April 4, 1870 - April 12, 1870

1870 April 4th I went to old place waggon started
from there with Load of Lugs Jesse Kelley with
waggon to Lynchg gave him $2 for toll he carries
Butter & $183 Dollars for C A Hunt & to get his
Rec^tfor $192 34/100 Letter written to Rucker Ha[nner?]
& Snead to sell load Tobacco sent Statement
& money - back by Jesse J Kelley - Sent
for allum water for Mattie Herrings for
Sam Gilbert & 1 No 12 oven top Jacob P
Graves Carried Sam $50 Note to Lynchg to
See if it was good, & get some Snowed
& quite cold to day wind very cool
Striping Tobacco all hands Sam & Ben too

5 Halling wood & Rails out of new ground to day
Waggon & cart & Hauled till night cloudy all day
Jere. H Graves sent Ed & Buggy down for Nannie
Mott Sick all night of the 4th April 1870

6th Plowing corn land to day Keatts & Ben
Keatts Laying off & Bedding for corn still cloudy
Sam Caroline & Nat Raking leaves in new
ground to day weather more moderate
I am here by myself Bob came here last night

7th Plowing for corn again to day

8th All hands Sewing oats 3 Horses & steers to day
Beautiful weather yesterday & to day raking &
Burning leaves in new ground yesterday look
like planting corn now

9th Sam & Keatts Plowing Keatts 2 mules on
Sam next to woods Halled up 1 stack fodder
this morning, I went to S S meeting no Preaching
nothing heard from Jeres & Nannie since She
went up there Rained this morning but
few people at meeting Still cloudy

10th Raining this morning & quite cool

11th Striping Tobacco all day Sam & Ben helping

12th Finished striping Tobacco in new prize
Barn this morning & hung it up & Sam & his
family went to the Circus at Whitehead Store Keatts