August 11, 1856 - August 20, 1856

1856 Augt 11 Finished the Lot nearly —
-- 12th Augt began to Thrash wheat Ben with
Kellys machine cloudy & like for Rain

13th Several Showers about this time
Thrashing this morning & rained stoped us
Bob & Joshua here from Mrs Hunts

14th we have been 2 whole days trying to
Thrash Our wheat & it has rained so we
have not finished yet. Toping & worming
& succoring Tobacco this morning cloudy
& Rained finely last night weather warm
finished Thrashing wheat to day & car^d the
machine to James P Lewis in evening

15 I am going to Riceville carry Jordan
the Doct May see him,- Toping worming &
& succoring over all our tobacco at this
time, Sewed our Turnip Patch last week
& some seed in Lot by Hog pen —

16th worming & succoring Tobacco Henry

18th I went to Court Monday morning
& stayed till Tuesday night settled with
D Marr & all McCullocks Legatees
& had the acc^t Reported in full by Comm
Banks as pr Rec^ts & settled for Adams &
Martha as here give up the Bond & took
a Rec^t and if any Cost they have it to
pay for advertising etc,- Borrowed $200
of Bro. Geo. Gilbert for a month —
Our folks finished cutting pines at stony
pint Grubed some Henry Lowry & claiborne
Sawed shingle Timble & on Tuesday the
19th it Rained in the evening they got
up apples & Beet Cider —

20 My wife gone to Mrs Hunts sent by her
$119.21 to pay Dan^l R Hunt for Guano $10
for Lucy Ann collected for her Henry gone