August 14 - October 28, 1844

1844

Aug 14th A fine rain in the evening.
Hardly finished kilning bricks.
Got wet some. Too late corn I think.

15 Sowed turnip patch.

16 Succoring tobacco.

19 This morning burning bricks & treading
out wheat. D. Bybee at B. kiln @ 3/9 per day.

22. Began to pull fodder.

29 Yet pulling fodder. Finished this
days burning brick kiln this day bin
at 10 days. D. Bybee & A. Compton helped.

26 Mr. Moon & Irby returned to work
& have worked every this[sic] day this week.

30 Mrs Buckley died yesterday.
Hardest rain last week & roaring[?] from
the looks of the cloud I ever saw.

Sept 27. This month has generally been dry,
1 rainy day in it. Very summer indeed.
Crops generally tolerable for this season.
Hauled up bricks with 2 teams 4 days.
Began to get up corn. Cut & housed
new ground tobacco & cut lot & second
years land this week. Commenced raining
last evening. Friday & this 28th still
raining regularly on. Moon and Irby
not done much this week.

Monday 2nd Octr 1844. Mr. Samson came
to begin to lay bricks & the foundation
was dug & made beginning 3rd Octr
at 9 Oclock 1844.

Cut my buck wheat this day.

Oct 9th Fine weather & we are laying
our brick. Moon & Irby also here.
Hauled up corn today from ship house.

11th Oct. Capt. G. W. Coleman altered Waxy
& Pompey. Cloudy & like for rain.

28th Rained last week & this night. Rained
harder than for several years. Putting
up last story of house.