July 31, 1849 - August 10, 1849

1949 July 31st Cutting & Halling Logs began at
12 oclock to worm & top Tobacco, Rained a little
in evening. Heavy Rain at Mrs Colemans where I was

August 1st Toping Tobacco Plowing & working
Lots of Tobacco staining[?] Logs for Barn
Sewed Turnip Patch this day, also
Sewed Turnip seed in⌃^new Tobacco Lot

2nd Henry Fed & Jane geting sills for Barn
Butting. Halling up etc for Barn the Balance
Plowing & Hilling up Branch tobacco
& also Lot.
Sewed Turnip seed on Branch this day
clear & fair nights a little cool

3 Fast day & we all went to S. S. M H
Hilling up Tobacco in evening & squaring Logs

4 Squaring Logs Finished Hilling up Tobacco
choping in cotton began to Rain in evening
a fine Rain & continued till in the night
& most all night - warm fine weather

5. Raining again this morning & Foggy

6 cloudy this morning Rained last night
in the night fine warm days
my waggon started to Lynchg this morning
for Mr. Lewis, clear & warm. Finished cutting ^{for barn}Logs
Toping & worming Tobacco chopping out Garden

7 Clearing fine morning Toping Tobacco
& Grubing on Johns Branch Finished toping Tobacco
yesterday Halling Balance Logs for Barn
Henry did not get back last night,

9 Halling Logs - & Rocks for Pavement in yard
& Grubing on Johns Branch cloudy & like ^Rainfor

10 Grubing with 4 hands on Johns branch
Henry returning yesterday evening gone 4 days.