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1872 Decr 19th Sent Milton to Mill MIllers With Wheat
& corn for Chris & he came back in the night
Sent Chris after him & had got no meal nor flour
at all & staid from 10 [clock] till in the night
Chris & his Gang began to strip Tobacco yesterday
pr memorandum & Terms in labor Book
20 Work striping to a little whiles in evening
Chris Started to Mill at [2] oclock & has not come
back yet 7 oclock Sam Roper Came here
Ben & Lewis & began to Strip in new prize
Barn about 11 oclock & striped till night 28
Sticks Tobacco Hung in that Barn of his
21st Sam Roper Striped some Tobacco to day Say
yesterday & to day striped 33 Sticks [Lugs] & 8 or ten
Stripted of Seconds finished all On ground Tier in
new prize Barn & some little on 1 tier in middles
Room, [of her], Mary Sarah Milton & Andrew hauling
leaves in Stables Hog pen & 1 Load in farm
Pen for Cows 5 Loads hauled in all
Chris moved David Miller here to day to work
with him the year 1873 to Receive the Same portion
of his bargain with me in the plantation Croping
as he gets himself, that is he Chris is to have
half the corn wheat oats & Tobacco he makes on
My plantations that half is to be divided in three
parts Chris one third of that [half] David Miller
one third & Sarah & Milton the other third of that half
thats [their] bargain I have nothing to do
with any of them but Chris Hubbard ---
23rd Very cold this morning cutting Hauling litewood
up wood Halling wood _ clear this morning
24th Cloudy & like for Snow very cold Hauling
some wood burning some Log Heaps Davy
gone to Mill this morning ---
25 Hailing raining & freesing all day quite cold
26 Nannie Hurt Dead Mrs Wyatt & her Son
Andrew left here this morning cloudy & cold