Day Journals of James T. Redd - June 1847

1st Tus

Fair warm day weeding the garden potatoes etc – ploughing by posimon tree in the corn field throwing the dirt from the corn throwing it back again.

2nd W

Fair warm I went for the Dr to see Llewellyn who is quite sick – Dr came up – I plastered the potatoes in the new garden etc to day wed over the cotton [planted some peas white in the orchard – [navy beans] ploughing the corn. Cousin Nancy Radford came over this evening & sat a while

3rd Th

Fair very warm comenced weeding corn again by the barn ploughing it etc etc I sent John for the Dr he came up to see Llewellyn & put a blister on him -

4th Fr

Rain in the evening shelled a turn of corn set out 2 rows of sweet potatoes & 2 rows of apple trees on the hill as you go to Canfields weeding corn ploughing etc etc Dr Anderson came to see Llewellyn sent for him Mama came over & brought some apples greenings [old English variety]

5th Sat
calf

Cdy and cool day Dr Anderson came up twice to day to see Llewellyn Thomasia is sick has the measles I think broke out set out 4 rows of apple trees some place ploughing the corn by the out gate weeding etc. . . . Blossom had a male calf to day

6th Sun

Cdy cool Dr Anderson & wife and John came up – to see Llewellyn Mr & Mrs Gouldin came in the evening Anna spent the day Thomasia Harriet & John all have the measles

7th M

Fair milder Dr Anderson came up twice to see Llewellyn 5 have the measles. put on a blister on the left side this evening on Llewellyn Mrs Gatewood & Cousin Nancy Radford – Miss B Hill & others came this evening – to see Thomasia – and children sent to mill for meal & slabs Bos went to J Dickinsons for a sheep sheered it & sent it to Mama, - - - - ploughing in the meadow weeding corn etc

8th Tus

Fair mild weather Dr Anderson Linnaeus & Tom – came up to see Thomasia & children – all very sick Anna & Miss Lord came to sit up to night ploughing the corn in the meadow weeding corn etc planted some cymblain seed & cucumber seed

9th W
corn – soak
Calf

Fair warm day Dr Anderson came up this morning to see them all & brought up some seed corn put it in soak weeding corn ploughing the meadow finished it planted a few hills of 8 – row coorn in the garden – [Otto File corn] Llewellyn is better to day – Thomasia very sick & the children. . Emmy cow had her 2nd Calf to day a feemale - - - -

10th Th

Fair warm Dr Anderson came up this morning talks of going to richmond this evening Sister Emily & Sister Swann came spent the day. . will stay all night ploughing commenced by the shop Anna, ploughed & planted a few rows of forward corn from T. Castle on the next to C-Fields reeplanting corn by my shop planted some purl beans in my garden got some – Irish potatoes for dinner & some snaps – sent a plough or 2 to the mill to point

11th Fr

Rain in the morning Dr Linnaeus came in the evening to see Thomasia she is quite – sick Miss B Hill & Anna spent the night hear. . . set out 3 hundred potatoe plants & some tomatoes ploughed & raked the sweet potatoe patch hilling & commnced ploughing the Irish potatoes the Rohans - -

12th Sat

Fair warm Dr Anderson & Lin – Tom came up to see Thomasia she is takeing phisick – ploughed the peas & peach trees ploughing the corn by the shop Anna, weeding the potatoes on the swamb[p] by the orchard. . . . . . .

13th Sun

Fair warm Dr Anderson came up to see Thomasia to day Anna stayed hear last night – Thad had a bite from hunter -

14th M

Rained last night & this morning Dr Anderson came up – set out 3 or 4 rows of sweet – potatoes wed my watermellon patch weeding Irish potatoes thining corn by Anna, ploughing it etc

15th Tus

Fair cool I killed a lamb Dr Anderson came up this evening brought Llewellyn a hat palm leef - - - finished the potatoe patch on the swamp weeding weeding the peas corn etc. ploughing the corn finished by Dab--.

16th W

Fair Tom came up this – evening. – finished plastering my Irish potatoes by the orchard. rakeing the corn by the – shop & weeding it over. weeding and thining as I go – ploughed – the cotton patch commenced – the potatoes in the garden -

17th Th
sheep

Fair warm Dr Anderson came by this evening Sally Lord dined hear to day. ridging down & ploughing the potatoes in the garden [potatoes are planted in ridges, or hills] weeding & thning corn by my barn etc weeding butter beens etc Miss B Hill sent me some June beens [pole beans?] to day 1 pint the old sheep died that dog bit

18th Fr.

Fair changeble weather – Dr Anderson came to see Harriet she is quite sick sent – for Lin this evening. he came up & went back to T. Castle finished ploughing potatoes in the garden weeding – corn by the Barn thining etc

19th Sat
rye
spring

Cdy Rained a little commenced cutting rye & wheat Thad picking up Dr Lin came to see Harriet I sent Bob to T Castle to let Dr Anderson know how Harriet is etc weeding & thining corn I cleaned out the spring to day

20th Sun
[black hand sketch]

Rain a good one commenced in the morning & stoped in the evening late. Meredith Freeman had his house burnt & he burnt in it child died at the same time that was sick Dr Anderson came to see Harriet & gave her medicine

21st M
W

Fair I pulled off my flanel shirt to day Dr Anderson came twice to see Harriet put on a blister set out some sweet potatoes thining corn cutting wheat I have cymblains to day -

22nd Tus
beans
W

Fair Dr Anderson came by to see Harriet she is a good deel better I went to T Castle to see the Dr about Katys child – Mama sent 3 small hands to thin corn planted purl beens in cotton patch cutting wheat by Dabs house -

23rd W
wheat

Fair warm – I commenced cutting the Medertaranean wheat it seems to be very fine thining – corn Miss B Hill at Anna, wheat down to day green I saved 2 heads of wheat to day out of the Med. . . . .

24th Th

Rain showery morning shelling corn ploughing the corn by Anna, set out some sweet potatoes – cutting wheat Peter helping this evening lent Hackett 3 loads shot to shoot a sheep, gave Anna some cabbage plants - -

25th Fr

Rain a very hard shower & win with it Mrs Anderson & Miss Hart came up this evening & spent the evening – Hackett brought over his – hands this evening cutting – down the wheat by my corn house cutting by Canfields – to day thinking corn etc

26th Sat

Fair warm day Bro Sam came & stayed a while Hackett brought over his hands after breakfast & finished cutting the rye by Canfields cutting the wheat etc it is as infiferant [indifferent?] as it can be nearly -

27th Sun

Fair very warm day I spent the day at home pretty much singing at Carmel

28th M
wheat

Fair very warm day – cutting wheat till breakfast & cut the balance of the day fopr Mama, working my watermellons I have – young ones. I gathered some wheat out of the white bearded wheat of Mama - & put it in the closet - - -

29th Tus.

Rain a light shower this evening I went to T Castle carryed Llewellyn & left him I lost a paper & went back for it finished cutting rye cutting wheat Peter & Bob. lent Thacker my cradle to cut wheat for Canfield

30th W

Rainy morning it rained most of the night cleaned out my barn put the timber up the loft thining corn cutting wheat setting out potatoe plants sweet Thomasia & I went to Anna, this evening – received a note from John Dickinson to day. . .