Day Journals of James T. Redd - January 1848

1st Sat.
5 $
2 $

Cdy warm a south win I – went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text 1st Thessalonians V chap. 1 verse very few persons pd my subscription to Bro Harris – gave John T. Anderson 2 $ to pay for sothern planter – Anna came home Dr Gouldin sent Edmond – up with letters etc halled a load of 2 of straw hay fodder ec halling poles to cram the new house Moriahs - - - I pd Mama, subscription for Bro Harris 4 $ - - for which she is Dr -

2nd Sun

Rain last night Fair day – I went to Carmel Bro Harris – preached Text god requires the past. [Ecclesiastes 3:15]

3rd M

Fair a large frost cold morning mild day – Nelson & Jeff came home this morning I grown [ground] the cutting knives etc Thad to Noell for a bolt for plough m board ploughing for corn by my peach orchard grubing on Mama fence lent Anna my cart & steers etc

4th Tus
Sow

Fair mild I went to Bro Listern Cobbs bought a sow for 5 $ I am to pay the money to
Sister Sarah went by Bro Allens & to T Castle in vited John up to Llewellyn party [son's January 4th birthday] Tom & John & Lucy R Redd I went to Mr Gouldins to a party – ploughing by dabs house grubing on the fence or by the side

5th W
sow

Fair mild a south win – I sent to my sow put her in a pen I made a trap for a halk & set it he caught a chicken ploughing halling rocks out of the field in gully, etc etc shelling corn halled 2 loads wood

6th Th

Fair cool north & south & west win ploughing halling rocks wood etc sent a plough to shop grubing shelling corn Thad working comenced yesterday

7th Fr
6 b

Snow a few flakes I went to the [Ofly?] pond hunting saw 1 turky, killed a halk and 6 birds went to Depot bought a lock 75 cts & 1 lb shot 8th 5 cakes 5 cts saw Linnaeus at the mill ploughing grubing halling – wood sent corn to mill &  - got a plough from the mill – I pd Hackett 1 $. Mama pd me 4 $ money borrowed.

8th Sat

Cdy A few flakes snow we went to Bro Sams & spent the night halled a load of shucks to Linnaeus, & brought one – home sent Jeff to Depot Bever dam to have a horse shod Tom was shod all round & the mare befoar

9th Sun

Fair cool I went to Dr Darricotts vorrowed his dog Molly he is to send her over We came up to Lins & spent the night -

10th M

Fair very cold day last night was a very cold night – I came home & we went went to the Boling Green collected 45 $ of Gouldin part of Frank hire collected Flemings – hire for Mama got some money for Mr Gouldin etc cutting & halling wood – covered the turnip patch

11th Tus
ice

Fair very cold day getting ice I halled a load of manure & put it on my gully wheat Nelson burnt his foot last night laid by this evening Bro Sam came by this evening says he will take 2 or 3 cows to winter Ann & Emily came over this evening spent the day -

12th W
Prince
wood

Cdy the weather is moderated a little. I went to L Cobbs to see him about – his cow, left prince with him for his benefit etc etc cutting wood for Anna cut from 2 to 4 cords halled 1 load halled 1 load wood hear

13th Th
2 b
4 loads wood

Fair mild Emily went [to" lined through] over to Mama, this morning I went hunting in hanover – killed 2 birds I made a cart body out of an old one cutting wood halled 3 loads for Anna making 4 in all – halled 2 loads to the house

14th Fr

Fair mild we went to T – Castle to a dining day the Dr's burth day. Mr Gouldin came for his money got at cort ploughing triming around the fence by Cobs shelling corn etc etc

15th Sat

Cdy most of the day warm I put a handle to plough ploughing sent to mill – triming around fence by Cobbs put up sow in the pen

16th Sun
party

Cdy a few drops rain Rain last night a good one I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached went to J Hacketts to preache a funeral sermon

17th M

Rain last night a little in morning I went to T Castle Dr went to Richmond Tom went with me to L Cobbs & to Allens – working on cart body etc cutting rail timber for new ground fence by L Cobbs triming around fence etc beeting out buck wheat

18th Tus

Foggy morning cool evening I went to N Lucks & to John Dickinsons to kill a beef ploughing halling straw put Blossum in the barn shed

19th W
House
cows etc

Fair cold day I went to Lilburn Allens for shucks for Linnaeus I bought his old house for 7.00$ carryed 3 cows to Bro Sams came by Linnaeus, loss Jeff went to S Gouldins in the night looking Jeff halled a load shucks & fodder to Lins

20th Th
1 nails
Mama
Prince

Fair cool morning south w Trainham came by. cutting poles for hin house. Mama borrowed 1 lb nails for Martin cutting & halling wood etc ploughing this evening – prince came home this evening

21st Fr
Bellows
skin

Fair mild weather I went to Mama. saw Bro Sam & Mary Eliza McGehee there halled a load wood & ploughing by log piles sent Thad & Nelson to Tanyard for my bellows brought sheep skin etc

22nd Sat

Fair mild weather Dr Gouldin came up for Lucy I maid a trap for wild animals ploughing halling leaves etc

23rd Sun
Boy

Fair mild weather Thomasia and I went to Cty Line Bro Phillips preached – Mary Eliza &
Emily Talley walked over to day Dr Gouldin went down home carryed Lucy Pleasant came from Bro Sams this evening to spend the year -

24th M

Fair mild day I faned out & sent 20 bu shels & wheat to mill brought up meal etc ploughing grubing etc Sister Sarah Ann & Emily came over to a candy stue

25th Tus

Cdy rain a little I went to the river set 3 or 4 traps bated with a fish & posimons Mr martin working on a satch for this house ploughing halled 3 or 4 loads straw down to barn halled a load straw etc

26th W

Rainy evening I went to – Bro Saml gave him 5. dollars to by me a coat $5 dollars for Sister Sarah 3$ for Hackett ploughing cleaning around the fence by Cobbs

27th Th

Cdy day warm Mr Williams came to make a bargain – with me about chimney I am to give him 3 dollars to finish the chimney – Mr martin & I moved the closet door to day etc Williams had a pair 1/2 sowls at 12 1/2 cts. malling rails halling – wood cleaning around fence

28th Fr
chimney

Fair mild weather Mr Martin went for a load of bricks brought 250 Mr Williams came to work on the chimney Bob helping him we chinked the house sowled Martin a pair pants for 3$ - - - grubing at the new ground etc etc etc

29th Sat

Fair cool day a west win Williams workin on chimney finished the rock part cutting & halling wood halled a load san etc grubing – craming the house to night

30th Sun
small pox at
E Terrells

Rain & hail a little to day I went to Bro Saml received $4$ of him from Lewis Hill He pd Mason 20$ for the hire of boy John for 1847. he bought me a coat in Richmond for 5$ - - Thomasia went with Mama to Mr Harrises

31st M
grubing 31st

Fair mild weather – I went to S Allens & picked out a passel of bricks – Martin went with me rode flirtella ploughing grubing at new grown [ground] commenced to day shelling corn etc etc