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January, 1803 January 1 1803. On Sat I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in psalms 4 6 & 1v. after meeting we chose a clark in the room of T. W. Esq who was Drowned. 2. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in thesels 1 Ch & 10 verce. after sermon we celebrated the Lords Supper. 3. On mon I made a last & sheld some corn. I went to sosiety meeting at night at Mr Platts. Mr S. preachd from malache 3 & 16 ver. 4. On Tues I went to mill & to the bridge. 5. On wed I cilld my hogs. they weighd 458 lb & then helpd daddy cill his. 6. On thurs I was very on well with a bad cold. 7. On fri I took up my flax. I was all most down sick at night. 8. On Sat I dresd a litle flax. 9. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Garman preachd from Isai 60 Ch & 1 v. 10. On mon I cut wood in the swamp. 11. On tues I went to the saw mill & brought home a lode of bords. 12. On wed I cut some wood in the swamp. I went to meeing at night at Shilo. Mr T Jones preachd from These 4 Ch & 13 & 14. v. 13. On thurs I went to the Vendue of Elnathan Davises estate. 14. On fri I went to daddys in the fore noon and cut out a pare of shoes for Sally in the after noon. 15. On Sat I dresd flax. 16. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in Rom 3 & 25. 17. On mon I dresd flax. 18. On tues started with Isaac Fithoian to Egg harbour. we got to James Steelmans whare we stade all night.. 19. On wed I started to little Egg harbour after fish but got none and we turnd to stealmans tavron at night whare we put up all night. 20. On thurs I went down to great Egg harbour & there we got 46 doz of pearch & 86 lb of rock & started home & came to woolfs tavron & put up. 21. On fri I started home. we came by the new bridge & got home in the evening. 22. On Sat I dresd flax. 23. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Or Jones peachd from 2 Cor 5 & 11 v in the after noon he preachd at the court house. his text was in Hebrews 4 & 7. 24. On mon I went up threw Dearfield & round about with the fish to sell. 25. On tues I went to bridgetown & came home & carted a lode of wood. 26. On wed I went to the burying of John Robinson & his wife who was bothe buryed by he side of each other at once. Mr Smal preachd their funeral from prov. 14 & 32. I sat up with them last night. She died in the morning about half past 4 & he died Monday in the after noon. their is one of the sons is very sick which is left. 27. On thurs I went to the ceder swamp & cut & fetchd home a lode of rails. 28. On fri I bought a lode of fishin partnership with Isaac Tittswroth of a man from Egg harbour & gave 25 dollars & then we went and sold some of them. 29. On Sat I thrashd 4 bus of wheet. 30. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in st John 18 & 36. 31. On mon I started to Salem & then over into Pens Neck whare we put up for all night at Lumes’s Tavron. February, 1803 February 1. On tues we went threw penns neck & round by hawks bridge & down by carpentors bridge & then down to Jacob Halls & sold the most of our fish. 2. On wed I went to Greenwich & Daniel Pumsey went with me insted of Isaac. 3. On thurs I went to Jacob Halls & devided our fish & took mine to the bridge & sold them & went to Marks & stade all night. 4. On fri I came home & thrashd some oate. 5. On Sat I went to monthly meeting. Mr Ss text was in Ephe. 1 & 11. 6. On Sun I stade at home till towards night & then went to meeting to the court house. Mr Ruttor preachd from Cant VI & 11-12. 7. On mon I finishd makeing a pare of shoes fro Sally. 8. On tues I lade up some fence & dug some stone. 9. On wed I sat out some trees & did up the garden gate & went to the Vendue in the after noon of John Robinson property. I bought some. 10. On thurs I dresd flax. 11. On fri I thrashd & cleand up 4 3/4. 12. On Sat I went to Mr Platts & shavd John Dorton & then to Alexr Bishps & shavd him. they are both sick & then I cut some wood in the swamp. 13. On Sun I stade at home. 14. On mon I mended a pare of bellows. it haild & raind some. 15. On tues I went to the Bridge in the fore noon & carted a lode of wood in the after noon. 16. On wed I soald shoes some for Jonathan Platts and some for David. 17. On thurs I soald my shoes & cut out a pare for Charles & went aguning in the after noon. It snowd in the morning. it was very much bankd. I suppose it to be 4 of 5 inches on the levil. 18. On fri I workd some at a pare of shoes for Charles. 19. On Sat I dresd flax. 20. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Groom preachd from Isai VII & 14. 21. On mon I went to uncle Joel beremans in the waggon. I went to society at night at James Shepards. 22. On tues I cut wood in the swamp & thrashd oats in the after noon. 23. On wed I went to mill & carted a lode of wood & went to court. 24. On thurs I workd at Charles s shoes & went to court & went home with John Tompkins. 25. On fri I stade at Johns till after noon. 26. On Sat I dresd flax till noon & then went to Lemuel Reeveses & got a hog. 27. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in Isai XXXII & 23 & went to the bridge in the after noon. Mr Kelly (a stranger) preachd from Joshu 11 & 12. 28. On mon I cut & split rails & stakes & went to meeting at Mr Platts at night. Mr Ss text was in Colo III & 1. March, 1803 March the 1. On tues I went to Wilm Ross Vendue. 2. On wed and thurs I dresd flax. 4. On fri I went to Greenwich & brought home a cace of drawers which I bought at Roses Vendue. 5. On Sat I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in Rom XIV & 17. 6. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Kelly preachdfrom Isai 10 & 11. after sermon we took (sacra)ment. 7. On mon I cut wood in the swamp. 8. On tues I went to the town meeting. their were two partes the federal & Democrats. the latter was the strongest. 9. On wed I dresd flax. 10. On thurs I dresd flax in the fore noon & went to the Vendue of the widdow Langlys. I bought a cow for 14 SS. 11. On fri I thrashd 4 bus of wheet. 12. On Sat I made fence & finishd the barn ruff. 13. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in Job XIV & 20 & went to the court house to meeting. Mr Kelly preachd from lamen of Jere III & 28. on fri evening I went to meeting at hte court house. Mr Kelly preachd from psalm 11 & 12. 14. On mon I fixd up the gate & a pare of bars at the barn. 15. On tues i dug some stone & went to the head of the creek & made a snare. 16. On wed I began to plow stock ground & went fishing at night 17. On thurs I came home from fishing & cleand what I cetchd. I went afishing again at night. 18. On fri I came home from fishing & hoopd up a barrel to salt the fish in. 19. On Sat I salted 330 herren & thrashd oats. 20. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in luke 11 & 52. after sermon the youth repeated their catechism. 21. On mon I plowd in the fore noon & dresd flax in the after noon. 22. On tues I dresd 35 lb of flax. 23. On wed I finishd makeing Charles s shoes & mended some. 24. On thurs I workd inthe garden & cut wood. 25. On fri I helpd Jeremiah Perry move. 26. On Sat I thrashd wheet. Daniel Swiney helpd me. we thrashd 7 1/2 bus. 27. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in 2 peter & I went to the bridge in the after noon. the text was in st John III & 14-15. 28. On mon I finishd thrashing wheet. Samuel helpd me. we thrashd 6 7/8 bu. 29. On tues I finishd dresing flax and plowd. 30. On wed I plowd. 31. On thurs I plowd & mowd 1 bus of rye. April, 1803 April the 1. On fri I went to the New Meeting house & the seats was rented. they Disposd of them at Vendue. 2. On Sat I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in Mathew XXV to the 14 verce. after sermon their was too Baptisd Aaron Daniel Husted & his wife. 3. On Sun I went to meeting at the new meeting house. Mr Smalley preachd from Isai II & 3 ver. after sermon we surrounded the table of the Lord for the first time. O that God would owne & bless us in that place from time to time. the two that was baptisd yesterday was took into the meeting & Elnathan Shephard also was readmited. then I went to the court house. Mr Ruttor preachd from 2 peter III & 10. I receivd a letter from Eli B. 4. On mon I plowd. 5. On tues I went to prayer meeting at the new meeting house & plowd after I came home. 6. On wed I plows. 7. On thurs I plowd in the fore noon & went to the Vendue of Esq Wheetons estate. 8. On fri I finishd plowing & began to sow oats. 9. On Sat I sowd my flax & oats & harrowd them part in. 10. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Bishop (the black man) preachd from Romans 8 & 10 & after noon I went to the court house. Mr Bis preachd from 1 peter III & 10. 11. On mon I finishd harrowing in oats Y went to John Reeveses & got my plow irons sharpond. 12. On tues I plowd for John Reeves at Abraham Reeves s. 13. On wed I went & helpd clear away round the new meeting house. their was I suppose nearly 100 people their. 14. On thurs I began to plow for planting in the Orchard field. 15. On fri I plowd & went to meeting in the after noon at the meeting house. Mr Bishop preachd from 1 Corn II & 6. 16. On Sat I sheld corn & lade up fence. 17. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in Math III & 7. it snowed all day medling fast. 18. On mon I plowd & drawd in the peace threw the gears. 19. On tues I got the peace to work & wove 40 yds. 20. On wed I wove 9 yds. 21. On thurs I wove 10 yds. last night I went ot meetingat Samuel Davis s. Mr jones preachd from Rom XII & 11-12. 22. On fri I cut wood. 23. On Sat I wove & got out the peace. it was 30 3/4 yds long. 24. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm was gone to yearly meeting at West Creek. Jonathan Platts red a sermon. the text was in st John VII & 37. 25. On mon I cut out a pare of calf scin shoes & closd & bound them. 26. On tues I made one shoe & carted some wood in the after noon. 27. On wed I plowd. 28. On thurs I plowd & went to meeting at night at John Davis s. Mr Jonespreachd from timothy III & 16. 29. On fri I plowd. 30. On Sat I plowd & went to the funeral of Rachel Barret late wife of Joshuaway B. Mr Jones preachd from num XXIII & 10 May, 1803 May the 1. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in 2 Cor III & 7-8. in PM I went to the meeting at Bridgetown. their was a sermon red. the text was in the CXXX psalm. 2. On mon I finishd plowing the field. 3. On tues I plowd for John Murford Esq. 4. On wed I markd out corn ground & shard the sheep in the after noon & started to market at night. Samuel went with me. we drove all night. 5. On thurs I got to town about 11 oclock & sold our lode & started home about 7 oclock. we came to Woodberry and pout up. 6. On fri I started home & got home about 2 oclock. 7. On Sat I went to yearly meeting. Mr Wilson preachd from acts XXVI & 28-20. Mr Or Jones in the after noon from st John III & 9. 8. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Wilson preachd from Zach XIII & 7 & in the after noon he preachd from Ephes. VI & 11. then we surrounded the table of the Lord Jesus. I went down to the meeting house at Bridgetown. Mr Wilson preachd from Daniel & 27. their was a snow this morning 3 inches deep. 9. On mon I went to meeting. Mr O Rash Jones preachd from XC & 12 & in the after noon Mr Wilson preachd from John VI & 12. yearly meeting ended after meeting. I went ot the funeral of Elnathan Sheppard. Mr Groom preachd his funeral (at the old meeting house) from John to 41 & in the evening we had sosiety meeting at Joel Sheppards. Mr Wilson preachd from Mali III & 1. 10. On tues I markd out corn ground. 11. On wed I finishd marking out & began to plant. frost this morning. 12. On thurs I planted corn. 13. On fri I durted some corn in the hill & finishd planting. 14. On Sat I helpd David Ireland dung corn in the hill & planted some. 15. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ss text was in the 1 chapter of proverbs from 24-28 & after sermon the youth repeated the Catechism. then I went to the meeting house at Bridge. Mr Clarkson preachd from the XC psalm. 16. On mon I went to the ceder swamp & got rails. 17. On tues I thrashed some oats & washd the sheep. 18. On wed I went to the ceder swamp & got rails. Jonah Platt helpd me. 19. On thurs I went to training. I had a boil on my shoulder so I did not exercies. 20. On fri I planted corn for Daniel Swiney. 21. On Sat I shared the sheep & went to singing school at Bowentown. 22. On Sun I went up to Viles Grove to yearly meeting. Mr Ss text was in Isai XXXIII & 20 & in PM Mr Hor Jones preachd from Acts XIX & 19-20. afer sermon we celebrated the Lords supper & then came home. May God in his owne time bless that church. 23. On mon I went to the ceder swamp and got rails. 24. On tues I went down to Jeremiah Perrys & got some rails for the bark. 25. On wed I made a calfe scin shoe & finishd a pare for myself. & sat out some cabbig plants. * I askd concent for a wife. 26. On thurs I went to the ceder swamp & got rails. 27. On fri I went to Jeremiah Perrys & got bark. 28. On Sat I carted a lode of rails from the swamp & went to singing school. 29. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Groom preachd from st John V & 40. after his sermon Mr Sm spoke some from the 23 of s..Chapter. in the after noon I went to the meeting house at Bridgtown. Mr Janeway preachd from Col III & 1. 30. On mon I made a fence & went to daddys to sosiety meeting in PM. 31. On tues I botomd chares in AM & made fence in PM. June, 1803 June 1. On wed I went to Jeremmiah Perrys & split rails & carted a lode of bark to the Bridge. 2. On thurs I helpd daddy make fence. 3. On fri I carted 2 lodes of rails from the ceder swamp & put a letter in the post for Eli B. (letter 2). 4. On Sat I sat out some cabig plants & went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in luke XIII & 24. after sermon their was 2 baptisd Elizabeth Ferrel & Phebe Harris between 8 & 10 years old. may God strengthen his dear redeemed ones whether young or old by his word & sperit. 5. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in Jeremi XXIII & 29. after sermon the 2 that was Baptisd yesterday was recievd into the Church. then we celebrated the Supper of the Lord 6. On mon I finishd thrashing my oats & went to sosiety meeting at Joel Sheppards. 7. On tues I went to John Reeves s & took my plow irons to get mended & planted some potatoes in PM. 8. On wed I soald a pare of shoes fro Samuel & planted some potatoes. I went to sosiety meeting at Levi Halls PM. 9. On thurs I made fence & drove 3 young cretures to Jeremiah Perrys to pasture. 10. On fri I finishd planting potatoes & went to John Reeves s & got my plow. 11. On Sat I began to plow corn & went to singing school at Bowentown in the PM. 12. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ruttor prachd from Revela XII & 1. 13. On mon I plowd corn & went to James Sheppards to sosiety meeting. 14. On tues I plowd corn. I askd the womens concent. 15. On wed I went to training to the General review. 16. On thurs I plowd corn. 17. On fri I finishd plowing corn. 18. On Sat I hode corn & went to the Bridge & from there to singing school. 19. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm preachd from Math XVIII to 11. I went to methodus meeting in the after noon to granmother Smalleys. Mr Parvin preachd from Isaiah .... * 20. On mon I went to Levi Halls & helpd set bricks till 11 oclock then came home & went to Joel Sheppards in the after noon & was maried to is Daughter AMy Sheppard about 5 oclock PM. after we was maried we came to Mr D PLatts to meeting & made our appearance. Samuel B. H. & Lydia Sheppard was the wators. Mr Sm preachd from st Luke X & 42. after meeting we all came home but some went away again in the evening. 21. On tues I stade in the house in the AM & pulld cockold out of the wheet in the PM. it was very clear and serene. 22. On wed I did up some fence & ground my syth & went to Levi Halls to meeting. Mr T Jones & Mr Sm spoke from the XXII of Math & first part of 5 ch. 23. On thurs I mowd for Rachel Harris. 24. On fri I mowd some in the fore noon on the lore end of the garden & harrowd some corn. 25. On Sat I went to the marsh & began to mow. J Platts mowd for me. 26. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm preachd from John XX & 13. 27. On mon I mowd for David Platts. 28. On tues I mowd & rached some hay for myself. 29. On wed I carted two lodes of hay from the marsh. 30. On thurs I rachd & carted a lode of hay. July, 1803 July 1. On fri I finishd carting hay & went to John Reeveses in PM. 2. On Sat I went to the bridge in the morning & tok a calf that I cilt last evening & then went to monthly meeting. Mr Ruttor preachd from Acts 11 to 38. after sermon their were 3 women gave in their experience. Baptism was pospond. this day I was 23 years old. 3. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Ruttor prechd from Math V & 8. after sermon Mr S administerd the Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ. after meeting I went over the creek to see my sister Sally who is sick. 4. On mon I came home from Marks & cut my Virginia wheet. 5. On tues I plowd a little corn & began to reep. 6. On wed I rep. 7. On thurs I bound wheet. Lemuel Reeves cradold for me. 8. On fri I rep some wheet. 9. On Sat I finishd reeping & carted in my wheet. I had 83 1/2 dozens of wheet 28 rep. 10. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in 1 peter 11 & 7. after sermon their was 4 persons examoned & but two receivd at that time. I went to the court house at 3 PM. Mr Sm preachd from st Luke XV & 10. afer sermon their was 4 persons baptisd (Sally Sibly Polly Wescot Jane Harris Rachel Robinson) in the creek at the shipyards. after sermon their came up a shower. I stade at the court house while it raind. 11. On mon I went & helpd daddy Sheppard set a brickiln. the ciln had 80 000. we got done seting about 3 oclock. 12. On tues I began to plow my corn the second time & helpd uncle Joel cart in wheet in PM. 13. On wed I bound rye. Jonathan Platts cradold for me 3 - 45 dozen. 14. On thurs I finishd cuting my spring rye & carted all in. 15. On fri I plowd corn & pulld some flax & went to father Sheppards & got a cace of Drawers & a chest which is Amys. 16. On Sat I pulld flax. 17. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr S text was in 2 Corin 13 & 5. after sermon we went to David Batemans & got dinner then went down to the old meeting house whare Mr Sm preachd the funeral of Isaac Sheppards wife. the text was in romans V & 12. after burying we came to uncle James Sheppards to sosiety meeting. 18. On mon I pulld flax in the morning & evening & mowd in the swamp in the middle of the day. 19. On tues I plowd corn & cild a calf at night. 20. On wed I went to the bridge & sold my veal then took up oats for Mr Platts till noon the ground my suths & went to Jonathan Plattses to meeting at 5 oclock. Mr Doge preachd from Nahum 1 & 7. 21. On thurs I went to tindons island to mow. J P mowd for me. 22. On fri I plowd corn & carted in some flax & some hay. J P mowd for me in the swamp. 23. On Sat I cradold oats. J P cradold for me. we finishd. 24. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Boggs (a stranger) preachd from Philis 1 & 6. I came home I dind then went to sosiety meeting at Moses Harrises. 25. On mon I finishd puling flax & mowd some in the meddow. 26. On tues I mowd in the medow. J Tomkins mowd for me. we took up some oats in PM. 27. On wed I spun some rope yarn & made a pare of traces. 28. On thurs I helpd father make 2 pare of hames in the AM & tookup oats in PM. 29. On fri I finishd takeing up oats. their was 50 doz & carted them & the flax in & rached the hay in the meddow & carted some of that in. daddy Samuel & Mr Platts helpd me. 30. On Sat I went to the salt marsh & rachd my hay. 31. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in st John 1 & 14 first part of the verce & in the PM at 5 oclock I went to Mr Plattses to sosiety meeting whare he preachd from the last part of the same verce. August, 1803 August 1. On mon I went to tindons island & carted my hay. I had two turns. 2. On tues I went over the creek & plowd for buck wheet on John Reeves s place. 3. On wed I finishd plowing & sowd the buckwheet & carted a lode of wood to the bridge for Mark. I swapd horses with Mark & got 23 1/2 dollars to bute. the hors I got is blind. 4. On thurs I carted h ay out of the swamp & helpd uncle Joel stack some salt hay. 5. On fri I plowd a little corn & tok some rye to daddys to thrash. 6. On Sat I went to monthly meetin. Mr Boggs preachd from Math XIII & 3. after sermon the widdow Rachel Reed was examined then we attended to church bisnes. I came home by singing school & stopd a little spell. 7. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Boggs preachd from st. Luke XII & 32. after sermon their was 4 women taken into meeting. then we surrounded the table of the Lord Jesus. 8. On mon I took daddys cow to bull then thrashd raye at fathers. 9. On tues Icut down a hicery tree in the oats stubble & then went to marsh to rake hay in PM for Mr Platts. 10. On wed I went to the wild marsh & rachd hay for Mr PLatts. 11. On thurs I rackd hay. 12. On fri I cut hicery wood. 13. On Sat I cut some wood & went to Shilo to meeting. Mr Boggs preachd from Isai XI & 1 then went to singing school at Bowentown. it was the last. 14. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Osban preachd from Rom VIII & 6 then went to father Sheppards whare their was sosiety meeting in PM. 15. On mon I cut wood. 16. On tues I cut wood in AM & went to help raise a barn for Samuel Davis & move. one of his barns was blowd down the 24 of last month with a whirl wind. there was a barn burnt at the same time with lightning beyond Rhodstown. 17. On wed I finishd cuting the hicery tree in AM & took up the thrashing flore in PM & went to daddys & got the waggon. 18. On thurs I got slepers & lade the thrashing flore. daddy helpd me. 19. On fri I went to the wild marsh & mowd for Mr Platts. 20. On Sat I went with daddy to Salem to Yearly meeting. Mr Boggs opend the meeting. his text was in Cor 1 & 28. in the PM Mr Montanye preachd from Zepheni III & 18. after meetig we all went to cousin Nicolas Harrises & stade all night. 21. On Sun I went to meeting again. Mr Vaun preachd in AM from Cor VIII & 9. after noon Mr Montanye preachd from Math III & 7 later part of the verce. after sermon we surrounded the table of the Lord. their was 2 members taken in. Mr Dav Jones administerd the supper then we came home. I got here about day lighting. 22. On mon I thrashd some oats & some rye & cleand up. 23. On tues I went to the wild marsh & rachd & carted a lode of hay for Mr Platts. 24. On wed I rachd & carted hay for .o.. 25. On thurs I carted a lode in AM for Do H & went to mill & to the widdow Pettits Vendue. 26. On fri I thrashd & cleand up rye. 27. On Sat I mowd for Richard Mills at the wild marsh. 28. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm preachd from Phil III & 8 then went to the Bridge. his ext was in Mathew XIII from 3 to the 9. after wermon their was two baptisd Talman Wetlman & Rachel Reed. 29. On mon I went to the Vendue of David Mcferson & bought a mare & colt & gave 48 Dol for them. 30. On tues I thrashd wheet. J P thrashd for me. 31. On wed I cleand up the wheet. their waere 9 bus & carted some wood. September, 1803 September 1. On thurs I carted a lode of wood to the hill beyond Mr Platts & then beamd on a peace. 2. On fri I carted a lode of hicery wood to bridgetown then workd at a pare of waggon sides. 3. On Sat I went to monthly meeting.Mr S text was in st John XVI & 14. after sermon their was 6 persons examind & three baptisd. 4. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr S text was in st luke XXIV 25 & 26 verc. after sermon their was one examind & then 6 members receivd. then we surrounded the table of the Lord then came to father Shep got dinner then to daddys to sosiety meeting. 5. On mon I carted a lode of wood to the bridge & getchd a lode of rails from the ceder swamp. David Platts carted for me. 6. On tues I began to cart dung. 7. On wed I carted dung. I went aguning in the morning & cilld 12 squerrels. 8. On thurs I carted dung. 9. on fri I mowd some in the swamp & began to top corn & went to Mr Ferrels to meeting. Mr Sm preachd ffrom Math IX 12. 10. On Sat I wove a little & topd some corn & went & cild 1 squerrel. 11. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr S preachd from Ephe 11 & 14-15. then went to the bridge to meeting. Mr S preachd from Hebre V & 8-9. after sermon their was 3 women baptisd. 12. On mon I mowd in the meddow & rachd hay at n ight. 13. On tues I began to mow at the marsh. 14. On thurs I went a squerrel hunting in the morning & topd some corn. no wed entry and no 15) 16. On fri I went to the marsh & rachd some hay. 17. On Sat I went to the marsh & rachd hay. 18. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr EDwards preachd from st Luke 1 & 32. in the after noon I ent to father Sheppards to sosiety meeting. 19. On mon I finishd racking hay & carted a lode. 20. On tues I carted a lode out of the swamp & then went to the marsh & fetchd home a lode. 21. On wed I carted 2 lodes of hay. I had Mr Plattses oxen. 22. On thurs I carted the last lode of hay. 23. On fri I carted a lode of hay from uncle Joel. 24. On Sat I topd & stripd cron & went to the bride in PM. 25. On Sun i went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in st. John VI & 44. 26. On mon I wove in AM. it raind & I plowd fallow in PM. 27. On tues I plowd. 28. On wed I plowd & went to court. 29. On thurs I plowd & scind the old hors that died. 30. On fri I plowd. it was hazy. the wind NE. Every day indeed. October, 1803 October 1. On Sat I went to monthly meeting. Mr Bishop preachd from 2 Cor XIII & 5. after sermon their was 2 examind & baptisd then returnd to church busness. 2. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Bishop (the black man) preachd from Exodus XII & 11. after sermon their was 5 members receivd then celebrated the Lords supper then came home & went to sosiety meeting at Mr Platts s. 3. On mon I went to the bridge to train but it raind all day. I receivd a letter from Eli Bereman datted September 5 & one for Samuel. 4. On tues I went to meeting. the assosation met at our meeting. Mr Evenspreachd the introductorry sermon from Math XXIII & 8. after sermon letters from several churches were red then ajurnd. then I went to Shiloh meetting house where Mr White preachd fromRomans 7 & 8. 5. On wed I plowd in AM & went to assuation in PM. Mr Montanye preachd in the evening. his text was in 1 John III & 5. 6. On thurs I cradold buck wheet in AM for Jonathan Plats & plowd in PM. went to meeting at night at the meeting house. Mr Montane sun preachd from Jerem XXXX & 9. the assosiation eanded. 7. On fri I thrashd wheet. 8. On Sat I went over the creek to cut my buck wheet but it was so light I cut but little of it and came home. 9. On Sun I went to meeting Mr White preachd from Hebre II & 3. 10. On mon I thrashd a little buck wheet. I sowd some wheet. 11. On tues I harrowd in wheet & huskd some corn. 12. On wed I getherd some corn & went to the Bridge to Election.... 13. On thurs I wove a little & plowd. 14. On fri I plowd. 15. On Sat I finishd wheet 16. On Sun I went to yearly meeting to Shilo. Mr Laferty preachd from ..... 17. On mon I huskd & carted in some corn. 18. On tues I carted in some corn & began to beat flax. singing school here this evening. 19. On wed I finishd beating flax. 20. On thurs I huskd corn & carted out my flax. 21. On fri I cleand the flax seed. 22. On Sat I went a sqerrel hunting........ 23. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm was gone. D Sweney red a sermon. the text was in hebrews IX & 27 then came home & went to the meeting house at bridgetown. Mr Latty preachd from 1 thes V & 19. 24. On mon I finishdshreding flax & wove some. 25. On tues I wove. 26. On wed and thurs I huskd corn. 28. On fri I huskd & carted corn finishd. 29. On Sat I carted in my tops & stocks & went to the meeting house in PM whare we raisd Mr Smalleys Salery from 100 to 125 lb. 30. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in Math IV & 17. 31. On mon I went & carted wood for George Butgin from the indian fields to Bridgetown. carted 4 lodes. November, 1803 November 1. On tues I carted 3 lodes. 2. On wed I carted sweet potatoes round to sell for Wil Welch. he come in a bote to Bridgetown. 3. On thurs I helpd daddy cart in his corn & got a lode of wood. 4. On fri I dug potatoe & fetchd home a heffer Jeremiah Perry summerd for me. 5. On Sat I went to monthly meeting. Mr Sm text was in John XVI 8 9 10 & 11. after sermon their was 5 persons examind aferwards they was baptisd. 6. On Sun I went to meting. Mr S preachd from John VIII & 36. after sermon the 5 that was baptisd yesterday was receivd into the church. then we surrounded the table of our Lord. 7. On mon I carted 4 lodes of wood to the bridge. 8. On tues I went to the marsh & workd on the dams. 9. On wed I workd on the dams. 10. On thurs I carted 4 lodes of wood. 11. On fri I carted 3 lodes of wood. 12. On Sat I got a lode of wood & cleand up some rye & buryed my potatoes. 13. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm preachd the funeral of Enoc Brooks s wife who was buryed today. the text was in hebre IX & 26-27-28. 14. On mon and tues I carted 4 lodes of wood - (each day). 16. On wed I cut some wood & mended my shoes. 17. On thurs I cut out & closd a pare of shoes for Amy & went to father SP & got a bed & some other things. 18. On fri I carted 4 lodes of wood. it was blustry. 19. On Sat I carted 4 lodes of wood & was at a vessle launching. 20. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in rom X & 4. 21. On mon I made a shhoe for Amy & wnt to daddys to singing school. 22. On tues I dresd flax for David Platts. 23. On wed I workd for Mr Long on the dams. 24. On thurs I workd on the dams. 25. On fri I cleand up some rye & carted some wood & buryed the cabbig. 26. On Sat I went to meeting. Mr Sm preachd from Isai LIII & 4. 27. On Sun I thrashdsome rye & went to the burying of Rebecca Sheppard. Mr T Jones preachd from Thesalon IV & 13. 28. On tues (monday appears to have been skipped) I finishd a pare of shoes for Amy. 29. On wed I thrashd & cleand up some rye & went to court. their was a trial concerning Pens land. 30. On thurs I workd at a pare of waggon sides & went to court. December, 1803 December 1. On fri I thrashd rye. 2. On Sat I cleand the last rye & went to monthly meeting. Mr Sm text was in Psa XLVL & 1. 3. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in math Viii & 11-12. after sermon we surrounded the table of the Lord. 4. On mon I went & fetchd home 25 gees which I bought of Jeremiah Brooks for 3 .. gos. 5. On tues I finished makeing my waggon sides & started to Uncle John Beremans at 10 & got there about dusk. 6. On wed I started with uncle John to look for a boat to go a oystering in. we got one & then came to his house & got dinner then went to the new bridge & then started down the river about sun down. we went till 1/2 past 10 then came too & slep in the reads tavron. 7. On thurs we started about 6 in the morning & got down to the mouth of Morris river about 11 & oysterd till almost 2 & then started up the river. we went 6 mils up to the wind Mill whare we came to & stade all night. 8. On fri we went to the boat. it was a little after day. we found it sunk with about 15 bussles of oysters in. we stade till the tide fell then baild her out. we started up the river about 12 oclock & got up about 1/2 past 6 then tookup our oysters to uncle Johns. 9. On Sat I started & came home. got here at 2 oclock & fetchd home 8 bus of oysters it being the first time that I had left my wife for any time. I found parting to be a greef but meeting a very great pleasure. 10. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in 1 peter III & 15. 11. On mon I warpd a peace of woolling. 12. On tues I went to the bridge to Election & to sell my pork. I wrote a letter to go to Eli Bereman letter 10. 13. On wed I cut & carted some wood & thrashd some oats. 14. On thurs I cilld hogs. I had7. they weighd 978 lb. I sold 2 weighing 106 each. I cilld a beef that weighd 285 lb 1 qr wt 76. 16. On fri (no 15) I helpd daddy cill his hogs & beef. 17. On Sat I helpd Mr Long clean out his well & took up my flax. 18. On Sun I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in Duteron XXXIII & 8. 19. On mon I cilld & cleand poulry. 20. On tues I started to Philadelphia to market about 8 oclock AM & got to the ferry about 9 oclock with ucle Joel Harris whare we atade all night. 21. On wed I started overy the river & went into market & sold my poultry by 1 oclock & then did errands came out & started home about 6 oclock. we drove all night. we got 3/9 for gees & 3/6 for fowls 1/6 for eggs. 22. On thurs I got home about 1/2 8 in AM the slep & did notions. 23. On fri I pidled about. 24. On Sat I made a shed over the oven & went to the mill pond & cechd some pike. 25. Christmas on Sunday I went to meeting. Mr Sm text was in Luke II & 11. after sermon the youth did repeat the Catechism. 26. On mon I sheld some corn & went to mill. 27. On tues I helpd Mr Platts cill hoggs & went to daddys & helpd put a ruff in his stable. 28. On wed I thrashd wheet 3 1/2 bus. 29. On thurs I sisd a peace & carted a lode of wood & scind a coult of Mr Plattses. 30. On fri I got in a flanel peace at daddys & wove 1 1/2 yds. 31. On Sat I went to monthly meeting. Mr Sm text was in st Luke XVII & 32.after sermon we did some business. |