March 27, 1860 - April 7, 1860

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fransalman at Jun 08, 2021 02:19 AM

March 27, 1860 - April 7, 1860

1860 March 27th weather moderated some
Hilling to day
Sent Henry to Faris's Mill 9 Bus. wheat for
flour 1 Bus. wheat for Chop & 1 Small Log
for Plank, etc Got 9 Bus. sent for flour & Plank

28. Plowing for Corn & Raking in new
ground & cleaning up.

29 Plowing for Corn Grubing in new
ground & cleaning up fine weather

30. I have been to aspen Grove, they are hilling
down there in new ground fine weather
We are Grubing in new ground & Plowing
for Corn & trying to finish Mrs Hargrave here

31st finshed this morning & Halled Leaves
& cleaning up new ground leaves halled
in field ¬¬ – fine weather I went down to
See Jim Faris’s property sold he is
gone off nobody Knows where.

1st aprl 1860 Sunday Stayed at home.

2 " Halling leaves & Logs Out of new
ground Set Leaves on fire this evening

3rd Halling wood Rails etc out of new
new ground

4th Raining set Log Heaps & Leaves on fire
Rained till 12 Oclock then cleared off we
were striping Tobacco Came up a cloud
Rained hailed & the wind Blew very hard Blowed
down about 200 pannels of our fence
& Hailed Smartly ¬– nearly burnt up our
Logs 5th Have been ½ day putting up fence

5 Began to colter new ground at 12 Oclock
Raking forking up manure to day –
I went to aspen Grove Mt airy & Millers Mill,

6 Coltering Hilling for Sweet Potatoes
Raking some, I went to Chalk Levela Lock& got

7. Halling dirt from Well Sent to Mill

March 27, 1860 - April 7, 1860

1860 March 27th weather moderated some
Hilling to day
Sent Henry to Faris’s Mill 9 Bus. wheat for
flour 1 Bus. wheat for Chop & 1 Small Log
for Plank, etc Got 9 Bus. sent for flour & Plank

28. Plowing for Corn & Raking in new
ground & cleaning up.

29 Plowing for Corn Grubing in new
ground & cleaning up fine weather

30. I have been to aspen Grove, they are hilling
down there in new ground fine weather
We are Grubing in new ground & Plowing
for Corn & trying to finish Mrs Hargrave here

31st finshed this morning & Halled Leaves
& cleaning up new ground leaves halled
in field ¬¬ – fine weather I went down to
See Jim Faris’s property sold he is
gone off nobody Knows where.

1st aprl 1860 Sunday Stayed at home.

2 " Halling leaves & Logs Out of new
ground Set Leaves on fire this evening

3rd Halling wood Rails etc out of new
new ground

4th Raining set Log Heaps & Leaves on fire
Rained till 12 Oclock then cleared off we
were striping Tobacco Came up a cloud
Rained hailed & the wind Blew very hard Blowed
down about 200 pannels of our fence
& Hailed Smartly ¬– nearly burnt up our
Logs 5th Have been ½ day putting up fence

5 Began to colter new ground at 12 Oclock
Raking forking up manure to day –
I went to aspen Grove Mt airy & Millers Mill,

6 Coltering Hilling for Sweet Potatoes
Raking some, I went to Chalk Level –a Lock& got

7. Halling dirt from Well Sent to Mill