December 12, 1850 - December 23, 1850

1850 Decr 12th Building overseer House chimmy
Halling Rocks leaves Oats wood & Rocks about
this time Henry making ladder this morning
weather more moderate than for several days
I have been to Mrs McCullocks Twice a week
for nearly a month

14th Gilbert has been here this week
building chimny to overseers House worked 3½ or
4 days quite cool all this week finished chimny
& House,- Halled Rocks one day to Henrys
House —

17th Cutting in new ground after Killing 1 little
Beef & 4 of Our Hogs & salting them up
all about 380 lbs

18th My Overseer John Owen Jr moves
this day - cutting in new ground
Fine weather, Cate & Miss Patricks gone to Mr. ^Fitzgeralds
Bot of Mr. Fitzgerald some Pork for Overseer^{this day}
Bot & p^d Jacob for his Crop of Tobacco $2 & sold
Jacobs to Cate for $3.00

20th Sent Toll wheat to Capt Gilberts mill^{by J D Owen}
6½ Bushels good for My own & Mr Neals 6 Bushe[ls]
of my own nearly ½ Bush. for Mr. Neal
1 Bush of screan, 3 Bus. corn for meal
2½ for Owen & 1½ for Henry

21st Rented to John D Hunt Our Oak Hill
Plantation, for 5 years on following Conditions
He is to clear adjoining the field in 5 years 10
Thousand thousan Tobacco Hills ^{each year} fence in & Keeping
up all the fencing outside take care of Houses
etc etc take care of the spring & give me Twenty
Dollars yearly due 25 Decr each year & Should
I sell the place & wish him to give it up
under 3 years he is only pay $15 a year

22 Miss Patricks gone to Mrs Smiths Cloudy —

23rd Rained last night & came a fair Huricane
along here blowed off 1 Tobacco House roof with
Tobacco in it blowed down a good deal of fencing
& racked our shelter very much.