night. it rains faster set out some onions & snaps seed made a border in front of the house Sowing oats sowed 5 bushels |
25th W |
Rainy evening showery thundered & lightened – A heavy rain last night sent Bob to T. Castle for my plaster got 17 bushels sent to Sister Swanns for 2 barrells ashes – fencing took out fish trap rise in the river - - - shelling corn - - |
26th Th |
Fair Marcellus & Linnaeus & wife Miss Nowel Olivia & H Ann Anderson came to the quilting – went to the river full halling wood rakeing for oats fencing etc |
27th Fr |
A few drops rain rakeing & sowing oats sowed 3 1/2 bushels – rakeing them in etc. . burning brush I patched my fish trap & put it in hire Pd Mrs Vaughn 25 cts & gave her 25 cts worth potatoes we are eaven |
28th Sat |
Showery soed 3 bags plaster on clover & a small wheet patch by Dabs – Miss Leeper & Anna came to quilt sowing oats & finished sowed 2 1/2 bushels burning brush malling rails for garden - - - sowed 37 1/2 bushels oats in all Sowed 37 1/2 bu oats |
29th Sun |
Cdy a few drops rain in the evening we went to T Castle came home in the evening E. C. Taylor had 3 pecks potatoes Pd 50 cts let Dr A have 1/4 lb beet seed Pd 25 cts |
30th M |
Fair a cool day windy the ground has a crust on it in the morning – Miss B Hill had 2 bu potatoes (Dr) To 2 bu Mrs Coalman had 1 bu Pd for all $2.25 cts Charles had 10 cts worth. Miss B Hill spent the day throwing out the middles single ploughs burning brush etc caught 8 fish to day |
31st Tus |
Fair frost caught 3 fish went to owl tree sent double bar. to the mill to have irons shifted & one mended – made a new one. ploughing for corn burning brush etc Sowled 1 bu potatoes 75 cts Pd Miss Moria Tomp, 9$40 cts |