June 12, 1849 - June 19, 1849

1849 June 12th Went to S. S. M H. to try Tho^s
East for stealing Stephen Redgrages oats. got clear
from evidence, - Plowed Peas & corn Plowed ^drillcorn
second time by middle barn, & below Plum bushes
Weeding drill corn next to orchard -
Cloudy damp weather -

13. Plowed out Garden Sweet Potatoes
cotton Irish Potatoes, begun to lay ^{for tobacco}of[f] Lot.
weeding & Plowed fresh ground next to orchard

14. Beding Lot this & thining drill^{Just Plowed} corn

15. Finished Planting Tobacco & Replanted all
new ground & little second yrs ground
weather warm & moist -
Working cotton & branch corn to day
Plowing & weeding. Finished weeding
cotton this 12 oclock & gone on branch
Hot weather about this time —

16 Rained a little last evening.
Weeding & resetting corn on Branch where
missing. Planting watermellons simbling^Pumpkins Potatoes
setting out some Beet, Turnip, screan the seed of
which Mr Tucker said came from ^DenmarkDenmark

17 Fine clear weather, Finished yesterday
weeding out Branch. Corn, not quite done
weeding corn yet. began to Plow Hill
next to orchard, second time also next to
¹⁸woods by middle Barn, replanting corn on
19. Branch Lower part, - done weeding & Plowing
our corn second time one this side branch
& began second time on the other side branch
runing 4 Plows, weeding or Hilling up Sweet
Potatoes etc - clear weather nights cool, great
talk of mad Dogs this Spring. cholera about
very much this Spring Mr C. A Hunt Died
of it at Independence Mo. on his way to
California, - its now in Richmond V^a
Extra session Legislature moved to^{to finish}Fauquier Cty