August 6 - 23, 1847

1847 August 6th Raining this morning
a little finishing working branch
then worming & succoring Tobacco
Henry gone to to Glenns Mill
with 5 Bus. wheat for flour 2 Bus
for Armstead & W^m Myers & 2½
Bus. corn for me — etc etc
Lila Spining cloudy warm weather

7 Raining this morning & last night all night
spining shoemaking & Picking wool etc

8 a good warm day —

9. Foggy in morning & then fair

10. Cloudy this morning. Toping & worming
Tobacco this morning, I am scouring etc etc
Fine growing weather - High
Fresh in creeks about here very hard Rain
A week or Two ago W^m B. Averett of
Lynchg & Green Robed the bank. Averett
Ran off Green they have in Jail

11th Rained nearly all night ground very
wet & Raining this morning cleaning out
Stables & Spining etc etc etc

12 Grubed & cleaned up mountain field
this day, went to see Ezekiel East sent
Island & bot it.

13th Grubing & Cutting in new ground

14 Henry & Fed went to Mr McCullocks
to Raise a barn, balance succoring
Tobacco 15 Sunday prime weather

16th Toping & Succoring Tobacco

17 Succoring new ground & second yrs
Halled polls on Branch

18th Succoring & worming Tobacco
scraping out Cotton Patch etc

22 Rained last night, began
to Thrash wheat Colo Dickinsons^machineyesterday

23 Rained again & we cant go on ^{out wheat}getting