Tus 1 st |
Fair warm most of the day Mama sent 3 hands to help me plant cotton & corn etc. I planted cotton planting corn by Cobbs Raining at this time planted connon corn halled manure to cotton patch |
W 2nd |
Fair a fine rain last night halled 3 loads rails patched up the fence
by gap on the way to the garden Robert & Jon malling rails till 11 ock I
got 1 peck corn of Cobb |
Th 3rd |
Fair I raked the potatoe patch & planted it in the seed potatoes 4 or 5 kinds Mama hands helping Robert & Joh Dab helped to manure the patch planting potatoes 3 1/2 bushels 2 patches one on swamp in orchard halled load manure to E. field |
Fr 4th |
Fair very warm day Bob & Robert ploughing in the field on the road the field next to Mr Gouldins field Anne & Betty spent the night last night children had a party at scool - ploughing grubing & halling brush from fence in road Joh helping to grub etc. |
Sat 5th |
Rainy evening I went to Carmel pd F Cobbs $2.00 for ?? Cobbs in full
the church chose Bro Allen Deacon ofthe church & licenced Bro H Lowery
to preach |
Sun 6th |
Rainy most of the day I spent the day at home A Bro Garnette spent the night hear Princetta hadher first puppys 4 by old Prince |
M 7th |
Rain fine very cdy day got a letter from H. Ann Anderson [Thomasia's
youngers sister Harriet Anne Anderson, 1819-1897] I bought a book of preaches
he went to Cty Line to preach I went to Bro Saml to carry letter etc etc |
Tus 8th |
Rain a little cdy most of the day planting corn finished on the main road planted the field in Lucks kind of corn rakeing ploughing planting corn etc. |
W 9th |
Fair mild weather halling manure to corn field and putting it in the
drills William & James Henry Terrell came with Llewellyn fire got away
in my Field put it out etc |
Th 10th |
Cdy a little rain sent a calf to Mamas pasture to wean Thad killed
several birds breakfasted hear 1/2 bl corn ground in/to hominy from mill |
Fr 11th |
Cdy day cool I went to Mrs Swanns & to William Swanns pd him his
account & Mrs Swanns his was $2.85cts & Mrs. S $1.20¢ |
Sat 12 th |
Fair till evening a little shower to night I have been kwite poly
[quite poorly] to day - made a coop for turkey - Kate had puppys to day 6 or
8 in all 3 dogs let Peter have 50cts for malling 3 hundred rails & 3 lbs
sugar says I owe him 18 3/4cts owe 6 1/4 cts for sugar |
Sun 13th |
Rain a very heavy one a good deal of win etc I spent the day at home poly most of the day Llewellyn came home from W Terrells Thad from cobbs Cate had 8 puppys S sluts [female dogs] etc 3 dogs had them yesterday |
M 14th |
Fair a cool day I went to Boling Green saw Dr Gouldin & Dr
Daricotte & others saw Bowler got the money of him & got 1/2 bl meal
from mill |
Tues 15th |
A light shower to night - Bro Saml came over to spay mamas hogs spayed 3 for me I walked to the new ground on main road halling manure & got 1/2 bl chop [chopped grain] halling manure putting it in hill & drill commenced planting corn on manured land in Burrus's corn |
Wed 16th |
Raining to night cdy - most of the day planting corn on manured land
in the Burrus's corn |
Th 17th |
A shower last night a few drops rain to day - I set out a few tomatoe plants meeting at Cty Line finished planting corn in manured land ree planting ploughed pea patch rakeing cotton patch |
Fri 18 |
Fair cool morning I commenced grubing the new ground to day with my
hands & Mama's meeting going at Cty Line There are a good many to be
baptized tomorrow - mules got away went off |
Sat 19th |
Fair mild weather working on new ground sent to mill for meal &
cho 1/2 lb each Sister Sarah & Lucy Redd [Lucy Ann Redd, his older
sister, 1815-1878] came up to day Bob had 2 lbs sugar 1/- baptizing at Cty
Line 4 baptized |
Sun 20th |
Fair warm we went to T Castle & to Carmel Bro Harris preached Bro Harris preached at Mama's funeral of Mary - we came up home this evening I pd Bartlett 25cts he is to work for me next Monday at 25cts by the day |
M 21st |
Fair warm day I went to the new ground grubing & sawing logs etc
etc I went to Mama s pd Bro Harris $5.25 cts for collage and mission society |
Tus 22 |
Fair very warm day I finished grubing the larger grubs commenced the
fence running it on road the meeting broke up today at Cty Line held 10 days
- saw Linnaeus & Tom & others |
W 23rd |
Fair very warm day the Dr sent his Carry log [2-wheel horse-drawn
cart] to move some logs out of new ground I cut down 5 pines halling rails
Peter had 545 rails in the fence Joh has 184 Perkins 160 pd him Bob had 147
rails counted Joh McL Anderson [Thomasia's younger brother John McLaughlin
Anderson, 1832-1881] came to spend the night |
Th 24 |
Fair most of the day it thundered & lightning a good deal this evening a few drops rain Dr sent Elliott to mall rails Peter malled 72 rails last night Bob 168 got 1/2 bl meal & 1/2 bl chop from the mill finished cutting down the trees in new ground sawed 20 odd stocks halled 3 to the mill got carry log ? at back fencing grubing malling etc etc |
Fr 25 th |
Cdy most of the day I borrowed 3 pair sheep shers of Mr Harris halling wood etc off the new ground commenced ploughing with 2 single ploughs halling, ploughing, grubing etc burning brush |
Sat 26th |
Rainy day. Mama's hands came over to shear sheep sheared 11 sheep
sent a ram to Mr. Gouldins to swap - I patched up cutting box - Bob made some
drawbars I put up a pair by the gate |
Sun 27th |
Rain a little cdy damp day we went to Bro Saml & I spent the day & night Mr. Alburt Hackett came back a day or two ago going back again to Charlottesville Thad is very sick at mamas Pd Bob 50cts for rails |
M 28th |
Rainy day I came home in the morning Bartlett worked in the shop all day patched up my Baruch etc [barouche, a 4-wheeled vehicle with 2 double seats facing each other & a collapsible hood] ploughed etc etc done some work for Mama, I went back to Bro Sam, had a harty supper saw Linnaeus he went to see Thad - Jeff struck for Bartlett |
Tues 29th |
Rainy a very heavy rain to day & yesterday I dined at Bro Sams came over this evening - left Thomasia at Hybla malling rails grubing etc the river is a little up - got 1/2 bl meal & chop from the mill |
W 30th |
Cdy morning fair evening I sent to T Castle for a basket of plants
cabbage - sent them out I went to T Castle & to Bro Saml - for Thomasia
came home this evening river is up |
Th 31 st |
Fair warm day commenced thining the corn in front of the house Lucy Redd [younger sister Lucy Ann Redd, 1797-1834] went to Mr Pleasants, I saw Mr Noell at school house a good rain last night Bob halled a lode rails to fence around this lot ploughing out back on corn field on the main road etc I let Canfield have ?? of coal to be returned |