May 6, 1861 - May 11, 1861

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fransalman at Sep 27, 2021 07:36 PM

May 6, 1861 - May 11, 1861

1861 May 6th began to Bed Cotton Patch halled
some wood & scattering manure a little Raining
in evening too hard to work out Mr
Chumney
& Bob in shop nearly all day
Pinting 2 colters, pinting 3 Harrow Teeth etc
mended Poker making Some Staples etc 5 Staples
mended 1 clevice & pin, fixed 3 other Harrow
Teeth, sharpend 4 H Hoes made some lap links
mended up our Traces mended some time ago
2 Swingletrees put Iron on etc pinted 2 colters
sometime ago. Mr Yates shod my mare
Hester before & steeled 2 H Hoes for Cedar Hill
making some lap links etc.

7th Putting up Scare Crows claiborne halling
wood Chumney at work in shop this
morning - fixing Cotton Patch Plowing
Potatoes Beding Garden for Greens etc
cleared off but very cool clary had a
calf a few days ago, Planted some greens &
Potatoes & did not begin to Plant Cotton
Henry planting his corn. I went to aspen
Carried Salt there to day –

8th Planting Irish Potatoes for late use Planted
Cotton Broom corn & Sugar cane, water mellon
Mus. mellon & cucumber simblings Greens, Peas etc etc
Plowing up Tobacco Lot, getting wood etc etc

9th Mr Chumney & bob fixed prize beam this morning
& at work on Carriage House, Henry &
Washington at work coltering Second yrs
land balance hilling let Mr Chumney have
2 Bundles Oats to feed Horse at his house
Sent 1 Bushel Wheat for me to day

10th I went Patrolling last night nearly all night
Plowed Irish Potatoes & Planted Some more Greens
Coltering in fresh ground & Hilling
Raining Beautifully to day doing some work in
shop making Brooms, clem cooking –

11th Fine weather Mr Chumney & Bob at work on
Carriage House balance Plowing & Hilling
I am going to meeting

May 6, 1861 - May 11, 1861

1861 May 6th began to Bed Cotton Patch halled
some wood & scattering manure a little Raining
in evening too hard to work out Mr
Chumney & Bob in shop nearly all day
Pinting 2 colters, pinting 3 Harrow Teeth etc
mended Poker making Some Staples etc 5 Staples
mended 1 clevice[clevis] & pin, fixed 3 other Harrow
Teeth, sharpend 4 H Hoes made some lap links
mended up our Traces mended some time ago
2 Swingletrees put Iron on etc pinted 2 colters
sometime ago. Mr Yates shod my mare
Hester before & steeled 2 H Hoes for Cedar Hill
making some lap links etc.

7th Putting up Scare Crows claiborne halling
wood Chumney at work in shop this
morning - fixing Cotton Patch Plowing
Potatoes Beding Garden for Greens etc
cleared off but very cool clary had a
calf a few days ago, Planted some greens &
Potatoes & did not begin to Plant Cotton
Henry planting his corn. I went to aspen
Carried Salt there to day –

8th Planting Irish Potatoes for late use Planted
Cotton Broom corn & Sugar cane, water mellon
Mus. mellon & cucumber simblings Greens, Peas etc etc
Plowing up Tobacco Lot, getting wood etc etc

9th Mr Chumney & bob fixed prize beam this morning
& at work on Carriage House, Henry &
Washington at work coltering Second yrs
land balance hilling let Mr Chumney have
2 Bundles Oats to feed Horse at his house
Sent 1 Bushel Wheat for me to day

10th I went Patrolling last night nearly all night
Plowed Irish Potatoes & Planted Some more Greens
Coltering in fresh ground & Hilling
Raining Beautifully to day doing some work in
shop making Brooms, clem cooking –

11th Fine weather Mr Chumney & Bob at work on
Carriage House balance Plowing & Hilling
I am going to meeting –