Tus 1st | Fair cold mor. pretty day/Fair/Fair very cold/Fair The wind was at east soon worked around to South before night going north wes I went to Hewletts in wagon for a box that came from Richmond Harriet – Saw Judge Redd at Hewletts I got 48 cts worth sugar carryed 2 1/2 lbs butter for Lizzie & 1 1/2 dozen Eggs had 1/2 broken brought them back again got things for John carryed check $5.00 laid out one Mr Ware went with Sam to Bro Saml. Fannie & Mr Smith came up to spend day Sandy came Lizzie & child went home with Sandy – I saw snow on flats cars at Hewletts. |
W 2. | Fair L frost/Fair/Cdy cold night/Fair I went to part of traps water is a little up I went to Peter Fox to carry a letter or note to Caty about sending her Daughter to Harriet came by Hunter Butzners to get my steel trap. I helped John McLA to cut doar out & check doar to feed room Jas came with a lode shucks & brought a ruster & box for John we hird a noise alike Earth quake to night. Opiolea came to bring bucket – this morning |
Th 3. | Fair cold day/Fair/Fair/Snow I helped Jas to unlode wagon with shucks & helped to put wagon pin in his broke he started from hear about 11 ock John M put feed room doar up his horse got out to day – made 2 coops to send rusters north. Cutting & halling wood Lesly came looking for turkeys. did not find them Lizzie & boy came this evening & returned. |
Fr 4. | Rain/Fair/Fair cold/Fair It commenced snowing & hailing about 11 or 12 oclock last night snow fell about 3 inches - melted a good deel I nailed up Johns horse troft made bar for doar & a latch or bolt for doar. cutting & halling or wheeling wood for John & l. Lilly is hear to night - win at east this morning got around to south this evening. greesed my boots to night. John cut my hair to d. |
Sat 5. | Fair very cold/Fair/Fair/Fair I went to Sorneys to carry 3 notes for John to go to Hewletts Sorney was sick gave them to Savery to carry. have not hird from him since Sandy & Lizzie & child came this evening gone to Saverys to night left child hear. Buckhannon & Jim came up with a lode straw for John & a ruster & hen – cutting & halling wood etc wind north & north west to day cold day |
Sun 6. | Fair cold/Fair/Fair/Fair I spent day at home Sandy Lizzie & boy went home this morning Fannie Dukes came this evening with a postal from Linnie to Thomasia. Sandy carryed Lilly home with him this morning. |
M 7. | Fair very cold indeed/Fair/Fair/Fair Moriah Sims came to get the clothes to wash I cut & halled up wood etc went to Some of my traps caught a large dark mink in mash trat fishing hole in Mrs L. Otho came to night to bring a postal from Capt Addams & a note from Cary to Jas very cold this morning. cold day. horses did not come up to |
Tus 8. | Fair cold night/Fair/Cdy/Rain sleet I had a chiliness most of the night last I cut & halled up wood Thomasia went to Jenets to get him to cut wood for John cut a little for me had my axe Sandy & Lizzie & Boy came brought sowing mashine for Tho to fix S & L gone to Saverys to night he came by to get a postal to Capt Addams about stove pieces Moriah Sims came to bring clothes. Savery went to Hewletts snow has melted very little for several days. passd ice about from 4 to 6 inches. |
W 9. | Rain sleet/Rain/Rain/Rain I quite poly to day Sandy fed for me to night went to traps he carryed Luty to cedar-fork to night mad with Lizzie because she did not go home. John made me a specktickle case of cedar. |
Th 10. | Rain misty day/Rain/Cdy/Fair Thomasia & Lizzie fed this morning for me Jennet came & halled up 2 wheel barow lodes wood for me brooke leg of barrow Iry came to see John he & I went to look for basket to put fowl in at John Mongum bries – Lizzie & Boy went to cedar fork lock to day. I have been taking cough mixture most of the day. quite feeble. John gave me the cace to day speckticle |
Fr 11. | Fair snowing a good d/Fair mild/Fair/Fair I took cough mixture all day to day Lem Luck & hands came to strip tobacco finished commenced in kitchen & finished at tobacco house – Fannie came this morning & returned this evening – evening & returned to night. Jennet came with bag corn carryed 1 bu for me to mill on Carry & went to Hewletts for John got a letter & card for Thomasia – Columbia & Jim came for lard for Moriah Sims - |
Sat 12. | Fair mild d/Fair/Fair/Cdy John put handles on 2 of my chisels & put a halter on his mare I cut a little wood etc poly all day Tom Anderson came tonight with a gobler to swap going to spend night John & Jas came 8 ock with lode shucks bed etc etc etc etc |
Sun 13. | Cdy/Rain Thundered a L a g. deel/Rain/Rain The Boys brought up hens & rusters put there shucks & things away before the rain Tom started home soon with turkey it thundered very loud lightened a good deel in evening Lizzie & woman came by carryed her mashine home to day. Jas sent Cornal for horses to night. in Saverys. I took 3 pils tonight he gave me. Iry brought 2 hens for John from Mon. |
M 14. | Cdy/Fair/Fair/Fair I took a doce salts this morning. Boys cutting wood & wheeling it. Thomasia put a hamper of sweet potatoes in potatoe hold boys brought up Thomasia went to cedar fork carryed 2 dozen Eggs to trade for sugar got 2 1/2 lbs Lizzie went with the children to Providence Mr S went to L. Ct House – Mr Jas Smith & Cary came this evening & stayed till nearly 8 ock & returned Bro Saml is poly with coal |
Tus 15. | Fair mild d/Fair/Fair/Fair Lem Luck & Savery came with wagon & corn Savery took in all of the tobacco Lem carryed his stack fodder home he brought a gun for John to fix lock & a clock to clean Jas went to Golans. ville to Vander got home to night John rote a letter to his sweet hart. Otho brought Johns mall to him this evening & took ruster home with him Johns, Cloa brought clothes home this evening. Jas carrryed up for John R. I went to river it is rising fast John got a thermometer & atlas from turn out. |
W 16. | Fair cool day/Fair/Fair/Fair John went over with John McLA to Bro Sam,l on his way to Richmond John M came back to dinner Jas went to T. Castle with Jim Buckhannon to get corn of Dick he went to Bro Saml & returned to night engaged corn for $2.30 cts Lizzie Fannie & children came this morning Fan went back – Jenny Lambie & Fannie came & sat a while Jennet came to cut wood put up 1/2 cord. I took 2 pils last night. Jas got a hen of Buckhannon John Mack. brought her over. Edmond at cedar-fork to day. about tobacco toled L to come h. |
Th 17. | Fair cool day/Fair/Fair/Fair Jas & I put body on wagon Jas went to T, Castle for a lode corn of Dick Buckhannon got 6 barells at $2.30 cts put in corn house John Mack helped Jennet came to cut wood out & halled for John M. he brought up post papers & plate for shed for John I went to traps – a part boat up tree could not get it in river I caught a mink in steel trap ivy hill rock Lizzie rode to cedar fork got a gallon oil 25 cts she & boy went home this evening or night. [Lizzie & boy likely refers to Lizzie and her son Abner Vernon England, 1876 – 1948] |
Fr 18. | Fair mild day/Fair/Fair/Fair Jennet came to kill hog he & Jas killed him & Jas went to Flippoes store to look for corn did not get any. I went to river got my boat off & went to a part of the traps John & Cary came tonight in tudle John got his clothes etc brought 10 lbs sugar & 5 lbs coffee of Wm Dandridge cutting wood etc |
Sat 19. | Fair mild d/Fair/Fair/Cdy Jas cut out hog I salted it Jas & I hung up 3 boxes meet rove slits Cary left this morning for home Lem Luck & Savery came by he got $7.68 cts for our part tobacco 1/4 soled for $4.10 Lem got his clock had coffee pot mended. John went down to Mrs Eubanks cutting & halling wood etc Eliza came with clothes. Emma sent boys down with yarn I took a doce mullin syrup) [mullein syrup, made from mullein leaves, is said to be good for coughs] John Mack made a coop 14 lbs. Old Baylors house burnt down I hear |
Sun 20. | Rain/Rain cdy/Cdy/Rain a L. Lizzie & child came this evening – and returned to night I went with hir through the pines Mrs Southworths Opolis came for meal etc. we have been taking mullen syrup for couls. |
M 21. | Cdy mild day/Cdy/Cdy Rai a Little/Cdy Cleaned out smoke house & cramed a part made smoke etc Jas carryed a ruster for John McLA to Hewletts to go to Stanton he got rods for stove Duke charged 40 cts he is cracked. Jas & I cut & halled 3 lodes of wood up in wagon Thomasia & Luty went to Mrs Souths to chop sausage meet – Jas brought 2 letters from Linnie the child Wm Dandridge died friday 2 ock in night H & Wm going to Prov fork to day [William Garland Dandridge, Jr., 1877-1878] |
Tus 22. | Fair mild day/Fair/Fair/Fair Thomasia & John went to Providence came back about 1/2 pass 1 ock Jas carryed Luty cedar fork & went to Mrs Digs looking for corn went to Worthams etc did not get any I went to traps caught a hair bated 2 or 3 traps with hair one or 2 with rats sat up mash-trap at island I saw some ottoe [otter] tracks etc etc Byron brought a clock for John to fix gave him Mrs S. spade. Lizzie came this evening & returned pretty soon cutting wood cleaned the spring out – found a box trap near boat Landing - |
W 23. | Fair cold win/Fair/Fair cold/Fair I went with Jas by rock spring for the fodder & wood it was fenced with I saw Savery & Pains cows at stack they came in pasture came for them to night I went to traps caught a musk rat & a mink the mink had one leg pulled off by mink caught him in mash trap Mrs S. I went to Jennets for Emma. did not come went to see Moriah – Sims she came to night to help clean fowl killed 20 of mine turned out 8 or 10 – Susan Buckhannon came this morning. Sam sent for her this evening by Les – John came this evening from King Wm. Jas halled a lode tags to stable halled some post for John to make lot for fowls – cutting wood etc etc |
Th 24. | Fair cold m/Fair/Fair/Cdy killed 4 turkeys & sent 26 fowls & hens & rusters – Jas carryed them in wagon he went to Bro Sam came back to night John went to Dr Lins & Bro Samls or Noels I went to traps bated with fowls heads caught a hair in steel trap & bated with a part caught a musk-rat. Henry Carter came with corn for John & Hogshead. got stove etc Jas brought a clock for John to clean T got a letter from Harriet Ann with pepper seed in it. Otho came for clock, Lizzie & children came spent day left Luty hear I went to Mrs Lambies looking for Lilly Cow cutting wood etc Savery halling cedar post to Hewletts |
Fr 25. | Rain showery/Rain/Rain/Fair I mae a mash-trap & sat it above boat landing Jas started to town he & John came back to night brought harness Fannie came to day & stayed till night went to Mrs Lambies – Mrs Southworth came this evening – cutting wood etc I skined m rat – caught a mole Jas saw a wild gobler in Mrs S. I sat a trap for a halk on ash stump ivy-hill Fannie brought some wild-turkey up |
Sat 26. | Fair mild d/Fair/Fair/Fair I went to Buck Terrells to carry yarn to knit socks for John by Miss Terrell bought 4 pair cotton socks for John – that she knit. Lizzie & [crotil?] & child came etc carryed Luty home saw her with 2 puppies I stoped at Mrs Southworths & plumed [plumbed?] her clock – I went to traps caught 3 minks one in trap I made yesterday – Jas went to Providence & came back this evening & went to Bro Sam,l on way to Richmond with Cary 2 Johns went to Hanover & returned. cutting wood etc Cherry has a male calf sone |
Sun 27. | Fair mild d/Rain/Rain/Fair Jas Henry Terrell came to bring a pair socks for John R. stayed till 12 or 1 ock – Sandy Lizzie & children came. Sorney came by to see John McLA |
M 28. | Fair/Fair/Fair/Fair John carryed buggy to Hewlets to have stay-iron mended Duke charged 40 cts John went to Libbys for his shirts etc pd her 50 cts – I went to traps caught a musk rat & a [toe?] in little trap. Lizzie went to Providence to breakfast. H, is to come up thirsday to Chesterfield Sandy went home soon. Lizzie & children went this morning. cutting wood etc rat cut his leg off. steel trap. |
Tus 29. | Fair cold day 29th d/Fair/Fair/Fair I went to Providence carryed a card from Harriet to send for her next thirsday morning I dined there & returned Fannie sent a Boy up this evening with a bundle for Lizzie she & children came this evening & Eliza she carryed a bag walnuts home – cutting wood etc |
W 30. | Fair cold/Cdy/Cdy Snow/Snow John & I greesed buggy he & Lizzie went to King-Wm John going to be married to night to Miss Mary J. Eubank they wer to go by Providence to see if Fannie was going. I cut & halled wood went to Mrs Lambies carryed a bag clothes for Moriah. to wash etc she sent her girl & boy up hear to night I caught 2 musk-rats bated trap at ivy hill it was [down?] put brush at end of cow shelter etc etc |
Th 31. | Rain snow 1 1/2 in/Rain/Cdy/Cdy Snow melting quite fast slopy cutting wood I carryed horses to water & crossed swamp at ivy hill caught a mink in box trap drowned him in trap – Moriah Sims came up to bring clothes John opened & wheted my wood saw this evening sawed wood I sat mash trap in corn house |