2

DIARY OF
FRANCIS TERRY LEAK
(1803-1864)
Mississippi

Francis Terry Leak (1803-1364) was the son of waiter
and Hannah Pickett Leak of Rockingham, North Carolina.
Be was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1824 and
later moved to Mississippi where be engaged in plant-
ing. At the time of this diary he was in the Benton
County and Tippah County area.

Two typed volumes, of which this is tbe first, cover
the period from January 1859 to September 1862 and
represent the fifth manuscript volume in a series of
five. The pages 1-336 contained in this volume cover
the dates January 1859 to May 6, 1861.

Copied from the original manuscript volume now in the
Southern Historical Collection at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
- 1947 -