November 15 - December 14, 1847

Cartersville etc & arrived home Saturday
night after dark^{the 13th Nov}& found all well &
doing ^{staying at Mr Overbys all night}well being from home about 3
weeks. Sewed 19 or 20 Bushels wheat in
Johns’s field ^{& all} while we were gone^{sewed 6 Bus.}, Our
friend Mr John G Lewis attended to our
business while we were absent all the
little growth cut in our new ground

15th began to get up Our Corn —

16. puling up Irish Potatoes & Greens this^day
weather very good Henry & Jacob gone
to mill —————

22, Shucking & Housing corn most of last^week
this morning Killed Bull,

24th Rained all night last night & most of
the day yesterday. Striping Tobacco & shoe
making - Killed a Beef Harry monday

22nd Let Mr. Myers have 81 lbs weighed about 375 lbs
have not finished our corn yet —

Dec 1st Rained to day & nearly Halled
up all Our Corn - Shoemaking &
Spining etc etc —————

2nd Rained all night & this morning
Striping Tobacco & shoemaking

Dec 6 Last Friday 3rd Fed went to
shoemaking at Mrs Hunt shucking
& Housing our corn & finished this
day & began to put up Our Turnips

8. Killed 6 Hogs this day &
began to cut big growth in new ground
& Grubbing & Halling wood

11 Striping Tobacco, been cutting big growth
in new ground 2 days [unclear]. weather
warm, & cloudy let Mr. Crews have
½ Bus. salt for 100 lbs fodder to salt his Pork

13th Striped Tobacco, cloudy & Rainy

14 Striping D^o & Cloudy & Rainy