October 4 - 26, 1847

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October 4 - 26, 1847

1847 Oct 4 Stacking our tops Talton
here finishing chimney — weather finebusinessfor

5. Housing lot Tobacco this day. —

6th Raining this day —

7 Thundered & Rained nearly all day
& in the evening the most sever Thunder
& lightening I most ever saw –

8th Turned cooler & the sun shining
this morning ground very wet - etc etc

9 Went down with Talton to see Land
cutting Our Buck wheat & housed Tobacco
Second cutting - weather still moderate
Our new ground Tobacco still standing
nearly ½ of it.

11 began to Pull fresh ground
corn, this morning cloudy & like
for Rain, warm, Halled up 5 loads
Corn yesterday, made 11 in fresh ground

15 Frost this morning cut all our Tobacco
yesterday Hanging & Housing this day

16 sewed second years Tobacco Land in
wheat - 3 bushels. Choping round the
stumps & cutting off Bushes
Housed 20 Barrels Corn

18 Plowing for wheat Housing
Load corn fresh ground. Made 25 Bbls
Digging sweet Potatoes this morning

19 weather fine about this time,-

23. 59 Bushels cleaned out, sold, in
2 Hhds & used together to this day

26th myself & wife & Jacob Jerry & Henry
started for Orange went on by the way
of Lynchg & Charlottesville had a good
trip & got to my Fathers in Orange on
Saturday before night. Jacob & myself went
to Capt Boxleys on the 9th Nov 1847. We
started back for home by the way of Louisa CH

October 4 - 26, 1847

1847 Oct 4 Stacking our tops Talton
here finishing chimney — weather finebusinessfor

5. Housing lot Tobacco this day. —

6th Raining this day —

7 Thundered & Rained nearly all day
& in the evening the most sever Thunder
& lightening I most ever saw –

8th Turned cooler & the sun shining
this morning ground very wet - etc etc

9 Went down with Talton to see Land
cutting Our Buck wheat & housed Tobacco
Second cutting - weather still moderate
Our new ground Tobacco still standing
nearly ½ of it.

11 began to Pull fresh ground
corn, this morning cloudy & like
for Rain, warm, Halled up 5 loads
Corn yesterday, made 11 in fresh ground

15 Frost this morning cut all our Tobacco
yesterday Hanging & Housing this day

16 sewed second years Tobacco Land in
wheat - 3 bushels. Choping round the
stumps & cutting off Bushes
Housed 20 Barrels Corn

18 Plowing for wheat Housing
Load corn fresh ground. Made 25 Bbls
Digging sweet Potatoes this morning

19 weather fine about this time,-

23. 59 Bushels cleaned out, sold, in
2 Hhds & used together to this day

26th myself & wife & Jacob Jerry & Henry
started for Orange went on by the way
of Lynchg & Charlottesville had a good
trip & got to my Fathers in Orange on
Saturday before night. Jacob & myself went
to Capt Boxleys on the 9th Nov 1847. We
started back for home by the way of Louisa CH