Day Journals of James T. Redd - July 1865

Sat 1
Carmel
mill

fair/cdy/fair/fair I went to Carmel Bro Ryland preached received 2 members Wright and Moncure Ledger and I agreed to make a bunch for meeting house 11 from ?? put roler an ox cart.

Ploughing e hill, weeding potatos, sent to Dr. Lins mill halled a lode wood

Sun. 2

fair/fair/fair/fair I went to Carmel SS H & children went in ox cart Bro Ryland preached. Commenced & W Luck came over in evening.

M3
oats

fair/fair/fair/fair I weed some watermellon vines etc etc Lewis Redd came over with Davis and went home in evening Canfield brought back my basket and corn I hired James to cut oats 75cts a day.

Cutting oats, weeding potatos. Bob & John plowing Corn e hill

Tus4
one day

fair/fair/fair/fair cutting oats at Locus G Harriet & Fanny went to Bro Addams very poly. ?? came on  at Washington James one days work

Ploughing corn e hill cutting oats Locus Grove

W5
1/2 day

fair/fair/fair/fair (very warm day in center of diagram) Finished cutting oats nearly. I let James have 1/2 bu corn worked 2-1/2 D H went to E hill I went up in corn field ?? R came to get ??

Finished cutting oats hear ploughing corn e hill gate  weeding greens

TH 6
[black hand sketch]

rain a little/fair/fair/fair Went to see Bro Addams He's quite poly saw Mrs Sanders J Swann and others there. Mr. John Noel died to day old man.

Ploughing corn e hill weeding greens & potatos

FR 7

e redd

fair/fair/fair/fair (very warm inside diagram) I went to see R Evans he has hooping cough went to Reynolds sister Redd for 1 gal vinegar I went to mill saw Mr. Noels coffin made by Jack Mathews mending the ?? Edmond T. Redd spoke to me a for a grave

Weeding potatos & peas and finishing the corn on ?? e hill ploughing on swamp again

Sat 8
Hard wood
Sanders

fair/rain/fair/fair (very warm day inside diagram)_I carryed eggs to ?? went to ?? market to Cedar Fork & traded eggs with Graham L for sugar & blacking [blacking: paste used to clean and polish boots, floors, doorsteps] matches Robert came up brought logs on it. Is sawing very hard has 2 ?? let R is due 10 cts worth tobacco Isac is hear James went to grow samel on mair Mr & Mrs Sanders came to night

Ploughing corn weeding peas

Sun. 9
Carmel
Sanders

fair/rain/cdy/cdy I went to Carmel SS Bro R preached. Mr & Mrs Sanders cow ?? went in oxcart had tomatoes corn & etc. for dinner

M10
Carmel
Mr. Sanders

rain/rain/cdy/rain I went to Carmel to help fix well. Got a great many buckets out and I have 2 pieces for frame for well & Mr. S and Harris went to John Swans

Ploughing patching

Tus 11

cdy/cdy/rain/rain hard I turned a spout for well at Carmel fixed frame John Carpenter got a six-shooter out [of] well more times and I found a curry comb

Halled a load wood & chopping corn

W12
Bro Addams
[black hand sketch]

fair/rain/fair/fair I was quite sick to day Edmond Redd brought over a load things to Locus Grove News etc. James went to Bro S. w him & Cary washed wool Bro Addams Thomas Died 10 ock morning Working on patches

TH13
Edmond moving to old place

fair/rain/fair/cdy Spent day in house Edmond came with a load James & John gone to Bro Addams funeral this evening. Went to E. Cobbs to see ?? quince and chicken

Bob & Cary working peas

F14
Betty

fair/fair/fair/rain I am quite poly yet Edmond came over in wagon Betty came and Cary & James over in wagon. ?? Sandrs brought her home. Pertha is hear went home.

Ploughing rye in by spring, etc.

Sat 15
drawing of horse

rain fair/cdy/rain/cdy Cousin Fitz wrote me a note to let his horses ?? in my pasture he would pay in fowls and turned ?? in 3 I rode around pasture with him and the people had holiday took it Edmon came over put his horse in my pasture

Sun16

cdy/rain/rain/cdy I went over LG with Edmond children went to SS in ox cart. & Pertha is quite week yet. Edmond went Elon to hear Bro Ryland Bro Rove preached at Carmel going to have pick nick 3 of August at Carmel

M17
drawing of horse, drawing of 2 pigs

fair/fair/fair/fair Wright brought John a bay horse has sore leg 9 years old He carried saddle to Wrights went to Providence spent day Ella Eliza & Mr. W came this evening went to look at butter beans Pigs 5 spotted sow

Ploughing potatos weeding by the house etc.

Tus 18
Miss Hill,
Sanders
Oats

fair/fair/fair/fair H and John went to Huletts for Mrs. Mary Hill Mr. Bragglemen came up Mr. S went to Locus Ch about negro case and Miss Molly Hill came over Mr. Sanders came in evening and Edmond came. I got up the oats at old place I went to look at corn e hill (election day) Mr. Noel W

Weeding Potatoes opened oats old halled them up put them in scool-house and corn house

W19

Carmel

fair/fair/fair/fair I went to Carmel to pray. In meeting Bro R preached. 16 persons at meeting warm

Ploughing patches & the meeting

TH20
Chesterfield

fair/fair/fair/fair I carried a pot butter to Sturns and traded for cloth. 6 yds and 1/2 came by Mr. Noels & Cobbs to see Mr. Martin from home

Ploughing potatoes patch and weeding peas etc

FR21
[black hand sketch]

fair/fair/fair/fair Edmond came over with family, Clarrence came and went back. Mrs. Hill W to Anna cousin Fitz came to see Edmond I sowed up a hogs side (dog tore) Fuller Anderson died this morning

Ploughing cotton, sugar bean, weed beans, etc

Sat22

fair/fair/fair/fair I went by R. Anderson & to S. Terrells & to shoemakers says – wore by ?? & Spicers- Landora – home saw Billy – horse by cornfield

Weeding irish potatoes by ??

Sun23

fair/fair/fair/fair I went by Providence carryed butter beans & went to Carmel SS had 12 scollars 105 ? 141 in all. Bro Ryland preached girls & boys went in Edmonds wagon John ? came up

M24

fair/cdy/fair/fair Working on plank for ?? & the chimney at old place fell down. I went over Billy ? over H & M Hall & John went to Capt Addams came back in night. John went home

Weeding sugar bean [red speckled bean]

Tus 25
Sanders ??

fair/fair/fair/fair Sanders came & spent day. Girls & John w out with him ?? came back in night

Weeding sugar bean & put horse flowers down

W 26

fair/fair/fair/fair I have been poley to day cows in Fitz & Anna came to dine & ?? on Hill

Put down horse? Weeding bean etc.

Th 27

fair/rain hard/fair/cdy I fixed down mashine & thrashed 5 bu w & faned it Jennet helped a little. Dr. in Carmel to see Ed child all watermellon

Put down mashine & threshed some wheat etc.

Fr 28
wheat threshing

fair/fair/fair/fair I hired Jennet & Marshael for 2 – a day threshing wheat – Anna, crop Sister Conelia came over to see Edmond child & Betty Cary came hear to night Threshing wheat rye faned some & sent to mill ?? out ??

Sat 29

fair/rain hard/rain/rain I pulled 31 water melons finished threshing oats boys left in evening 1/2 day

Finished oats rye & faned rye etc Finished oats rye & ?? rye

Sun 30

rain-fair/fair/cdy/fair I went to SS Carmel. Cory & James went we have 151 Scollars appointed to meet tomorrow to fix for Jim. Nick Sanders came to Edmonds. I went over with Thomasia Mr Beaggleman & Southworths came to Locus Grove

M31
turnip patch

rain shower/rain/cdy/cdy I sowed turnip patch by sheep pen & cow S. Went to e hill look at corn.

Ploughed turnip patch sowed the same ?? fallowing for wheat in front of H

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