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Jan. 1, 1826 On Su New Years day I was at home unwell with a distress in my head & one ear. my wife is some better & set up some. cold & snowd some.
2. on Mo I wove & got out the peace of geans. clear & cold.
3. on Tu I warpd a peace for blankets for Mary & sisd it & drew it through geers. clear & warm.
4. on We I got the peace to working & wove some. it is twill. clear & cold again.
5. on Th I wove some. my head is worse. Mary movd her things to day to go to keeping house. clear & cold.
6. on Fr I wove on the twill. cloudy.
7. on Sa I wove. it raind some. warm.
8. on Su I was at home. sister Wood came here. part cloudy & warm.
9. on Mo I wove 6 3/4 yds of plain flannel. cloudy & warm.
10. on Tu I got out Marys peace 15 1/2 yds then went to see bro Sheppard. he had an ulcer to rise & brake in his stomac. he walks about. clear & very warm.
11. on We I spoold & warpd a 30 uard peace for Jn Dunn. clear.
12. on Th I drew in a 500 peace & wove 4 yds. it was clear & some frost.
13. on Fr I wove 7 1/2 yds of lincy. clouded up & came on to rain. thunderd
14. on Sa I did some notions & wove some. it raind the most of the day. I was not able on account of my head to go to church meeting nor my wife either.
15. on Su I went to bro Sanderses to meeting. Mr Laymon preachd from Math VI & 33 then administerd the Lords supper. it snowd some. very cold.
16. on Mo I went to the store & got some iron & paid what I had borrowd of Wm Robinson then hoopd a barrel & fixd for cilling hoggs. it was clear & cold.
17. on Tu I cilld 7 hoggs that weighd one thousand the heavyest weighd 233. bro Sanders & J Dunn helpt. we salted the meat. clear & plesant.
18. on We I wove 7 yds. it snowd last night between 1 & 2 intches deep. cloudy.
19. on Th I wove & went to see bro Sheppard. mostly cloudy.
20. on Fr I wpve & went & got my hors shod. my wife got out Mr Dunns peace 30 1/2 yds. Ihelpd Hosea hall some wood. mostly clear.
21. on Sa I went to Hillsboro withuncle Joel. clear & plesant. I wrote a letter to father.
22. on Su I was at home. it snowd.
23. on Mo I drew in a peace of flannel for Bro Wood & cut out a pair of shoes for Stillman. cloudy.
24. on Tu I did but little. clear & extreemly cold.
25. on We I finisd Stillmans shoes. Elder Spencer preachd here at night from Acts XVI & 32. clear & very cold.
26. on Th I went to Hillsboro with Mr Spencer. he preachd at Jesseys from Luke XXIV & 46-47. it snowd will noon. cold.
27. on Fr I wove 3 yds of cloth for fulling. cloudy.
28. on Sa I wove & finisd makeing a pair of shoes for Robert. cloudy & warm.
29. on Su I was at home. part cloudy.
30. on Mo I wove 5 yds. snowd some. cold.
32. on Tu I wove. it was clear & cold.
Feb 1 on We I wove & got out bro Woods peace of cloth 21 yds. motsly clear.
2. on Th I put fires on logs & cleand 7 1/2 bus of wheet. I had B M M E & J D to fall old trees in my field. cloudy.
3. on F I put negros on logs & set them on fire & went to bro Sheppards to stay all night wiith him. cloudy.
4. on Sa I dresd 11 lb of flax. M E broke for me. I put up my fires. clear.
5. on Su I was at home & red in the crook in the lot. part clear.
6. on Mo I kill dried flax. J D broke & J T dresd 39 lb. clear & moderate.
7. on Tu I cut out a pair of shoes for myself & Eliza & part made them, it raind.
8. on We I cill dried flax & dresd 15 3/4 lb & Hosea dresd 19 3/4 lb. J D broke. clear.
9. on Th I went to Jesseys with wife. * Hannah had a son born the 6 at night. clear. [William Woodrow EWICK, b. 6 FEB 1826]
10. on Fr I halld 3 lodes of wood & went to T Barretts to help raise a frame barn 50 feet by 22. Cloudy & raind some at night.
11. on Sa I went to see my daughter Mary & got near 9 bus of salt. mostly cloudy. very mudy.
12. on Su I was at home. part clear.
13. on Mo I opend the sugar trees at the camp. it was clear & plesant.
14. on Tu I workd at the barn doors. cloudy.
15. on We I was laid up with a bad cold. it was clear & cold.
16. on Th I was still unwell. it snow. Hosea & Eliza is both sick with colds.
17. on Fr I got out some wheet. cloudy & cold.
18. on Sa I went to bro Sanderses to church meeting. it was cloudy.
19. on Su I was two unwell to go to meeting. Laymon & Pangburn both preachd. it was cloudy & raind at night.
20. on Mo I halld some logs for fire wood & clean 7 1/2 bus of wheet. cloudy.
21. on Tu I went to Smiths mill in the little waggon & took 5 bus of wheet & got 5 ground that was there. part clear.
22. on We I went to the camp & sturd off 15 lb of suggar then beamd on a toe peace for Esq Morrow. clear. good sugar wether.
23. on Th I drew in a toe peace & went to the camp. clear.
24. on Fr I wove & sturd off 30 lb of sugar. some cloudy.
25. on Sa I wove 13 1/2 yds & got out the peace 20 yds long. clear & warm.
26. on Su I was at home. i raind at nigiht.
27. on Mo I spoold & warpd a toe peace for Mr Parmer. it raind hard all day.
28. on Tu I drew in a peace & wove 1 yd. J Dunn trod out wheet cloudy. the trees is heavy loded with ice.
March 1 on We I wove 6 yds. J D finisd the wheet & cleand it up. cloudy.
2. on Th I wove 7 yds. it raind. some warmer.
3. on Fr I wove till noon then was taken with a fever & pain in my right breast. it raind hard.
4. on Sa I kept my bed. Mary got out Mr Parmers toe peace 22 yds. it was showry.
5. on Su I was still sick. it raind.
6. on Mo I was little better. it raind.
7. on Tu I helpd knit on 8 hundred gears. raind till noon.
8. on We I helpd finis the 8 hun gears. the pain in my breast still remains. mostly clear & very warm.
9. on Th I hung my bacon & cleand out the stable. it was showry & warm.
10. on Fr I warpd the 8 hundred peace & got it in the loom. mostly clear.
11. on Sa I sowd some timothy & clover ceed & went to bro Woods to stay all night. clear some frost this morning. wheet looks green.
12. on Su I came home from bro Woods about the middle of the day. clear & warm.
13. on Mo I sowed some clover ceed & dresd a little flax. it raind a most all day.
14. on Tu I dresd flax. clear.
15. on We I cut some wood. it raind some. gray had a coult to day.
16. on Th I cut & halld wood. clear.
17. on Fr I dresd flax. clear.
18. on Sa I fixd a fastning to the stable door & went to church meeting. there was showers.
19. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Laymon preachd from Zech IV & 7. showry.
20. on Mo I rolld logs. J Dunn & Jeesey helpd me. cloudy & cold.
21. on Tu I went to town & settled with my blacksmith & carder then fixd the stable. cloudy.
22. on We I mortisd some bar posts & did up some fence. part clear.
23. on Th I helps bro Sanders raise a kitchen hard showers with thunder.
24. on Fr I went to see bro Sheppard in his afflicted cituation, cloudy & cold.
25. on Sa I workd at plastering meeting house. part cloudy & cold.
26. on Su I was at home. clear & cold. the ground froze.
27. on Mo I went to court & was on the grand jury. part cloudy & cool.
28. on Tu I went to court & was on the gand jury again. it raind. I stade at Jesseys.
29. on We I was at court. it raind. cool.
30. on Th I helpd my wife put in a 600 peace & cut some fire wood. cloudy.
31. on Fr I cut & halld some fire wood & finisd giting out oats. clear.
April 1 on Sa I went & helpd plaster the meeting house. cloudy.
2. on Su Mr Sherburn preachd here from Psalms CV & 1 and at 4 oclock at the meeting house in New Market from Acts X & 42. he put up with us. it was cloudy & raind in the morning.
3. on Mo I went & got Mr Sherburns horse shod & went to the election. he started for home at 2 oclock never expecting to return. I set fire to my log heaps. clear.
4. on Tu I helpd J Dunn move to A Medskers place. clear.
5. on We I cleand 80 bus of oats & halld 4 lodes of dung on my flax ground. raind & thunderd in AM.
6. on Th I rolld logs & began to plow for corn. cloudy. wind blew hard.
7. on Fr I plowd. cloudy & cold for April.
8. on Sa I plowd the gardin & began to plow for oats. clear after a hard & white frost.
9. on Su I went & heard Mr Pitinger preach from Heb VI & 9-10 after noon from 11-12 of the same chapter. it came on to rain.
10. on Mo I mended some shoes & wove & got out our peace 38 yds. there was a snow fell last night & to day about 6 intches deep.
11. on Tu I shelld some corn & sent to mill then plowd some.
12. on We I made Robert a pair of shoes & made a hogg trough. Stillman plowd. clear.
13. on Th I made a watter spout & cut some wood & plowd some. it came on to rain.
14. on Fr I went to Hillsboro & got a pint of wine for the church. it was cloudy. I wrote a letter to uncle Ruel Sayres.
15. on Sa I workd at the meeting house & was at church meeting. Rebecca Riley was examond & receivd. cloudy. Mr Miller & wife came home with us.
16. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Pangburn preachd from Rom VI & 21 then Mr Laymon from st Peter III & 12 then attended to the Lords supper. clear & plesant.
17. on Mo I cut some wood & planted some early potatoes. Hosea halld for Wm Boatman. wife & Eliza went to see Mary. clear & warm.
18. on Tu I plowd in PM. raind last night.
19. on We I finisd plowing for flax & oats & went & got the plow irons sharpend. fire from a log heap got to the fence & burnt about 50 rails. the wind blew very hard. clear.
20. on Th I sowd my flax & oats. Stillman harrowd. Hosea & I made some rails & did up the fence that was burnt.
21. on Fr I put a new trough in my hog pen & plowd for corn. clear. raind last night.
22. on Sa I plowd. part clear & cool.
23. on Su I was unwell. clear.
24. on Mo I plowd a spell & was taken sick & went to bed. Stillman plowd. clear.
25. on Tu I cut a little wood & burnt some brush. Stillman plowd. cloudy.
26. on We I rolld some logs & went to mill in the little waggon. Hosea halld wood. it was clear & very warm. raind at night.
27. on Th I began to plow the second field for corn & went to the * burying of old Mr Vanwinkles wife at New Market. cloudy.
28. on Fr I plowd & helpd Hosea make rails. cleard off after a hard shower of rain & wind.
29. on Sa I plowd. clear & cool.
30. on Su I was at home. clear.
May 1 on Mo I plowd & finisd for corn. clear.
2. on Tu I markd out for corn. clear & very windy. a very hard shower at night.
3. on We. I went to town & got my ax upset & got some pot ware then cleard out a fence row on my line. cloudy part of the day.
4. on Th I markd out for corn. the boys planted some. it raind in after noon. I went to bro Sheppards. he is very unwell.
5. on Fr I went to Hillsboro in AM & paid Clayburn Ley $50 Dollars fifty of it I borrowd of bro Sheppard. in PM I sheard my sheep. clear & very windy.
6. on Sa I dungd corn hills & planted. clear.
7. on Su I went to bro Sheppards to sosiety. clear.
8. on Mo I finisd planting one peace of corn & began to mark out the other. it raind in the after noon.
9. on Tu I made some fence. cloudy.
10. on We I markd out corn ground. the children planted. clear & warm.
11. on Th I finisd planting corn & plowd a little spot of new ground. clear.
12. on Fr I made fence. clear & warm.
13. on Sa I went to Mr Phibses & got some whisky then went to the saw mill & stuck up some boards. clear & warm.
14. on Su I went to bro Sheppards to sosiety. clear & warm.
15. on Mo I cut & split rails. clear & dry.
16. on Tu I cut & split rails. clear & warm.
17. on We I helpd make a dam for to raise the water for baptizeing & finisd plastering the meeting house & cleand it out. clear.
18. on Th I grubd & chopd for potatoes & turnups. clear & very warm.
19. on Fr I grubd & chopd. clear.
20. on Sa I rolld some logs on the pach & went to church meeting. showers went round.
21. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Laymon preachd from Rom VIII & 14 then went to the watter whare he spoke upon then made a subject of baptism then baptisd Rebecca Riley then went back to meeting house
whare bro Pangburn preachd from John III & 3. there was a fine shower at night.
22. on Mo I went to Hillsboro to the sail of bro Hutchings place. it fetchd 161.25. cloudy in morn the cleard off.
23. on Tu I made a new fence round my patch. Hosea halld them. clear & warm.
24. on We I plowd part of my potatoes patch & went to Bro Sheppards with Betcy Medsker & Rebecca Sheppard. clear.
25. on Th I swapd mares with Rebecca Sheppard. they started early for home. I finisd plowing my patch & halld 3 lodes of bark to Mr Dill. mostly cloudy.
26. on Fr I worked on the raod & made & planted 75 hills of sweet potatoes. clear.
27. on Sa I rebuilt my small plow & had the colic. clear.
28. on Su we had sosiety here. I was very unwell with the bilious cholic. a hard shower.
29. on Mo I was still in pain. clear & cool.
30. on Tu I was no better. clear.
31. on We I set up some had conciderable of fever. took caster oil. clear.
June 1 on Th I set up & showd Hosea how to make a mole board to the plow & Stillman began to plow corn. clear & warm.
2. on Fr I was so as to walk about some. clear.
3. on Sa I cut out some shoes. there was a light shower. the rest of the day was clear.
4. on Su I was still very unwell there was a fine shower at 11 oclock bees swarmd. Hosea is gon to bro Haighs to yearly meeting.
5. on Mo I made a pair of shaves & helpd net 700 gears. some cloudy.
6. on Tu I helpd my wife finis the gears & lind a pare of shoes for Eliza. there was a very hard shower.
7. on We I workd at Eliza a pair of shoes. clear & warm.
8. on Th I finisd Elizas shoes & soald another pair for her. clear & very warm.
9. on Fr I hoed in the gardin & made a new bottom to the well bucket. clear & warm.
10. on Sa I quilld for my wife to weave. bro Wood & wife came here & stade all night. clear & very warm.
11. on Su bro Wood & wife stade till noon. it was some cloudy.
12. on Mo I planted my potatoes & cut some wood. clear & cool.
13. on Tu I mowd clover in AM & went to Mr Shieldses & fetchd home 276 poplar boards in PM. clear & cool.
14. on We I helpd bro Sanders wether board and began to shingle his kitchen. the boys halld in the clover hay. mostly clear.
15. on Th I helpd bro Sanders shingle again. this morn my wife & Hosea started for Batavia. there was a shower in AM.
16. on Fr I hoed corn. Stillman began to plow it the second time. there was a shower about sun rise then clear & warm.
17. on Sa I hoed corn till 10 oclock then there was a hard shower with wind. I went to bro Sanders in PM to church meeting.
18. on Su I went to sosiety. cloudy & some light showers. grows cooler.
19. on Mo I hoed corn. cloudy.
20. on Tu I hoed corn. my wife & Hosea got home from Batavia about 5 oclock PM. clear.
21. on We I hoed corn & planted poatoes in gardin. clear.
22. on Th I hoed corn & soald one of my wifes shoes. there was a shower in AM & one went round at night.
23. on Fr I plowd corn & finisd going through it the second time. mostly clear.
24. on Sa I went to Hillsboro & saw the masons walk from Roadses to the Methodis meeting house whare M H Kerby deliverd a speech on masonery then Mr Gillilin preachd from to do good & to communicate forgit not.light showers.
25. on Su I was unwell. there was hard showers.
26. on Mo I cut & rolld logs & went with N Baker to git subscribers for a school. some light showers. cool.
27. on Tu I finisd folling loggs & did up some fence & began to plow fallow. clear.
28. on We I plowd. clear mostly.
29. on Th I began to cut my wheet in PM. there was a fine rain in AM. B M cradold.
30. on Fr I rakd & bound wheet. B M. cradold. Jessey rep. clear.
July 1 on Sa I had 6 hands to harvist & finisd cuting the wheet. I had about 190 dozen & 60 of B M sowd. a light shower at 2 ocock.
2. on Su I was 46 years old & stade at home. all of my children is here to day.clear.
3. on Mo I plowd in AM. it raind in PM.
4. on Tu I went to reap for bro Sanders. it came on to rain towards noon & raind hard.
5. on We. I pickd wool in AM & workd at nessesary in PM. it raind in the morning & cleard off about noon.
6. on Th I plowd set out the wheet to dry. it was clear & warm.
7. on Fr I halld in wheet. clear & warm.
8. on Sa I finisd halling wheet. had 230 doz then took our wool to the carding machine. clear.
9. on Su I was at home. clear.
10. on Mo I plowd. the children had a flax puling in PM. clear & very warm.
11. on Tu I plowd. clear & warm.
12. on We I finisd plowing & mowd some. had a hand to helpt. a shower went round yesterday. to day clear & cool.
13. on Th I reakd & halld in 5 lodes of hay. had J Tomson to help. clear & cool.
14. on Fr I rakd & halld 3 lodes of hay & a lode of flax. clear.
15. on Sa I plowd my potatoes & turnups ground then went to church meeting. cloudy mostly.
16. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Layon preachd from Rom VIII & 31 then Mr Pangburn from 1st Peter 1 & 3. there was a shower in PM.
17. on Mo I went to town in AM. I cradold oats in PM. cloudy in morn then cleard off.
18. on Tu I finisd cradoling oats & rakd some hay. Hosea mowd. clear & cool.
19. on We I rakd & halld 4 lodes of hay. B M helpd me in PM. clear.
20. on Th I took in 2 lodes of hay & 54 doz of oats in PM. B M helpd. clear & warm.
21. on Fr I took up & halld in the rest of the oats 101 doz in all. clear & warm.
22. on Sa I went to John Phibbses & took my family to see them. there was a shower in PM.
23. on Su I was at home. mostly clear.
24. on Mo I wetherboarded the nessesary & went & got 10 dollars that the widow Barrett owd me for pork. clear & cool.
25. on Tu I cut & split some rails. clear.
26. on We I rive some boards & coverd the nessesary & other notions. clear.
27. on Th I went to bro Woods & Mr Millers on a visit.
28. on Fr I wen to bro Woods & stackd all his hay. clear cool nights.
29. on Sa I sowd my turnups & did other things. clear. some warmer.
30. on Su I was at home. clear.
31. on Mo I went to Hillsboro in the waggon & took some rolls & Eliza to spin on the Vertical Spinner & went to court. there was a hard shower towards night.
Aug 1 on Tu I cut some wood & got out some slats for a gate. clear & warm.
2. on We I went to Barretts & got a quarter of soal lether then wove. cloudy. raind a little.
3. on Th I went to court. cloudy & raind towards night our petition for the devision of J Beremans land was granted to day.
4. on Fr I went & got my plow irons sharpend. went to Mr Ockermans sale & bought a gate for 75 cents. clear mostly.
5. on Sa I began to plow oats stubble. clear.
6. on Su I went to hear Mr Pitinger. he preachd from 1st John III & 1 then administerd the sacrament. clear & warm.
7. on Mo I plowd. cloudy cold.
8. on Tu I plowd & word some at a gate while Stillman plowd. clear.
9. on We I sot out some wheet & trod out 2 floorings. Stillman plowd. clear.
10. on Th I trod out 4 floorings. clear.
11. on Fr I trod out 2 floorings of wheet & shavd some gate slate. clear & very dry.
12. on Sa I workd on the road. clear.
13. on Su I went to bro Sanderses to see a stear I have there that is very sick. clear warm & very dry.
14. on Mo I helpd Hosea git out some wheet & made a gate. clear.
15. on Tu I got out some timber & went to bro Sanderses clear & very warm.
16. on We I got out some timber for a wheelbarrow. it raind some.
17. on Th I workd some at the wheelbarrow & other things. clear & warm.
18. on Fr I framd the wheelbarrow. clear.
19. on Sa I went about 6 miles to a Mr Grants whare Mr Laymon preachd then we came back to the meeting house & had church meeting. 2 fine showers.
20. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Laymon preachd from Col III & 1 then C B Smith from John XI & 25 & 26, then Laymon administerd the Lords supper then came & at candle light Hesekiah Johnson preachd from Rom III & 25. mostly cloudy.
21. on Mo I went to Mr Wadmans vendue. very clear.
22. on Tu I broke flax. the boys dresd 20 lb. clear & cool.
23. on We I hewd some gate posts. mostly clear.
24. on Th I rebuilt the peach kill. clear.
25. on Fr I getherd and halld a lode of peaches & one of apples to Tomsons to still. clear.
26. on Sa I started before sunrise in the big waggon & went to Bethel church to the Association. the introductory sermon was preachd by brother Pangburn from Acts 13 & 2. the church letters was red & asssociation formd. I was chosen clerk & Elder Laymon moderator. we put up at Hirum Burnets. it was clear.
27. on Su I went to the meeting house. Mr Berry preachd from 1 Peter II & 7 then Isaac Ferres from Soloman songs VI & 10 then James Smith from Heb II & 3 first claus then went to bro Burnets & dind then back at night whare Mr Ferres preachd from Gen 24 & 46. it was cloudy & Misted some.
28. on Mo I went & clerkd for the Association. Ferres & Ellrodd preachd. the association adjornd at 12 oclock. we came to bro Shocklys & dind then came home by dark. clear & cool.
29. on Tu went to bro Sanderses & skind my stear that has been sick & took the hide to John Dill to tan & got my horse shod for Mr Dunn to got to Ripley with. clear.
30. on We I cut & halld some wood for drying peaches bro Sheppard & wife came here on a visit. clear.
31. on Th I getherd a lode of peaches & took to Tomsons. clear & warm.
Sep 1 on Fr I getherd a lode of peaches & took to Tomsons. clear.
2. on Sa I getherd a lode of peaches & sent to Tomsons & boarded my wheelbarrow. some cloudy.
3. on Su I went to meeting. Hezekiah Johnson preachd from Mat XI & 28-29 & 30 came home & dind & went badk at 4 oclock he preachd again from Acts XXIV & 25. there was 2 light showers.
4. on Mo I went to Aunt Hannahs whare Judge Barrere, Philip Wilkin & J Sheields met to divide uncle Jone Beremans land. then went & valued some of the lots etc.
5. on Tu I went with the Commisioners again. they finisd viewing & valueing the land & put off the division till next Wednesday to morrow week. clear.
6. on We I pickd up & took a lode of apples to the still & bruised one of my thumbs a hoooping a barrel. clear.
7. on Th I tended to drying fruit & went to Barretts & got a calf skin. clear.
8. on Fr I bound some corn fodder & sturd some clover hay & transcribd the minutes of the association. clear & warm.
9. on Sa I bound & set up corn fodder & halld the ceed clover & set in a new gate post. it appeard some like rain but blew over without it.
10. on Su I was at home. clear.
11. on Mo I went to Hillsboro & took the association minutes to git printed. it was muster day. part clear. warm.
12. on Tu I topd some corn & bound fodder. it was clear.
13. on We. I went to see the commmissioners divide uncle Jona Beremans land. some cloudy.
14. on Th I went & saw a finis of the division of the land then bound fodder. the boys took a lode of apples to the stills. clear.
15. on Fr I plowd the second time. clear.
16. on sa I bound fodder & went to church meeting. part clear.
17. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Laymon preachd from ACts II & 42 then Mr Johnson from Thy testamonies are sure. it was a rainy day.
18. on Mo I markd out my wheet ground in lands. it was cloudy.
19. on Tu I cut out & closd some shoes. it was cloudy & misted. this day Hezekiah Johnson began school.
20. on We I took some apples to the still & went & got a lode out of the orchard that was set off to me then plowd. clear.
21. on Th I broke some flax & plowd. clear.
22. on Fr I plowd near 2 acres. clouded up.
23. on Sa I plowd & helpd rebuild the school house chimney. light showers.
24. on Su I went to hear Mr Pitinger. he preachd from Luke XIV & 23 after noon from Mark VIII & 33. it was some cloudy.
25. on Mo I began to plow in wheet in AM & sowd in PM. Stillman harrowd. cloudy.
26. on Tu I finisd sowing one field & got it harrowd. cloudy & warm.
27. on We I made shoes. it raind all day.
28. on Th I went to Hillsboro & got the minutes of the Association. some cloudy & cool.
29. on Fr. I beat the ceed of & spred out my flax. it was clear. some white frost.
30. on Sa I plowd in wheet. clear.
Oct 1 on Su I went to New Market to meeting. Hezekiah Johnson preachd Heb II & 3. flying clouds.
2. on Mo I plowd in wheet. clear.
3. on Tu I plowd in wheet. clear.
4. on We I finisd plowing in wheet. clear.
5. on Th I cleand my flax ceed & mended a britch band. Hosea went to move Jessey. it was clear.
6. on Fr I trod out wheet. clear & warm.
7. on Sa I sheld corn & helpd Hosea about giting out wheet. mostly cloudy.
8. on Su I went to meeting. bro Johnson preachd from 1st John V & 4. clear.
9. on Mo I cleand up 55 bus of wheet & pickd beens. clear & warm.
10. on Tu I pickd beens & went to the election for Governer, Congress & other officers then put up some wheet in barrels. clear.
11. on We I went to the smiths & got my horses shod & some mending done to the waggon. it raind a little in morning. cloudy.
12. on Th I loded 50 bushels of wheet in to 2 waggons & started J Dunn & Hosea to Sheppards mill with it & went a peace with them then came home & pickd beens. clear after a thick fog.
13. on Fr I pickd beens & finisd. clear & warm.
14. on Sa I thrahsd & cleand 6 1/2 bus of beens & went to church meeting. Hosea got home from Ripley about sunset. clear & warm.
15. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Pangburn preachd from Heb XI & 6. it raind in the morning & hard in the after noon.
16. on Mo I workd at shoemaking. Hosea went to Hillsboro & got 8 flower barrels. clear.
17. on Tu I halld 4 lodes of wood & cleand some oats. clear.
18. on We I put up apples & corn meal in barrels. clear till towards night.
19. on Th I workd at shoes & pickd up a lode of apples & sent to Moses Gossetts. cloudy.
20. on Fr I came home from bro Reubens & made shoes & went to the still & fetchd home 10 gallons of peach brandy. raind in AM.
21. on Sa I huskd & halld 3 lodes of corn. raind towards night. J Tomson helpd.
22. on Su I went to New Market to hear bro Johnson preach from 1 Cor XV & last verse. cleard away. cool with hard frost.
23. on Mo I huskd & halld 2 lodes of corn & loded the waggon for to go to Ripley. clear.
24. on Tu I fixd Hosea & Stillman off to the river then huskd corn. clear.
25. on We I cut wood will noon then huskd corn. B Martain helpd me. clear & warm.
26. on Th I huskd & halld 2 lodes of corn. the boys got home from Ripley at noon. clear.
27. on Fr I huskd corn & halld 3 lodes & finisd the field then pickd a lode of winter apples & buryed them. J Tomson & B Martain helpd. some cloudy. warm.
28. on Sa I made a shoe & halld 4 lodes of tops. it raind in morning.
29. on Su I went to New Market to hear Mr Pitinger. he preachd from 1st thes I & 5 there was thunder showers with hard wind.
30. on Mo I getherd apples for winter & cider. clear & plesant.
31. on Tu I made a pair of shoes & thrashd & cleand a bus of wheet. it raind in morn.
Nov 1 Yesterday I went to Hillsboro & today made shoes. it raind hard.
2. on Th I made shoes. cloudy.
3. on Fr I went to Mr Barretts & ground apples for cider. clear & warm.
4. on Sa I made barrels of cider. it raind till noon.
5. on Su I went to New Market & heard Mr Steal preach from ³you hath he quickened etc² cloud. raind at night.
6. on Mo I went & finisd my cider, got a barrel & half more. cloudy. raind hard at night.
7. on Tu I hald 4 lodes of wood & built the little crib higher & went to bro Sheppards at night to meeting. br Johnson explaind the IX chap of 1st Cor. cloudy.
8. on We I huskd & halld 2 lodes of corn. B Martain helpd. clear.
9. on Th this morn between 12 & 1 I was taken with the Choleramorbus which was severe till sun rise but i was unable to set up. the boys dug potatoes.
10. on Fr I set up part of the day. clear.
11. on Sa I was some better & rackd & straind & made 2 barrels of cider royal. the boys huskd & halld 2 lodes of corn & took 20 bus to Samuel Holms. clear.
12. on Su was at home. some of my friends came in to see me. clear & cold.
13. on Mo I had 2 men to butcher 3 hoggs & salted near 3 barrels for to send down the river. the heviest hogg weighd 280. the whole weighd 635. clear & cold.
14. on Tu I dug potatoes. some cloudy. bro Johnson preachd here at night from 2nd Cor V & 11 & explaind the former verses.
15. on We I huskd & halld 2 lodes of corn. clear & warm.
16. on Th I huskd & halld 3 lodes of corn the last of this years crop. it is better than common. J Tomson helpd me. part clear.
17. on Fr I getherd near 20 bushels of turnups & put up & swapd horses with John Tomson & am to have the cuting of 9 cords of wood to boot. the air turnd cold towards night. it raind in morn. I was taken at night with the cholic severe.
18. on Sa I was bad with the cholic took a corn sweat. the day was cold.
19. on Su I was still bad the pain movd to my left side.
20. on Mo I was so as to set up a little the pain setled in to my bowels again.
21. on Tu I set up most of the day. clear.
22. on We I set up & pidled a little towards helping Hosea fix for a start. some cloudy.
23. on Th I helpd Hosea & Jessey about starting to the river with the waggon. clear.
24. on Fr I rackd off a barel of cider. cloudy.
25. on Sa I rackd off the remainder of my cider. it snowd all day.
26. on Su I went to New Market to meeting. bro Johnson preachd from st John VII & 37-38. Jessey returnd from Ripley about 10 oclock & left Hosea to return no more till he makes his voyage. oh that the Lord will preserve him & prosper his way before him to day is cloudy the snow about 6 intches deep.
27. on Mo I did but little more than take care of the creatures. cloudy & cold.
28. on Tu I cut out & closd a pare of shoes for Eliza. cloudy & cold.
29. on We I made Elizas shoes. clear.
30. on Th I started to go to meeting it being Thanksgiving day but met Joseph Grant & wife & returnd. mostly clear.
Dec 1 on Fr I pulld some turnups & took to bro Sheppard. we all went there on a visit. clear. the snow nearly gone.
2. on Sa I halld some wood. J Tomson & B Martain chopd. clear.
3. on Su I went to New Market to sosiety.clouded up. cold.
4. on Mo I cut of some fire wood. it raind.
5. on Tu I hunted quails with Joseph & caught none. cloudy.
6. on We this morn Joseph & wife started home. I halld dung on the meadow. clear.
7. on Th I began a pare of shoes for Robert & built up the school house chimney. cloudy & raind at night.
8. on Fr I cut & halld 2 lodes of fire wood & workd at Roberts shoes. cloudy.
9. on Sa I cut wood. cloudy & spit of snow.
10. on Su I went to New Market to meeting. bro Johnson preachd from Isai I & 1-2 then Mr Pitinger from 2 Cor VI & 2. part clear.
11. on Mo I halld 5 lodes of wood. clear.
12. on Tu I went to Hillsboro in the dandy with my wife. clear & plesant.
13. on We I trod out wheet. clear.
14. on Th I cleand 7 1/2 bus wheet & warpd & cisd a woolen peace & went to John Phibses. clear.
15. on Fr I cilld a calf 11 months old weighd 212 lb then went & took some wheet to Patterson mill. clear & warm.
16. on Sa I went to Hillsboro * with Hezekiah Johnson & got licens for him to marry Eliza then went to church meeting. Elder Laymon came home with us & maried Hezekiah Johnson to my daughter Eliza without waitors. cloudy in the morn.
17. on Su I went to meeting. Mr Laymon preachd from Acts II & 41. bro Johnson concluded with a few observations then Elder Laymon administerd the Lords supper. the day was clear.
18. on Mo I cut some logs & drew in a pece. it was clear. grew cold towards night.
19. on Tu I halld some logs & went to Mr Gossetts & got some apple Jack then wove some. cold & cloudy.
20. on We I went to the fulling mill & got a peace of flannel they wove. clear.
21. on Th I wove. it raind in the morning.
22. on Fr I wove. it was clear.
23. on Sa I wove. clear & cold.
24. on Su I was at home. clear.
25. on Christmas I wove & got out Benj Eakins peace for foold cloth 27 1/2 yds long.
26. on Tu I made a broom & soald a pair of shoes. it snowd last night & to day.
27. on We I cut some logs. clear & cold. snow 3 intches deep.
28. on Th I took care of my cretures & went to unkle Joels. cloudy & very cold.
29. on Fr I cut wood part of the day. snowd.
30. on Sa I got the clover in to the barn & thrashd some of the ceed off. clear.
no entry for Sunday the 31 st
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