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June 30, 1860 - July 5, 1860
1860 June 30th Ben & Henry getting & fixing prize Shelter, clear & day hot
July 1st Sunday Dry & Hot, Sarah McCullock came here this morning, dry & Hot
2nd Mrs Hunt gone to Mrs Colemans Alice wont stay at Mrs Colemans to Board Began to Cut Oats in Orchard claiborne Cutting, dry & Hot
3 Plowing & Hilling up Tobacco, Bob went to Mrs Colemans with his mistress, I went over to the exhibition at Shenstone & after Jerry come up a cloud & we staid all night at Mr Moses s did not Rain but little
4th got home with Jerry soon this morning Sallie went with me, - Mrs Hunt & bob yet at Mrs Colemans, dry & Hot Jerry Harrowing late lot corn & then Halling up wheat, I Balance Hilling up Tobacco, dry & Hot weather — miss Sarah McCullock here yet. — gone
5th Finished halling up wheat, little Rain this evening I went to see Mrs Hunt at Mrs Colemans to day & to Plantation Cothran Cutting oats Finished Plowing Tobacco & We are Hilling up when we can - Mrs Hunt & Bob at Mrs Colemans yet. Sent claiborne to Plantation this 5th July to get scythe & Cradle to cut oats, Henry Halled up upper Land Leaves in stables, we expect to Cut Oats to day — finished Plowing Tobacco over & Cutting oats in evening I went to Mr Chummey Swapt Bill off got 50$ to Boot in Jewellry & got a Parcel of Bones sure enough the Horse I got a Large Cream Colrd Horse about 13 years old, swapt with a man by the name of Isaacs
July 5, 1860 - July 9, 1860
In the Swapt got a watch silver $30. Guarde & Key $2½ 1 Breast Pen & Ear Rings $11 & 1 Breast Pin for my wife $7 - pd 3/- The Horse I got 12 or 13 years old — Works well etc - cloudy & like for Rain
7th Sent Henry & Jerry Smith to aspen Grove for a Lamb, Hilling up Tobacco in the near new ground. Planted cucumbers yesterday for Pickling - Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & bob gone to CH after Mrs Hargrave & Nannie to come down to Mrs Clements Funeral, = Mrs Hunt slept well last night,- cloudy weather
8th Rained a little this morning & cloudy all day the hands from Hunts plantation helped us 3 or 4 Hours this morning strip Tobacco we are striping all day Charles gone to Post office in evening. Mrs Clements Funeral appointed for Tomorrow so cloudy & Rainy I did not got to meeting to S S. to day Bob gone to CH yesterday after Mrs Hargrave etc - etc
9th cloudy & like for Rain this morning we are about to start to the Funeral of Mrs Clements on our return Mr Penick & his wife he Preached the Funeral, Mr Hargrave & his family Mr Overby & his son Isaac, Fannie W Fitzgerald, & Edd & all their Horses Dined here, & Bob & Mrs Hunts Horses - quite cool to day Bob Cutting oats in evening Mrs Hunt & Mrs Hargrave came here about 10 oclock Mr J Shields & son Wm helped us about oats to day did not get done. Hot & dry Hot & Dry yet Finished Cutting oats this morning
July 10, 1860 - July 16, 1860
1860 July 10th Mrs Hargrave went home yesterday Bob here this morning at work Just finished cutting Oats this morning soon, Jerrys has been gone without my Knowledge ever since Sunday evening Hilling up new ground Tobacco Henry & Harry Plowing young corn this evening — windy & drying to day
11th Raised Our Prize shed this morning Mr Bybee helped me about it Hilling up new ground Tobacco - Ben with Henry & Sent claiborne to work for Ben, very dry & Hot to day
12th Hilling up Tobacco & working on Prize shed, Ben here & Bob stays at old Place to day -- very cool & Cool & cloudy
13th yesterday I went to shields mount airy Josh Hubbards Pillcows Dawsons Lanes & my aspen Grove Plantation, etc - quite dry & cool this morning, send a Log to Millers for sheeting & 4 Bushels wheat for fine flour & 1 Bushel wheat to grind for me & to bring it all back & Palings & sheeting for prize shed — still cool & dry — only collected AJ Lewis Bond yesterday
14 went to aspen Grove brot wool Plank Honey Brandy etc etc home Finished hilling up Sweet Potatoes working Garden etc & gave negroes Holiday Bob has work at Mr Hunts Place & Ben here on prize shed etc for several days. Kate & Mr Moses came here, James Hunt came last night
15th Here to day went to Mrs Colemans in evening clear Dry & Hot
16th JD Hunt & myself went to Court in my buggy Our folks stoped Hog Holes around Corn field etc & began to stack oats worked Charly
July 17, 1860 - July 23, 1860
17th July 1860 Stacked Oats all day & finished put 1 stack in stable & put up 14 stacks claiborne stack one stack Bob stacked balance
18 - Henry Complaining gave him some Pills claiborne Jointing shingles all day balance began to shrub for Corn another on road my wife & Mrs Hunt gone to Mrs Colemans to see Isaac Overby who is there sick, bob Carried Mrs Hunt Carriage to shop to have tires, etc, Pal Came after work for his Mama Sent her 3 lbs wool Bags & all & some grease to grease it - Dry & Hot weather
19th I went to aspen Grove this day bob gone after Mr Overby & Mrs Hunt at Mrs Coleman Doct Thompson went to see Isaac Overby Rained 2 Showers in evening Run in the yard Grubing in corn field Henry sick & doing not much claiborne Jointing Shinglings & Digging whole for Prize Stump Jerry gone to Mrs Panills & shields to see about Thrashing their wheat
20th July cloudy, Shrubing for corn Toping Tobacco this morning first we toped
21. Shrubing corn field for 1861 Henry & Claiborne planking Prize shelter & Rounding & Jointing shingles I went to Fannies & Kates Sal & Alice went with me.
22nd I went to Prayer meeting clear & Dry in morning — In the shortly after I got home It began to Thunder & very soon a cloud come up & Rained hard, Severe Lighting - Rained a fine shower 3 times, Doct Estes stayed all night
23rd Striping Tobacco finished in big barn & then went to Little barn Plowing up Turnip Patch sewing Turnips in Garden etc etc Bob not here to day. Brought Bitter from aspen Grove mare bot of Mrs Fitzgerald.
July 24, 1860 - July 28, 1860
24th Bob Sick & Mrs Hunt Complaining went down to aspen Grove Thrashing wheat sent 4 hands & my Horses. did not get done clem & charles at home Shrubing Corn Land Plowed up Turnip Patch fine weather
25th Finishing Thrashing wheat at aspen Grove Machine will go to Mrs Pannills to day Hired Ben to go with it @ $8 pr month Mr Wright came here to work on yard this morning – fine weather this morning I have got Lucy bot from Fannie & like her very well to ride
26th machine at Mrs Pannills Mr Wright here, Halling manure on Turnip Patch this morning choping & hilling up Tobacco Second time, next to Whiteheads,- Jerry went to see Isaac overbyyesterday
27th Finished Thrashing at Mrs Pannills & got to James McHaneys about 2 Oclock, had to feed Horses & fix got out one stack this day
27. Machine at James McHaneys getting out wheat Ben with it at home striping Tobacco Mr Wright here fixing & work on Railing. Mr Cothran met met me yesterday to help fix down machine - cloudy & like for Rain this morning machine went to John Shields from McHaney did not do any thing at all
28th last evening a fine shower of rain about 10 Oclock Mrs Coleman Sent for Nannie I went with her got back about 1 oclock quite unwell to day myself, gave Mrs Coleman a dose of Calomel, went to Chumneys this morning Sent to yates to have hischild coffin made