| June 4 - 18, 1845 1845 June 4 Mr. [Lumis] preaches at Strait
Stone [Straightstone Baptist Church] this [day]? On Friday 31st May the
frost was so severe that many vegetables
was injured, corn in some places but
nearly to the ground, weather very cool
but now quite warm, nearly done weeding
corn weeding cotton today --plowing
it this morning,
7. Sent Mrs. Hunt [abbrev. before?] Bro. [unclear]
Bag & all —
Began to lay by corn the [unclear]
Finished weeding corn the [date?] began
to weed tobacco the 5th [unclear]
sweet & Irish potatoes, greens & left
all hilled up & oats bushed.
9. [unclear] sill dry & hot, have all
our lot land to plant into tobacco
yet
10 - Quite dry & hot. Went to Mrs. Hunt's &
attempted to whip Epp who ran from
me into the bushes. Laying by corn
with plows by Malissa's house, -
11. Epp came home next morning.
18. Quite dry & hot, cut our fresh
ground wheat the 12th. Mrs. Hunt
began [out?] the 13th & ending on 18 [unclear]
Laying by our potatoes on Hill
[unclear] up little new ground on Branch
| June 4 - 18, 1845 1845 June 4 Mr. [Lumis] preaches at Strait
Stone this [day]? On Friday 31st May the
frost was so severe that many vegetables
was injured, corn in some places but
nearly to the ground, weather very cool
but now quite warm, nearly done weeding
corn weeding cotton today --plowing
it this morning,
7. Sent Mrs. Hunt [abbrev. before?] Bro. [unclear]
Bag & all —
Began to lay by corn the [unclear]
Finished weeding corn the [date?] began
to weed tobacco the 5th [unclear]
sweet & Irish potatoes, greens & left
all hilled up & oats bushed.
9. [unclear] sill dry & hot, have all
our lot land to plant into tobacco
yet
10 - Quite dry & hot. Went to Mrs. Hunt's &
attempted to whip Epp who ran from
me into the bushes. Laying by corn
with plows by Malissa's house, -
11. Epp came home next morning.
18. Quite dry & hot, cut our fresh
ground wheat the 12th. Mrs. Hunt
began [out?] the 13th & ending on 18 [unclear]
Laying by our potatoes on Hill
[unclear] up little new ground on Branch
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