May 31, 1861 - June 6, 1861

1861 May 31st Chumney taken Sick yesterday
taking Physic, working out his Potatoes etc this
morning,- Henry Harrowing his Corn-
Cutting off Tobacco Hills to plant Tobacco
cloudy & like for rain, Sent 1 Colter to
pint to yates shop they shod Hester Phil
& Robin & steeled 2 H Hoes - this year

June 1st Cloudy & like for Rain, began to
Plow on Creek yesterday, Bob finished
Paling yesterday - Plowing & weeding Corn
on Creek to day - chumney not out yet

2nd Sunday Clear fine day Mrs Hunt
went to Mrs Colemans yesterday with her home
Nannie & me went to Green field meeting
I came back & went to Strait Stone at
3 Oclock nobody there at Prayer
meeting - Raining a little in evening
Mr Dallas staid here last night

3rd Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek
Fine rain this evening planted some Tobacco on
road, fine growing night

4th Planting Tobacco to day fine season
Finished another new ground here in old
field replanted greens etc etc

5th cloudy this morning sent to mill
for Chumney thining our Corn & I am
going down to Plantation this morning

6th Rained some last night. Henry bro’^t 1 Load of
weather boarding last night from Millers, carried 1
Log for weather boarding & sheeting & car^d 1 Bb^l corn for
meal, finished thinning corn & working out Garden
Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & Bob here this morning
Digging Hole & working on yard
[faded] & weeding Corn on Creek