Day Journals of James T. Redd - December 1848

1st Fr
wheat
wheal
doar

Rainy evening I faned out 5 1/2 bushels wheat a carried it to the mill carryed corn – Mr Martin finished the shingles sent a cart to Canfields to mend the wheal – fallowing grubing rakeing leaves etc etc Altared the middle doar moved it in the dining room

2nd Sat
cow
[cow sketch]
wheel
1 lb flour

Rain very hard this morning the win blew very hard I went to Canfields to wedge & joint a wheel Mr Martin carryed a cow to his fathers to winter for the milk I went to Carmel Bro Fox preached – very few persons cutting wood halled a load & fixed for killing hogs – rakeing leaves sent to the mill for meal & a barrel of flour

3rd Sun

Fair we went to T. Castle Thomasia & I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached a good sermon we dined at T C Bro Sam & Linnaeus & family -

4th M
cart tire
plank

Fair warm Bob helped old Canfield to put on his tire & mine made 10 wedges drove them by the spokes Mr martin & Thad & self went to Terrells mill for weather boarding got 609 feet gave $5.33 cts – at 87 1/2 cts 100 feet fallowing for oats sent a plough to mill rakeing leaves caught a hare

5th Tus
Plough

Fair warm day Martin & I commenced weather– boarding the end of the house to day hall a load poals plank etc Thad had my gun has to rake leaves etc. ploughing grubing etc

6th W

Fair warm day we went to T Castle Thomasia warped 2 pieces of cloth spent the day came home to night. there were a drove of hogs at Landaw at $5.50 c a hundred – halled a load wood fallowing grubing rakeing leaves etc [Landau was in Caroline County, Virginia]

7th Th
Jeff 1 d.

Cdy most of the d commenced shingling this house Martin & self Billy Quarles to get a job shingling fallowing Jeff hand up shingles to 1 d – shelling corn etc

8th Fr
House
Jeff 1 d

Fair very warm – W Quarles Martin & self shingling the house got 2 1/2 lbs nails of Mama ploughing sent to mill for meal Jeff & Pleasant healping to bring shingles To 1 d for Jeff 1 d for Pleasant

9th Sat
House
Jeff 1 d

Cdy warm day we finished shingling the house by dinner I made up morter and – put it around the chimney this evening fallowing halled a load san sent for a ladder at Anna To work for Jeff & Pleasant to day

10th Sun
Hill Lewis

Cdy a little rain windy day lightning to the north went to Mama, to see the likeness, Mr Lewis Hill came to Mama, I received a note of him about hireing Frank - -

11th M
8 hogs
2 stocks
3 loads leaves

Cdy cool I killed my – hogs to day 8 small ones – I got a tree carryed 2 – stocks to the mill – for weatherboarding – halled 2 loads leaves to the stack rakeing leaves shingling the dary shingles the frunt side I made morter & patched the house & around the chimney etc

12th Tus
Hogs 50 1/2
plank
[black hand sketch]

Rain cool day I weighed my hogs 8 small ones – weighed 50 1/2 lbs halled a load wood etc sent to W Swanns for 2 planks to make a coffin sent to mill for a plank Martin went to Depot for flannel got 8 1/2 yds 12 screws Billy & I – worked on the coffin till late coffin for Mr John Hill

13th W
coffin

Rainy day fine rain – finished the coffin about 12 ock sent to the mill – for plank got 48 feet & made a case for the coffin cutting & halling wood – rakeing leaves sent to the mill to have a cutting box handle mended

14th Th
gun 13$
17 loads
1 B

Rain a little fine very cdy & damp day I soled Martin my gun for 13 $ & horn for 50 cts. I struck the scaffolds on the house etc halling leaves 17 loads halled a load straw etc shelling corn etc I killed a bird -

15th Fr
6 or 8 loads
leaves

Fair warm day Tom & Edmond came hear to get me to go hunting Fox faned out a bushel wheat sent it to the mill for the negroes halling leaves halled a load wood & 2 loads san and a – load dirt put it by the kitchen rakeing leaves I patched the plastering etc etc

16th Sat.
2 loads leaves

Cdy day misty morning I ground the cutting knives halling wood leaves rakeing etc halled 2 loads

17th Sun

Cdy we went to T Castle spent the night I went to Carmel B Harris preached Text 4th ct 16 verse of Hebrews

18th M
75 cts
$2.50 cts
2.50 cts

Fair warm day I went to Mr Buttlers to carry 2 coats or cloth for 2 pd Mr Butler 75 cts for cutting wheat Pd Miss Eliza Chiles 2 $. 50 cts for coat & wais coat – 1848 – went to Estis sold a hog for 2$50 cts getting wood ploughing – in the evening rakeing leaves halling etc Llewellyn & Harriet are at T Castle -

19th Tus
fallowing

Fair very warm day – I faned out a turn of wheat for Mama to send to mill Bro Sam dined – hear Molly came over this eve & Sister Sarah – ploughing fallowing for corn below the out gate halling straw grubing cutting etc

20th W
white-washed
fallowing

Rain a shower or two I made a catch for out gate put it on etc – made some white wash & white washed the old – chaimber twice fallowing grubing halling woiod cutting etc etc

21st Th
12 cts
$5. 50 cts

Cdy moderate weather – I white washed the old - - chaimber again went to new ground & to Cobbs pd Aggy 12 cts in full for picking up wheat went to Caseys for a load shucks I bought 2 blade stacks gave $5.50 ¢ for the two shelling corn fallowing covering turnips made a pen to feed my hogs in etc etc

22nd Fr
fire place
50 cts Peter

Rainy day fine rain – I made a new fire place in the chamber halled 2 loads straw cutting & halling wood sent to the mill for meal chop & flour etc pd Peter 50 cts in part for making shoes

23rd Sat
Dog

Fair cold day the ground had a crust on it this morning hung up a part of my meet it seems to be a little injured [Ashered?] it etc cutting & halling wood gathering up the tools etc - - - Mr W F Luck brought a pointed slut to put up with Sanco -

24th Sun

Cdy cool morning – We went by T. Castle & to Bro Saml, Linnaeus & Mony spent the night at Bro Saml, we dined there etc

25th M
$2.50 cts

Rain showery we – went to the Rail road to meet with Mr & Mrs Dandridge & Miss H Anderson we dined at – T Castle Bro Allen dined there & spent the night I pd Miss or Mrs Dandridge $2.50 cts for trimings for coat & pants etc

26th Tus
coat frock
2 B

Cdy cool we came up home this morning Mr Luck came for his – slut I went to Mr Gouldins Charls & I went by west field up to Mr Dukes I met with him went to Mr Buttlers for my coat got one of [them – water-damaged portion] saw persons going to weding of Miss Smiths & thacker I killed 2 birds & [? water-damaged portion]

27th W

Snow it commenced in the morning it fel 1 1/2 or 2 inches rained a little etc I made some morter & plastered over the fire place & washed it over etc

28th Th
Jeff
William

Fair the snow melted a good deel Thomasia & Llewellyn went to Bro Sam, I went to Hatcher Hired Jeff & a boy by the name of William of Mr A Lowery am to give 15$ a piece I went to Bro Sams to dinner children went to Anna, Mr & Mrs Dandridge came home with us – I bought an almanac -

29th Fr
Tur

Rainy day Mr & Mrs Dandridge went to T Castle this evening in my – Baruch – killed 1 turkey 3 in all

30th Sat
[black hand sketch]
3 in no

Snowy morning it fel about 1 inch deep clear evening Canfield mended my cutting log handl Mary belonging to Sister Sarah died last night at L Cobbs I bought 3 [bri?] dles of fleming gave [missing text] plough $1.25 for riding b

31st Sun
Bro Sam

Fair mild day we walked over to mama, saw Bro Sam there – I set 2 traps one for a Owl the other for a mink they kill 2 – ducks and a hen etc