April 30, 1860 - May 11, 1860

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1860 April 30th Planted Cotton water mellons
Simblings cucumbers Egyptian wheat & Broom
Corn seed & fixed Land for Irish Potatoes.-
Mrs Hunt went to Court House to day & Nannie
Clement
with her & Rhoda

May 1st. Sent to work on Road to day Rained & they
back by Twelve Oclock & we went to striping
Tobacco & Will finish what we had down

2nd went to work on road again & it rained & stoped
them, Halled 4 Loads wood & then making Brooms
& Spining Rained. I went to Aspen Grove they
were prizing Tobacco & doing but little
Found Federick very sick, & left him so.

3rd Federick Died last night about 3 Oclock
& Buried him this evening - finished working
here to day claiborne went to aspen Grove
to help Dig Grave, Halling leaves Bushing
Oats, & Hilling etc etc —
Mrs Hunt returned this evening from CH.

4th Halling out Trash out of new ground Rails
& wood. Hilling Picking Plant Beds etc —

5. Planted Peas Irish Potatoes for Cate use
& Coltering in new ground fine weather
Mr Moses here on Saturday evening & Sallie

6th Left & went home, Robt Clifton of Mr Hunts Est
Buried to day = Doron has been here for 2
days - Doct Steptoe attended on child that Died

7th Replanting Corn weeding Oats & coltering new
ground nearly done 1 way -. Doron gone

8 Hilling & Coltering. Halling out manure

9th Halling manure Hilling in new ground

10. Raining, Halling,- Rails Planting greens
Beets etc,- etc,- began to Plow Corn

11 Took down our Lugs here this morning
& last evening began to Plow corn yesterday
Cut our Calves & marked yearlings

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