March 15 - May 13, 1844

¹⁸⁴⁴ March 15. Finished stripping Tobacco & prized our
lugs & a part of our short Tobacco.
Commenced sewing oats the 12^th March
but so wet only sewed 5 Bus & now all
malling & fencing children started to
school about 6^th March but so wet
they have gone only 5 days to this day.
sewed Peas & Planted onions 1^st March.
Planted Potatoes 1^st & finished the Patch

14^th March by the spring.
Sewed Peas Last Feby or 1^st March.

28^th Finished sewing oats this day.
Sewed Flax seed also this day.
Breaking up corn ground.

April 12. Sewed a flax seed this day.
Planted Irish and sweet Potatoes
on hill 5^th Inst & set out yams.
Began to make Tobacco Hills 11^th Inst
april Planted Snaps & corn in Garden
this day. Tobacco Plants Square

12 Began to Plant corn far side of Johns
field,- Flies just begun to eat Tobacco Plants.

15 Planting corn all hands this day.
weather dry & Hot – for april.

16 This day Mr Moon & Irby come here
to work to build new room mentioned.
Commenced getting shingles first.
Rained the[sic] this day in the night very cool.

17^th Rained again about

19 Raining this morning. Prizing good Tobacco.

29. April has been generally warm.
On last Saturday it rained hard &
Hailed about Heavily but not none here.
Finished Plank k[?] this morning.

May 4^th Finished Plowing Flat ground for corn.
Tobacco Plants on mountain large
enough to plant.

13^th Finished Hilling N. ground 11^thInst
Planted nearly 2000 new ground Toba. Hills
[unclear] & Hilling second years ground.

¹⁸⁴⁴ March 15. Finished stripping tobacco & prized our
lugs & a part of our short tobacco.
Commenced sewing oats the 12^th March
but so wet only sewed 5 bus & now all
malling & fencing. Children started to
school about 6^th March but so wet
they have gone only 5 days to this day.
Sewed peas & planted onions 1^st March.
Planted potatoes 1^st & finished the patch

14^th March by the springs.
Sewed peas last Feby or 1^st March.

28^th Finished sewing oats this day.
Sewed flax seed also this day.
Breaking up corn ground.

April 12. Sewed a flax seed this day.
Planted Irish and sweet potatoes
on hill 5^th [unclear] & set out yams.
Began to make tobacco hills 11^th [unclear]
April 3 Planted snaps & corn in garden
this day. Tobacco plants square

12 Began to plant corn far side of Johns
field. Flies just begun to eat tobacco plants.

15 Planting corn all hands this day.
Weather dry & hot – for april.

16 This day Mr Moon & Irby come here
to work to build new room mentioned.
Commenced getting shingles first.
Rained the this day in the night very cool.

17^th Rained again about

19 Raining this morning. Prizing good tobacco.

29. April has been generally warm.
On last Saturday it rained hard &
hailed about heavily but not none here.
Finished plank kiln[?] this morning.

May 4^th Finished plowing flat ground for corn.
Tobacco plants on mountain large
enough to plant.

13^th Finished hilling N. ground 11^th inst.
Planted nearly 2000 new ground tobc. hills
[unclear] & hilling second years ground.