Thursday
the 4th Aug
1853
Plowed in cherry orchard with two
turn plows turning out stubble to sow
in wheat halled our hay from Dr Wesimans
meadow we had 4 small loads of damged
hay a hard bargain to cut sorry grass & give
the owner of the meadow half This was our
Election day for members to Congress County
& Superior Court Clerk R. C Puryer got 149
votes Boyd 11. Boyd & Puryear being candates
for congress Harkin & Mr B Search
candidates for county court Clerk Harkin
got 101 votes and Search 60 Rose & Thompson
candidates for SPC Clerk Rose got 97 votes
Thomspon 47
The votes in Davie stood as follows
for the Election in 1853
[column 1]
Mocskville
Farmington
Cheshirestore
Fulton
[column 2]
Puryear
291
149
32
79
554
300
254 mag
[column 3]
Boyd
226
11
30
33
300
[column 4]
Harkin
259
101
38
32
450
406
44 mag
[column 5]
Search
270
60
20
56
406
[column 6]
Rose
359
95
55
80
589
146
443
[column 7]
Thomspon
80
47
none
19
146
Friday
the 5 Aug
1853
Mowed in cassel meadow until noon
there pute the hay & worked in Turpack
Burning brush until night a light shower
of rain in the evening
Saturday
6 Aug
Commenced plowing turnip ptach
on the hill next Dr Wisemans some
of the hands rakeing & burning it of & one wagon
halling the wood & rails off Put our hay
in the cassel meadow to dry & halled up
3 loads in the afternoon
Monday
the 8 August
Yesterday was Sunday and we had an
old fashioned Big rained it raned for
50 minutes verry hard wash our land & raised the
Branches & creek verry high the fisrt full season since
the 1st day of May To day we send 3 hands
EN