May 22, 1859 - May 28, 1859
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of Bro James Kelley @$5 pr Bbl
22nd1859May Bedding Lot for Tobacco & weeding
Corn & Bushing Oats below Cotton Patch
23rd Nannie carried Sallie up to school
Planting tobacco in Lot in evening
fall dry- I think cleared off cool
24 Planted some this morning
went after corn at Kelleys —
Beding Lot weeding corn
25 Beding Lot I went to Riceville
to hear Graves from Tennessee Preach
weeding Corn, Sent for Hog at
Mrs Harris s this morning
got him & altered him & put him
in Pasture,
26. Done fixing Lot for Tobacco –
Plowing & weeding Corn,- I went down
to planting aspen Grove,- they have planted
bout 50 or 60, thousand Tobacco Hills
=Fine weather to Kill Grass.
27th Halling Rocks for Chimney for Henrys
House to day & weeding corn - Nannie
gone to CH to see Jerry & hear Jas R Graves
of Tennessee Preach, this mondy & expects to
return tomorrow,- fine weather now
27th Went to Election at Chalk Level few
poeple there weeding corn halling Rock for
chimney been over corn one time with colter
& Harrow,
27th Fine Rain this evening late Halling
Rocks before & weeding corn —
28 Planting Tobacco to day all day Bybee
helped with 2 hands from 11 Oclock till night
Nannie gone to CH - with Nannie & Lucy
Finished planted Lot Tobacco & replanted in
Lot that we planted first.-
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