August 18 - September 17, 1847

18 Aug 1847
Catharine Spiller started to Pine_
=ville to Miss L Wilson’s School
at Pineville Academy. Board at Mr &
Mrs Clark @ $7 pr month $10 for
Tuition of 5 months - Board & Tuition
$9 pr month - fine weather

23rd Too wet to Thrash wet.
Succoring & worming & Topping
Tobacco on Branches here & at Johns

25 Rained all day yesterday
yet cloudy succoring^worming& toping^{ground etc}new
Jacob P Graves starts to Mr.
Waddel to school @ not quite
$1 pr. month for the time he goes.

27 Thrashed out our wheat

30 Cloudy & foggy this morning succoring
& topping Tobacco this morning Rained very
hard Saturday evening —

31 Talton & Henry put up chimney
to House for Jane. began Monday 29
& worked 2½ days & went Home sick

Sep 1st Pulling fodder in fresh ground
& cutting Buck Wheat there
yesterday alse & Fed went to Mr
Hunt to pay for Epp & Allen helping
me to thrash our wheat —

2 Pulling Fodder in big field to day
Tying up Blade fodder etc etc Ann
& Jane in House. Henry at Mr. Lewis^{Raising barn}

3 Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning
Henry gone to mill weather good

4 Succoring Tobacco & worming to day.

6 Succoring & worming Tobacco weather^fine

17 Been succoring Tobacco & Finished
Pulling Fodder 15th now stacking