June 15, 1853 - June 22, 1853

1853 June 15 Expect to begin to Lay by corn
this day sometimes, Henry halling wood this morning
working out Peas etc to day — Fannie Here

16th Finished weeding Corn this day
& worked Peas etc etc Cotton & all done
& began to work new ground Tobacco
Laying by mountain field Corn

17. Laying by mountain field corn
choping in new ground Tobacco
Dry & Hot weather fannie & Jacob gone

18- Finished Lying by mountain field with Plows
Choping out new ground Tobacco.
no Rain last evening – fine rain at Mrs
Hunts, Laying by Corn in Johns’s field,-
Henry is gone to Mill 8 Bus Corn
Lila had a Girl child 16th June 1853 Fed
sick Sallie ^{claiborne & milly ann} Ben has measles –– Jordan
Sandy Lowry abram Fed Cate Jacob Sallie &
Clem has had mumphs & Jerry & perhaps
some others.

21st began to Cut wheat in Lot - choped over
mountain field Corn & now following Plows
Laying by - in Johns s field Sandy & Pallor
has measles, going to finish shearing sheep
mark etc this morning Jordan & Lowry also in
house measles this evening & with Federick &
Lila, 9 down in the house at this time &
Kitty has mumphs tho out

22nd We are cutting wheat next to or=
chard ^{& lot} to day Abraham Crews helping
& still dry & hot, oat drying up very much
& Tobacco plants in the Beds, what we have
have planted missing very much 4 of our
plant Beds look well last week tho they
may have Dyed since at mountain 2 in new
new ground look well one is gone