Day Journals of James T. Redd - August 1848

1st Tus
Bricks
500

Rain a shower this evening halling bricks for Anna 2 loads halled 500. ploughing for wheat grubing

2nd W
Ploughing

Fair sent to mill sent corn sent Depot for things brought up a part I went to Mr Buttlers left 2 coats with Miss Eliza to make fallowing grubing etc Dr Gouldin & Louisa came up

3rd Th

Fair I wedged the Dr Gouldins, wheel – etc fallowing 2 ploughs – at it grubing etc etc

4th Fr

Fair warm day I went to T. Castle for 10 bushels wheat the Matthews wheat am to give $1.00 per bushel I went with Martin for stock this evening. fallowing by out gate grubing in black bottum etc

5th Sat

Fair most of the day I went to Carmel Bro Harris & Fox wer there Bro Harris was complaining we went to T Castle in the evening ploughing grubing etc

6th Sun

Fair Rain last night we went to Carmel Bro Harris preached 2 sermons funeral of Mr Vass, s child - -

7th M
Mule

Fair cool win I went to Mr Buttlers left a coat – went to John Hackett & bought a mule for 75$ 5 years old – Bob helping about Mama, wheat grubing etc [mule sketch]

8th Tus

Fair cool morning yoaked the mair & mule sent 3 boys to Wm Swanns ploughing this evening with mules grubing etc

9th W
200

Rain a very good one I halled a load bricks 200 - - - ploughing – sowed turnip patch – grubing etc halled rails by the gate & made cow pen -

10th Th
Brag
210

Cdy most of the day warm I went to Allens for bricks 210 in all had a shoe nailed on mair old shoe Mr Martin cut Braggs tail off falloing grubing etc

11th Fr
Fallow

Shower Louisa dined hear & others Thomasia went to J. Dickinsons this evening fallowing with 2 ploughs Joh helping grubing etc

12th Sat
Fal – coats

Shower got 1 1/4 bls corn from Mama we went by T Castle to Bro Sams fallowing grubing etc got 2 coats from Mr Butt.

13th Sun

Shower a heavy rain at Bro Sams & T Castle very little hear we came home to night

14th M
pd

Rain a fine shower – fallowing grubing toped the cotton this evening – I budded 6 or 8 lemon peach trees [Elberta peach] some for Anna Pd Thacker $1.35 cts owe 65 cts Billy Quarles came to get work - . . . Pd Thacker 65 cts to day Sept 28th

15th Tus

Shower I went to see Mr Noell went to Cobbs saw my corn etc Martin brought my bridle home fallowing 2 ploughs grubing sent corn to mill -

16th W

Fair I went to mill for slabs sent to mill for meal I bought 2 trees of Mr Mr Noell for $4.25 cts for shingles Billy Quarles is to get them for 2$ a thousand fallowing grubing etc etc

17th Th

Fair very warm day I worked at Annas to day on the house ploughing grubing etc

18th Fr

Fair I worked on house fallowing finished the field by Canfields ploughing the bottumn grubing etc Roburt Coba came to rent me land for wheat etc

19th Sat
sheep 4
Jeff, leg – broke
[black hand sketch]

Fair cool day I went to – Bro Addams, & bought 4 sheep for 5 dollars. he ows 1 $.50 cts – went to R Cobbs to look at his wheat lan we went to T Castle came back at- night Jeff  had his leg – broke the thy cart ran over him sent to Depot for molaces etc nails etc fallowing grubing Katy went to Dr Gouldins in my cart with Joh

20th Sun

Rain commenced in the evening – I worked most of the day on a frame for Jeff, leg Dr Anderson came up to see Jeff

21st M
[white hand sketch]

Rainy day rained all night Martin & I went to take up a negro man Dr Anderson came up to see Jeff put his leg in the frame - - - - - - beet out my gully wheat etc

22nd Tus
hay

Fair rather cool day I drew of my molaces went to Noells Wm – Quarles sawed 18 blocks of the large tree cutting my grubing put some manure by the chimney etc

23rd W
hay
shoe thread

Fair I handled a new axe etc Mr Hill & Miss Hency came up to Anna, to live yesterday Bro Sam came by this evening. Peter had ball shoe thread cutting hay ploughing grubing etc etc

24th Th

Fair I helped to raise Anna, house this evening fallowing grubing etc moved a cow pen etc halled a barrel corn from Mama, Louisa Terrell came to stay several days

25th Fr

Cdy day getting timber for Anna with Jones halling etc fallowing grubing fencing

26th Sat

Cdy halled up & stacked a stack of hay salted it – [salt helps prevent mold] finished fallowing the bottum ploughing at the out gate grubing – gave the children a party this evening

27th Sun

Cdy a few drops rain we went to T Castle – spent the day Bro Phillips dined there - - - - - -

28th M
Fodder
fallowing etc

Fair most of the day a few drops rain on the river getting rocks for Anna I went to W Swanns shop this evening finished fallowing commenced pulling fodder by grave yard

29th Tus
Fodder

Fair very warm getting rock halling with my steers & Miss B Hills cart & steers Lynsey Tyree came to get rocks pulling fodder by Listurn Cobbs -

30th W
37 1/2 cts
fodder

Fair warm day Linsey Tyree blasting rocks for Anna I went to Mr Martins for peaches Pd Henry 37 1/2 cts to Edmond T. Redd – finished pulling fodder by Cobbs pulling by Dabs

31st Th

Fair very warm day Harriet Ann & Tom came by to day Louisa went to T C with them – I went to Allens to take down the bricks & Bob went put up some fodder etc grubing etc I shot 2 larks -