Jun3 13, 1861 - June 21, 1861

1861 June 13th This is a fast day recommended by
President Davis & we all expect to go to meeting to
day at Strait Stone meeting House - fine weather
went & great many poeple attended black & white
Cap^t Geo. Gilbert Died yesterday & his wife Died this morning
at 6 Oclock both very old people, members of S. S. Church

14th Sent Henry to aspen Grove for Lambs filling up
Hh^ds Lugs Plowing corn, & Hilling Lot for Tobacco to day
I am going down to see Bro. Gilbert & wife buried
expect to fix Carriage Door & fix for Laying floor
Cap^t G & wife both buried in one Grave –

15. went to meeting to Parade & mustering volunteers
Chumney gone too Plowing & Hilling up Lot & began
to weed down Tobacco in Piney old Field.

16th Jerry came down, Prayer meeting at Bro. Hunts place

17th Filling up Hh^d Lugs, weeding down Tobacco
sent Henry to Plantation to Carry ^roadwaggon ^{(to mend)} to shop
[lost in margin] Carry a Log to Millers get meal & Plank & come
home, - Sent 1 Bushel wheat for me to Millers
& then Plowing corn choping on Ditches on Creek
thinning corn down there etc etc

18th Plowing corn & cotton Sweet & Irish Potatoes
Peas etc Plowed out Garden, weeding down
old field Tobacco - I fixed racks in Carriage
House etc Put in my Hh^d of Lugs 140 lbs Lugs of
my negro man Henrys - clear cool weather
Henry went after waggon at yates & Got robbin shod
before but cant start to Lynchg on acc^t of their work
at Plantation, wheat nearly ripe & corn Grassy
Bro^t wool & carry all from aspen Grove

20th Plowing on Creek Laying by Corn with Plow
Halling Logs for Granary weeding Tobacco etc

21st Laying foundation of granary this morning
washed wool Plowing on Creek halling Logs etc
yesterday I was at Mr Hunts Place to have negroes
clothes cut out by Mrs worsham