May 23, 1870 - May 30, 1870

1870 May 23 Clabe & Lucinda here this morning
to Hill, Charles is also come to work Keatts
Plowing in Corn Se[e]ding with cotler this morning
& then throwing dirt from corn Halling my sweet
Potatoe Patch this morning — below weaving house

24 Hilling in new ground & Plowing in corner
Finished Hilling in new ground & finished planting
it. Rained last night & we are planting
Tobacco all day till evening & nearly finished
New ground & fresh ground - rained hard this eve
ning hard I went to S Stone this evening

25th rained last night James D Hunt gone to CH for
me as Comm^r of Elections at S S. M House to get Poll
Books & Ballot Boxesetc to day we are bushing
Oats this morning then to Plowing Lot for Tobacco
Went as far as Chalk Level & found the poll
Books & Ballot Boxes there & Brought them home
got back by 12 oclock, etc

26th I started to the Election by little after light
got Down there by 1 Hour by Sun Stayed there
till this morning 27th May Rained nearly all
day 26th the day after Election, Doct Estes has
to carry the Report of the Election our folks
Hauling Out our manure & Plowing lot
etc 28th Raining nearly all day this day
too & very cool wind N W & N. East.
Wind blew very hard last night etc etc

27th Raining nearly ^all day, quite cool striping
Tobacco all day –

28th. Rain[in]g again quite cool striping Tobacco
Sam Borrowed 2 Bus. Corn & sent to mill
Will finish striping Tobacco to day

29th I staid at Home all day my my bees swarmed

30th Rained a little this mornings dont Know ^{what to do}
sent Mr Keatts & Nat to Mr Joseph M Moses,
for a stack of Oats he gave Brot home safe
a very good stack no Rain to hurt them
Charles Lovelace Colr^d did not come here to
work to day Sam replanting Corn