August 11, 1854 - August 24, 1854

1854 Friday 11th Rained a little last night &
this morning it Thundered lightened & it rained
more or less till 10 or 11 Oclock, ground wet,
the prettiest rain we have had this Summer
this evening after Dinner we went in the
woods to Sawing & getting shingles - Mr
Wyatt getting,- Sandy Cutting down another

12th Mr Wyatt getting shingles Fed & Henry sawing
Sandy still Cutting shingles trees Jordan
Plowing up Turnip Patch & going
to Sew to day as soon as he gets ready

14 Rained Friday 11 & Saturday night
finely, this morning we are fanning
Out wheat Drying fruit worming Tobacco
Plowing up Rye Lot etc Henry gone to
E. G Lewis’s to Raise Barn — clear & Hot

15 Sent Fed to Farris Mill 12 Bus. wheat
for flour, & got it all fine Rain this evening
Henry getting Old shingles Balance gathered
Queen apples & then went to work in Tobacco
in corn field Mr Wyatt getting shingles in wood,
Jordan & Sandy finished fallowing lot for Rye

16 Fed Toping Tobacco generally Henry getting shingles
finished working Tobacco in Corn field
working on Road this evening across mountain
Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts —
I went to Miss Sarah McCullocks
Fallowing up stubble field owens clearing^{for what}

21 Augt went to Court. & to see old Bro Stone, who is
very low Toping worming & succoring Tobacco

22 & finished that worming D^o again
Henry & Mr Wyatt getting shingles

23 Mr Wyatt went to Blanks to Raise Barn

24 - Harrowing in & Sewing Rye in lot
By Granary, Sawing yesterday again