August 7, 1861 - August 14, 1861

1861 August 7th Sewed Turnip Patch this morning
Nannie went to Mrs Colemans last evening &
stayed all night choping on Creek in corn
finished Henry Carried Log to Millers Mill
for Granary & Bro^t Home all the plank we
had there Sent 2 Barrels Corn for meal

[in margin]th Finished covering Tobacco House on road, choping
Hilling old field Tobacco, clem washing ¬–

[in margin]th working Hilling up Tobacco Sent little Henry
[to?] whiteheads to machine wheat
[in margin] Began to working on machine to make molasses
[O]verseer Henry & bob Henry & bob went to mill
[?]t Millers this morning - Finished worming
& succoring over tobacco Cutting down Pines &
clearing over next to whiteheads got 2 Bb^ls
meal to day.

[in margin]th went to meeting to day

[in margin]th Sent Mr Chumbly & claiborne to Strait Stone to
[f]ix association, Sent 2 axes to Jump & sent 1
[?]mp & they are to find one & 2 axes to upset
[in margin] Mr Chumbly, worming & succoring lot this morning
[cu]tting down Pines Henry examing meat
[to]ping Tobacco & then cutting with others. Bens
[ma]chining out wheat at Mr Wallers this morning

[1]3 going from W^m H Wallers to his Brown plantation
[in margin]tting. Henry & little Henry gone to Strait
[S]tone again Chumbly & claiborne at work
on mollasses Press to day — I was called up last
[n]ight after midnight to go Cap^t whiteheads to
[s]hroud him only sick since Saturday night
[in margin] or Three days. Dipthreia or sore throat

[1]4th We went to Cap^t whiteheads funeral
clem to aspen Grove & Bro^t Kittie & Chaney up
[h]ere, cutting down & cleaning up new ground
over next to whiteheads - chumbly & 2 or 3 others
fixing molasses press till 12 Oclock, going
after Fan this evening.