June 1, 1858 - June 7, 1858

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fransalman at Mar 11, 2021 08:20 PM

June 1, 1858 - June 7, 1858

1858 June 1st Fine Rain last night & We are
Beding & planting our Lot. & will replant all we
have planted, turned quite warm, Chumblys wife
very sick & he is complaining

2nd Nannie & me went to Mr Hunts again Mrs Hunt
is very Low Bushed wheat by new Barn Plowing
& weeding Corn by Malissas House Jordan finished
Crossing new ground & began to drag it over to day

3rd we are this worming Tobacco at Johnss branch
Plowing & weeding Corn this morning, cloudy
& like for Rain, Jordan will finish draging
new ground to day & Reckon —
Rained Several hours & we shelled corn etc

4th Jacob come down last evening after plants
To plant, claiborne & little helping to draw.
Sent to Yates Mill 6 Bags 12 Bus Corn for
ourselves & 4 Bushels for Chumbly for meal
We are choping laying off & fixing
planting our new ground Tobacco to day
Nannie still at Mr Hunts,who wife -- who is very low
Sent Pal with Jacob to drop plants to day
Cloudy & like for more Rain,— got all the meal
Mr Little came here wednesday to round & Joist
Shingles @ 75 cents a thousand worked when It was not
raining hard Thursday taken sick that evening
& left sick Friday morning, not ½ done

5th cloudy & like for Rain Laying off Hilling & Planting
Our new ground at mountain Spring, taken Sow &
& Pigs from mountain Spring this morning
Nannie has been at Mr Hunts nearly all this
week & she Died yesterday about 1 Oclock
& I expect she will be buried to day

6th went to Sunday School to day

7th drawing Plants & will Finish planting this
morning, Boar out in woods at this time,

June 1, 1858 - June 7, 1858

1858 June 1st Fine Rain last night & We are
Beding & planting our Lot. & will replant all we
have planted, turned quite warm, Chumblys wife
very sick & he is complaining

2nd Nannie & me went to Mr Hunts again Mrs Hunt
is very Low Bushed wheat by new Barn Plowing
& weeding Corn by Malissas House Jordan finished
Crossing new ground & began to drag it over to day

3rd we are this worming Tobacco at Johnss branch
Plowing & weeding Corn this morning, cloudy
& like for Rain, Jordan will finish draging
new ground to day & Reckon —
Rained Several hours & we shelled corn etc

4th Jacob come down last evening after plants
To plant, claiborne & little helping to draw.
Sent to Yates Mill 6 Bags 12 Bus Corn for
ourselves & 4 Bushels for Chumbly for meal
We are choping laying off & fixing
planting our new ground Tobacco to day
Nannie still at Mr Hunts,who wife -- who is very low
Sent Pal with Jacob to drop plants to day
Cloudy & like for more Rain,— got all the meal
Mr Little came here wednesday to round & Joist
Shingles @ 75 cents a thousand worked when It was not
raining hard Thursday taken sick that evening
& left sick Friday morning, not ½ done

5th cloudy & like for Rain Laying off Hilling & Planting
Our new ground at mountain Spring, taken Sow &
& Pigs from mountain Spring this morning
Nannie has been at Mr Hunts nearly all this
week & she Died yesterday about 1 Oclock
& I expect she will be buried to day

6th went to Sunday School to day

7th drawing Plants & will Finish planting this
morning, Boar out in woods at this time,