October 4, 1849 - October 18, 1849

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fransalman at Oct 07, 2020 08:20 PM

October 4, 1849 - October 18, 1849

Oct 4th 1849 Cutting Tobacco firening Tobacco
gathering Pumpkins etc ——

5. We will cut our Tobaccoall this morning but our
new Lot & big new ground firing 3 Barns
worming & succoring over Lot & new ground

6 Rained nearly all day - spining shoemaking

7 quite cool & cloudy no frost yet, - my
Nannie & FW gone to Mrs Colemans to day

8 Halled up a Load of corn & shucked
it out & began to throw down Tobacco Hill,
to sew wheat Halled up some Tobacco

9 Fanned out 30 Bushels wheat & waggon
started to Lynchg. returned on Friday 12th

10 & 11 & 12 we were cutting down corn to sew
wheat & cutting & Pulling our Tobacco

13 Saturday Hanging & throwing down
Tobacco Hills riving Tobacco sticks -

14 went to meeting, on 12th it Rained all day

15 went to Court, finished Hanging Tobacco
3 Plows Plowing in fresh ground for wheat
weather moderate

16 Began to sew wheat in Big second
years Land - Fanning out wheat Tobacco& housing
upwards of 400 sticks in little Barn. 1400 in prize
Barn 1300 in new Barn middle Barn full to day
900 in that, & sticks out of Big new ground
sent to mountain, field Barn

17th Finished Fresh land in Tobacco sewed & Bush
not quite done choping around the stumps
Sewed there nearly 5½ bushels.——

18th Shoemending cleaning out stables & halling
Rails for hog pen, Lila & Jane spining
Rained all night & nearly all day to day
Jordan gone to mill. Mr John D Hunt
gave my wife a lovely colt which we
called FCg Hester Ann

October 4, 1849 - October 18, 1849

Oct 4th 1849 Cutting Tobacco firening Tobacco
gathering Pumpkins etc ——

5. We will cut our Tobaccoall this morning but our
new Lot & big new ground firing 3 Barns
worming & succoring over Lot & new ground

6 Rained nearly all day - spining shoemaking

7 quite cool & cloudy no frost yet, - my
Nannie & FW gone to Mrs Colemans to day

8 Halled up a Load of corn & shucked
it out & began to throw down Tobacco Hill,
to sew wheat Halled up some Tobacco

9 Fanned out 30 Bushels wheat & waggon
started to Lynchg. returned on Friday 12th

10 & 11 & 12 we were cutting down corn to sew
wheat & cutting & Pulling our Tobacco

13 Saturday Hanging & throwing down
Tobacco Hills riving Tobacco sticks -

14 went to meeting, on 12th it Rained all day

15 went to Court, finished Hanging Tobacco
3 Plows Plowing in fresh ground for wheat
weather moderate

16 Began to sew wheat in Big second
years Land - Fanning out wheat Tobacco& housing
upwards of 400 sticks in little Barn. 1400 in prize
Barn 1300 in new Barn middle Barn full to day
900 in that, & sticks out of Big new ground
sent to mountain, field Barn

17th Finished Fresh land in Tobacco sewed & Bush
not quite done choping around the stumps
Sewed there nearly 5½ bushels.——

18th Shoemending cleaning out stables & halling
Rails for hog pen, Lila & Jane spining
Rained all night & nearly all day to day
Jordan gone to mill. Mr John D Hunt
gave my wife a lovely colt which we
called FCg Hester Ann