May 8 - May 15, 1865

City & Gen^l U Grant is now military
Dictator, J Davis President of the
S. Confederacy is gone Cross the
Mississippi & Carried the Gov. with
him there. Here Warm Weather

9th W^m Foster & Cha^s Williams
from Johnsons Army that surrendered
got their Breakfast & owes me
75 Cents for their Breakfasts
at Work in new ground
negroes planting their corn
Smith & Jerry Carried Cotton
to Millers machine ^{1 Bag 41 lbs} 1 D^o

10th Finished planting Cotton
Broom corn & Planted some I[rish] Potato
Began to replant Corn to day

11 Jerry Smith, one of my Boys,
gone off to Yankees last night
Coltering new ground replanting
Corn, I went to Plantation today

12th Replanting corn first planting

13. D^o -- D^o I went to S S

15th. Planting Corn & Peas in ground
& working out Irish Potatoes in
oat fields - - -