July 17, 1860 - July 23, 1860

17th July 1860 Stacked Oats all day & finished
put 1 stack in stable & put up 14 stacks claiborne
stack one stack Bob stacked balance

18 - Henry Complaining gave him some Pills
claiborne Jointing shingles all day balance
began to shrub for Corn another on road
my wife & Mrs Hunt gone to Mrs Colemans to
see Isaac Overby who is there sick, bob
Carried Mrs Hunt Carriage to shop to have
tires, etc, Pal Came after work for his Mama
Sent her 3 lbs wool Bags & all & some
grease to grease it - Dry & Hot weather

19th I went to aspen Grove this day bob gone
after Mr Overby & Mrs Hunt at Mrs Coleman
Doct Thompson went to see Isaac Overby
Rained 2 Showers in evening Run in the
yard Grubing in corn field Henry sick
& doing not much claiborne Jointing
Shinglings & Digging whole for Prize Stump
Jerry gone to Mrs Panills & shields to see
about Thrashing their wheat

20th July cloudy, Shrubing for corn Toping
Tobacco this morning first we toped

21. Shrubing corn field for 1861 Henry & Claiborne
planking Prize shelter & Rounding & Jointing
shingles I went to Fannies & Kates Sal &
Alice went with me.

22nd I went to Prayer meeting
clear & Dry in morning — In the
shortly after I got home It began to
Thunder & very soon a cloud come up
& Rained hard, Severe Lighting - Rained
a fine shower 3 times, Doct Estes stayed all night

23rd Striping Tobacco finished in big barn
& then went to Little barn Plowing up Turnip
Patch sewing Turnips in Garden etc etc
Bob not here to day. Brought Bitter from
aspen Grove mare bot of Mrs Fitzgerald.