May 6, 1848 - May 20, 1848

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1848
May 6th Send Henry to mill 10 Bus. corn
& 1 Bushel Buck wheat picking up roots
& Hilling this morning pulled cockle
out of fresh ground wheat

7 Gust last night & night before
hard Rain & wind —

8 put up fencing prizing Tobacco
& replanting corn. Ground wet
Henry plowing on Branch in lot,
My W gone to Mrs Hunts. Mary H
Coleman
sick I went there last night in
night. She was some better —
Very hard Rain about 3 oclock to day
also last friday & Saturday

15. Finished our new ground, replanting
corn coltering second yrs ground
weather cool & fair,- Planted snaps
etc etc & Hilling second yrs ground

16 Finished replanting corn, Plowing

17 Hilling up second yrs ground
prepared ground for Peas & Greens
Plowing for Tobacco — in Lots

18 Hilling Plowing - Plowing corn
in Lots at home —

19. Kit gone to Lynchg for me
prizing Tobacco - Hilling yrs landsecond
Planted Pea Patch etc —

20_ Halled up stack fodder
prizing Hilling etc
Planted Tobacco this day

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fransalman

Mary H Coleman, I believe, is Mary Hunt Coleman, Nancy Graves' niece. Nancy's sister, Sarah Whitlock Hunt married Col. George Coleman. Their children were John Daniel Coleman, Sallie (who died at 20 mos.), James Coleman, Mary Hunt Coleman, and George Edward Coleman.