August 20 - 29, 1845

1845 August 20th. Raised barn at new
ground this day 22nd Henry this day gone to
Doct Whites Mill with wheat corn &
a stack & is to bring my Palings Home
Fed sick yesterday & day before —
Succoring & toping Tobacco this day

26th Picking Turnip Patch & finished
Hilling up Lot at Henrys house
My wife son Jerry & nurse Ann
started from home on yesterday
Sunday to go to Charlott cty V^a
on a visit to Mr Overbys &
Moseleys with Mrs Hunt - Fanny
White sick - fine rain yesterday Sunday

Monday ²⁵26th. Clear fine day for travelling

Tuesday 26. clear fine morning Grubing
& Phil cutting Henry & Fed gone to Mr L
to raise houses — —

27. cutting on Branch & grubbing
Mr Lewis spayed 14 shoats & cut six
& Turned out 2 young sows & 1 boar
Mrs Scrugs put cloth in the loom -
My wife did not start to Charlott
till Tuesday morning & Pleasant came
here same day about 12 & stayed till
next evening making ladden etc etc

28th Grubbing & cutting Henry getting
slab timber I went to Jno D Hunts & Mrs
Hunts, my dear Nanny been gone ever since
last Sunday to charlotte, — time seems long

29 Topping succoring and worming Tobacco
today - started a letter to Colo Smith about
over our