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1799,
September,
14, Fair and warm- one or two very light showers rain in evening. M. Atkins took 4½
Bus' Wheat to sow. Roger Bell sent Anthony with Cart and got for G.C. Taylor
9 Bus Wheat to sow. C. Taylor jr got a small bowl of butter,his father called
here returning from a visit to Wm Gilbert who continues very ill at Aunt Taylor's.
Aunt Taylor, Bro'r James's wife, Tho's Barbour's wife & Chas Taylor
sent and got a Basket peaches each. _____Parr sent Julian King's son & got
2 lb Butter. I had to take it out of a pot & rec'd 2/6 for it. I went to C. Taylor's-
Mrs Eliz'a Conway, her daughters Betsy & Sally, sons Francis and Henry,
Harry Fitzhugh & wife, Lucy Fitzhugh, John Conway & Alice Thornton (a daughter
Charles) dined there, Wm Gibson & boys-____Lumsdale & do, at C. Taylor's.
15, Sunday, Fair,warm. I was unwell and dined at home- J. Taylor with his two boys &
J. Pendleton's three,was here in evening- out Watermelons.
16, Fair. M. Atkins took out 4½ Bus' Wheat to sow. J.Taylor sent a Dollar & got 6lb
R. Bell sent Nelson & got 2 Bus Wheat. Took out 34 Hhd Corn. Wm Bowling was here
wants employment as Overseer.
17, A little fog- Fair warm. I feel very uneasy in bowels. M. Atkins took about a
bushel Early Wheat to sow on this side Drake's Branch & 2½ Bushels Common do
making 42 Bus' in Barnfield & 22½ Bushels in middle field- ab't 1 Bus of it Early
Roger Bell was here with Cart & got for G.C. Taylor a Shoulder Bacon 13 lb, ½
Barrel Corn & 9 Bushels wheat, making to this time, 26 lb Bacon, 2 Barl’s Corn
& 40 Bushels Wheat. Finished sowing & putting in Wheat, 41 Bushels Red & 1 Bus
Early- Sown in Barnfield & 22½ Bushels in middle field, Total sown 64½ Bushels
Got done Sowing Wheat about 4 o'clock in evening. Began to pull blades in
middle field- Patrick Bell send Aggy & got a quart Whisky. G.C. Taylor got here
from Caroline in evening.
18, Rained a little last night- cloudy, rained in evening & night. J. Taylor came
here to breakfast, returned after. G.C. Taylor went to Court house & returned
here at night. Major John McKinney was here, said he wanted to buy Wheat. I
did not bargain with him. Reuben Taylor called & returned shot for some borrowed-
C. Taylor sent Jeffery & got ½ Barrel Corn.
19, Thursday, Rainy morning- cleared by noon,cool evening. G.C. Taylor went before
breakfast to C. Taylor's, thence to J. Taylor's & back at night. Took out 35th
Hhd Corn, I went to J. Taylor's and dined there, G.C. Taylor, John Pendleton &
family- T. Crutchfield & wife there. Mr Paul Verdier came to J. Taylor's for Hay
and walked to my house, got 6 Gammons bacon 75 lb to pay for it at Court at
1/1½ p/r lb. Aunt Taylor sent Hannah & got a Basket Peaches. Pat from C. Taylor's
got a basket of Peaches & candles of G.C. Taylor's- brought molasses for
some borrowed. Roger Bell sent Anthony & got 1½ bus Corn for G.C.T.
20, Fair and pleasant. G.C. Taylor went to J. Taylor's to breakfast, returned here to
dinner, went to C. Conway's in evening- J. Taylor, J. Pendleton, Thomas Crutchhfield
& Reuben Taylor dined here- Doct'r Waford called here in vening, enquired
for G.C. Taylor- said he was on his way to Wythe County. They sent from
J. Taylor's & got a good many Peaches. Gathering my blades yesterday & to day
in middle field. Had Leather coat & white apples gathered, about a Bushel of
L coats, ½ Bushel white Apples.
21, Saturday, Some broken clouds- some sun and warm. J. Pendleton, T. Crutchfield &
the boys walked by from J. Taylor's. I put some provision & a bottle Whisky with
provision from J. Taylor's and walked with them to a Squirrel hunt & barbecue
at the Spring where Hodge once lived- There was thirty or forty people and
spent the day agreeably &c. My fodder blades cocked in middle field- and
began to pull in barn field-
22, Fair (except a few broken clouds) and pleasant. I went to J. Taylor's to dinner.
John Pendleton & family, T. Crutchfield & wife & Mrs Wm Daniel were there-
G.C. Taylor came here from C. Conway's at night. --[SUNDAY]--