Day Journals of James T. Redd - September 1846

1st Tus

Fair I killed 4 squirl[s] pulling fodder I went to see Mr Cobbs -

2nd W

Fair very warm day I went to Carmel Bro Riland preached text John 4th ct 24 verse pulling fodder finished the new ground

3rd Th

Fair I put a bottom in a [cam?] pulling fodder shocking etrc Dr Anderson came to see Thomasia on [be?]-

4th Fr
stack

Fair warm I went to look for my calf found it in Bro Hacketts pasture pulling fodder and put up one stack

5th Sat
stack

Fair I went to Wm Swanns to see him we went to T. Castle I went to Carmel Bro H. restored & F. Cobbs – pulling fodder & stacking it put up one stack

6th Sun
sick

Fair very warm spent the day at T. C. came up in the evening etc - - - there are a bout 20 persons sick at T Castle

7th M

Fair very warm day – I went by W Swanns & to Chiles Burg to try to collect some money – pulling fodder sent to T. Castle for some peaches

8th Tus

Fair or cdy very windy a north wind rather cooler pealing peaches & putting leges on & dryers – pulling fodder etc – Henry brought my gig up home

9th W

Cdy I went to Bethel to my asociation Bro Montigu Bro Taylor & Bawl preached pulling fodder

10th Th
turkey

Cdy day a north wind cool day I went hunting killed 2 turkey in hanover pulling fodder & put up a stack - - - - lost one of the turkeys

11th Fr

Cdy day working on a wheel barrow wheel of Mama, went hunting with Bro H & cutting tops etc

12th Sat

Fair warm day I finished the wheel Hackett sent Joh & Williams to cut tops etc more than 1/2 done We went to T Castle Tom is sick & 15 or 20 negroes

13th Sun

Fair very warm I went to Beverdam Bro Phillips preached I went to Bro Saml, we came up home

14th M

Fair very warm day I went to the Boling Green for the Dr finished cutting tops and pulling fodder

15th Tus
1 stack

Shower of rain Linnaus dined hear to day commenced the stack frame put up 1 stack of blades putting fodder in the barn etc etc

16th W

Fair cool day – making a stack frame fallowing putting up blade fodder in the barn received a letter of Dr Anderson to go for his carrage

17th Th
B

Fair I went to the depot for Dr Andersons carrage halling up fodder & stacking cutting down corn fallowing etc got my last turn of corn from the mill

18th Fr
snakes 3.

Fair warm halling up fodder finished halling etc fallowing cutting down corn etc I killed 3 mockerson snakes & a squirl – diging holds for shelter for cattle. .

19th Sat

Rainy morning fine finished stacking tops making shelter etc beet a cask of sider for vinegar we went to Bro Sams

20th Sun

Fair spent most of the – day a Bro Sams George & - Mrs McLaughlin came to S- Redd. We went to T Castle – spent the night John & H A sick

21st M
Katy

Fair warm I came up home with the children went back to T. Castle Ben went to Cooks & S Redds for a horse that he gave me cutting down corn ploughing etc I went to mill to see Dr A to get some medicine for Katy. she has billius fever

22nd Tus
Horse

Clear carcely a cloud very dry weather. We came up home Dr Anderson came to see Katy fallowing halling up corn halled a lode rails made a shelter to shuck corn under Bro Saml sent Flurtiler over - -

23rd W
4 sick

Fair warm I went to T. Castle for some fisick there are 4 sick to day Dr Anderson came by this evening Bartlett had a fit – fallowing halling up corn Commenced shucking to night. halled a load wood

24th Th

Fair warm day pulling of corn shucking etc Fallowing commenced rakeing the ry land making wash for hogs etc

25th Fr
[black hand sketch]

Fair warm John Lewis Cobbs was killed this evening by Lucks shop - - by ox cart, - - fallowing rakeing etc shucking corn pulling off etc

26th Sat

Cdy I killed 5 squirls ploughing rakeing shuck corn etc etc etc

27th Sun

Fair cool day We went to T Castle I went over to Bro Sams for my boots spoke to Mr Buttler for some seed corn. .

28th M
1 turkey
sheep

Fair cool & windy I went hunting killed a turkey in hanover Hackett killed one Dogs after Mamas sheep rakeing putting [pulling] off & shucking corn etc etc. . . .

29th Tus
1 tur

Fair a frost this morning went hunting killed a turkey – rakeing halled a lode corn sent Thad to T C for boots etc

30th W
1 turkey
wheat
5 bu

Fair I went hunting killed a turkey – rakeing cutting down corn sent to Mr Cooks for 5 bushels of mediteranean wheet – George Tyree came to work to day about 12 ock patching up the harth etc got a turn of corn meal from the mill 1/2 bl. very dry wheather all this month – hardly enough rain to lay the dust I sowed 37 bushels of wheat in 1845 and made 100 this year 1846. .