September 29, 1861 - October 7, 1861

29th Sept 1861 went to Strait Stone no meeting

30 Housing Tobacco in prize Barn, nearly
got it full cattle Dying very much about. We
have not lost none yet. fair pretty weather

Oct. 1st Henry & myself going to Plantation after
a Land of Corn for meal, Dan^l Hunt
wife Bob Carrys to CH to day

Oct 1st I went to aspen Grove got nearly 3 Barrels
Corn for ourselves & 2½ Bus for Chumbly
& sent to whiteheads mill bro^t home 1½ Bus Rye
firing Tobacco & Cutting wood & fixing
prize shelter to hold Tobacco, Halled wood to burn

2nd Oct Kittys child a Girl born Mrs Stanly
wormed & succored Tobacco over firing Tobacco
Gathered some few Peas & Snaps seed to day
I went to Mrs Fitzgerald & old place to day
Rained in evening

3rd Digging Potatoes Irish Cutting Timber for
Corn House, gathering snaps & Peas -
Henry went to Faris Mill got 6½ Bushels
wheat from him for thrashing wheat & bro^t
home nearly 3 Bushels D^o from Penicks for D^o
& then went back to whiteheads & got a load
meal for me 12½ Bus. & 2½ for chumbly I
Sent to Chalk Farthings & H Faris Tan
yard & got Leather for Jacobs Boots & 2
sides for Estate JD Hunts Est –

4th began to make molasses out of sugar cane
made rather a bad out. Jacob P. & his wife
came here to day - fair weather, Miss S. J McCullock
come again in the evening

5. Finishing our sugar cane to day Charles
is going to Chalk Level this morning

6 I stayed at home, this Sunday Prayer meeting
at old Place Bybee sick & sent for wooding

7th Stacking Tops here & Done stacked at aspen Grove