1st M |
Rain a pretty shower – Mr Tate & I commenced pulling down the shop at Anna, about 11 ock – ploughing reeplanting corn etc hogs rooted up my corn by Cobbs - |
2nd Tus |
Rainy day showery working on shop with Tate & Robert stuck peas halling manure to the garden ploughing brakeing out balks |
3rd W |
Fair warm working on shop. buffalo cow Emma had a calf her 3rd calf fee male fencing ploughing etc |
4th Th |
Fair warm day working on Anna, house with Mr Tate & Martin ploughing garden for greens & the sweet potatoe patch halling manure etc shelling corn |
5th Fr |
Rain this evening I went to Walker Terrells for some timber for Anna – working on the house got 1 bu potatoes of W Terrell hilling potatoe hills planted a few moved the house to day |
6th Sat |
Cdy warm day. I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text 2nd ct Philippians part 16 verse first part gave 2$ & a 1/4 to the little book working on the house this evening set out greens planted potatoes sweet – reeplanting corn by Cobbs brakeing out balks etc |
7th Sun |
Shower to day we went to T Castle & to Carmel Bro Harris preached |
8th M |
Rain a little to night – I went to Terells mill for plank halled 2 loads weather boarding for shop working on house this evening planted sweet potatoes – reeplanting corn ploughing by Cobbs etc. . . |
9th Tus |
Fair working on house commenced weeding corn by Canfields - |
10th W |
Rain a heavy one this evening working on house for Anna – reeplanting corn by turnip patch weeding corn etc etc. ["8 days" entered above next entry: days of work for Anna] |
11th Th |
Fair cool day working on house sent to T. Castle for cabbage plants set them out & a[m] putting manure around the corn raming post in the garden etc etc etc |
12th Fr |
Cdy rain a little halled poles for scaffolds – working on the house weeding corn cetc |
13th Sat |
Fair a frost cool day I put up my sheep & sheared them the 6 yielded 30 lbs wool – halled a load corn from mama, 3 barrells got in all working on house planted peas etc weeding corn. |
14th Sun |
Fair cool day We went to Cty Line Bro Allen preached Bro Hall preached in the evening Maria had a child to day girl. |
15th M |
Fair mild weather working on Anna, house finished weather boarding one side Hackett went to the Bol Green wed cotton made cow pen weeding corn etc |
16th Tus |
Fair warm windy etc Hackett went off to day – working on house weeding corn ploughing |
17th W |
Rainy evening working on the house weeding corn shelling corn set out tomatoe plants in the garden |
18th Th |
Fair warm day working on house Sister Sarah & Lucy Redd & Miss Renny came up from Richmond fencing by the cow pen halled manure & put it around the corn by the posimon tree. – weeding corn - - – Rose has a calf ["extect" lined out] male calf |
19th Fr |
Fair arm day working on house Louisa & Frank Gouldin came up to Mama, this evening weeding corn sent to mill for meal sent back wheat to mill |
20th Sat |
Fair warm working on the house finished weather boarding in front etc weeding corn & Irish potatoes in the garden Peter made a pair shoes for me for 25 cts. |
21st Sun |
Fair, very warm day – we went to Carmel Bro Harris preached he preached at Mama, - this evening funeral sermon Bro Sam dined hear to day |
22nd M |
Fair very warm day Mr Tate & I finished the weather boarding – I went to S Cobbs bought two trees for 4$ - finished weeding potatoes in garden the old part or patch weeding corn Nelson laid up - - |
23rd Tus |
Fair working on the house Mr Tate & self wheated my X [cross] saw weeding corn etc etc |
24th W |
A shower Mr Tate & I went for a shingle tree got 4 stocks off of it commenced weather boarding the north side ploughing & weeding corn. |
25th Th |
Raining finely at this time working on house for Anna sawing shingle blocks etc etc I hired a ditcher to day for 75 cts weeding corn halled a load poles to shop |
26th Fr |
Cdy we went to Cobb sin the 2 carts for 2 stocks – getting shingles etc weeding beets corn etc a good rain last night |
27th Sat |
Fair I went to T Castle in the evening Tate & I getting shingles etc Martin weather boarding etc Becky had a calf planted peas weeding corn by Cobbs etc |
28th Sun |
Fair I went to Carmel Bro Phillips preached to the collard People we came home this evening I found a cow dead Victory - |
29th M |
Rainy evening a heavy rain getting shingles sawing etc had a cow skined weeding corn by Cobbs |
30th Tus |
Rain a hard shower I halled 5 barrels corn from mama, am to have it for 2$ - sow missing has pigs 11 2nd litter – triming peach trees thining corn etc etc |
31st W |
Fair cool commenced shinglin Anna, house I went to Lins to see him for Mama sent cow skin to tan yard thining corn weeding by Cobbs etc |