May 22, 1859 - May 28, 1859

of Bro James Kelley @$5 pr Bbl

22nd¹⁸⁵⁹May Bedding Lot for Tobacco & weeding
Corn & Bushing Oats below Cotton Patch

23rd Nannie carried Sallie up to school
Planting tobacco in Lot in evening
fall dry- I think cleared off cool

24 Planted some this morning
went after corn at Kelleys —
Beding Lot weeding corn

25 Beding Lot I went to Riceville
to hear Graves from Tennessee Preach
weeding Corn, Sent for Hog at
Mrs Harris s this morning
got him & altered him & put him
in Pasture,

26. Done fixing Lot for Tobacco –
Plowing & weeding Corn,- I went down
to planting aspen Grove,- they have planted
bout 50 or 60, thousand Tobacco Hills
=Fine weather to Kill Grass.

27th Halling Rocks for Chimney for Henrys
House to day & weeding corn - Nannie
gone to CH to see Jerry & hear Ja^s R Graves
of Tennessee Preach, this mondy & expects to
return tomorrow,- fine weather now

27th Went to Election at Chalk Level few
poeple there weeding corn halling Rock for
chimney been over corn one time with colter
& Harrow,

27th Fine Rain this evening late Halling
Rocks before & weeding corn —

28 Planting Tobacco to day all day Bybee
helped with 2 hands from 11 Oclock till night
Nannie gone to CH - with Nannie & Lucy
Finished planted Lot Tobacco & replanted in
Lot that we planted first.-

of Bro James Rilley @$5 pr Bbl

22nd¹⁸⁵⁹May Bedding Lot for Tobacco & weeding
Corn & Bushing Oats below Cotton Patch

23rd Nannie carried Sallie up to school
Planting tobacco in Lot in evening
fall dry- I think cleared off cool

24 Planted some this morning
went after corn at Kelleys —
Beding Lot weeding corn

25 Beding Lot I went to Riceville
to hear Graves from Tennessee Preach
weeding Corn, Sent for Hog at
Mrs Harris s this morning
got him & altered him & put him
in Pasture,

26. Done fixing Lot for Tobacco –
Plowing & weeding Corn,- I went down
to planting aspen Grove,- they have planted
bout 50 or 60, thousand Tobacco Hills
=Fine weather to Kill Grass.

27th Halling Rocks for Chimney for Henrys
House to day & weeding corn - Nannie
gone to CH to see Jerry & hear Ja^s R Graves
of Tennessee Preach, this [mony?] & expects to
return tomorrow,- fine weather now

27th Went to Election at Chalk Level few
poeple there weeding corn halling Rock for
chimney been over corn one time with colter
& Harrow,

27th Fine Rain this evening late Halling
Rocks before & weeding corn —

28 Planting Tobacco to day all day Bybee
helped with 2 hands from 11 Oclock till night
Nannie gone to CH - with Nannie & Lucy
Finished planted Lot Tobacco & replanted in
Lot that we planted first.-