July 1858 Su 11 I staid at home it rained some ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 12 I went to Owensboro to court John hoed tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 13 We hoed some tobacco I was not able to do much with my eyes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 14 It is raining some this morning did not rain much Mr Stergunt (Sterquit?) and Mr Wm Barnett helped us hoe tobacco after dinner Wm Winkler helped us ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------Thu 15 I helped Wm Winkler finish his wheet finished at 1 oclock John hoed tobacco & James Richmond finished plowing over the tobacco and helped hoe after we got the wheet done William came and helped finish the hoeing had 13 roes to hoeand then I went with Richmond to hunt his oxen over blackford ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 16 We helped James Richmond hall and stack his wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 17 We halled and stacked wheet until dinner and it rained we had to quit James Richmond helped us nothing more done today ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------

July 1858 Su 18 I staid about home ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 19 We finished stacking our wheet and halled rails and fenced the stacks finished at dinner after dinner I ground my scythe and hung? it and commenced cutting hay John cut some bushes in the corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 20 I cut some grass and went to R Mcdaniels with J W Barnett and in the evening went a hunting John plowed some tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 21 I cut some grass and went to R McDaniels with S W Allen and when I got back I shocked some hay and cut some more John plowed some tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 22 We helped George Husk stack wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fr 23 It rained some I went to Knottsville and in the evening I traded a yoke of oxen for a horse with Jesse Richmond ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 24 I scattered some hay and at 9 oclock I went to help Wm Winkler with his hay finished about 4 oclock nothing more done

July 1858 Su 25 We all went over blackford to meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 26 We cut and shocked hay Wm Winkler helped us ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 27 We finished short medow and in the evening I went to make a school John split middles in tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 28 I helped Wm Winkler stack hay John split middles in tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 29 We helped G Gatewood with his meadow it rained a fine rain at night ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 30 We went a hunting in the morning the ground is wet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 31 I fixed up and went after P E Douthitt he is sick ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------

August 1858 Su 1 I went over blackford to meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 2 I went to the election ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 3 I fixed up for milling it rained a fine rain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 4 I went to Hawesville to mill got grinding and got home at half past 1 oclock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 5 P E Douthitt is very sick nothing done ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fr 6 Nothing done I went after the Doctor for Pleasant he is very bad ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 7 Nothing done but attend to Pleasant ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Pleasant Evan Douthitt was Davis' younger brother.