May 1858 Su 9 I staid about home Another boxed off entry I am square with William Winkler except (can'tread) on hogs He wrote Paid over this in big letters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mo 10 It rained all day we spaid our hogs assisted by William Winkler & S W Allen and in the evening I helped Willim saw a pare of sled runners open and hew them -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tu 11 It rained all morning and we cut some logs and halled rails made fence and halled wood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We 12 I helped James Richmond role logs and and in the evening I roled my logs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Th 13 I helped Jack Brown raise a barn did not get done -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri 14 S W Allen and Wm Winkler laid off corn ground for me I went to G Husks and got Richmonds oxen to harrow some corn ground and in the evening we commenced planting corn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat 15 We finished planting the first piece of corn about 3 oclock

May 1858 Sun 16 We went to J W Barnett in the evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 17 We planted corn assisted by Wm Winkler J W Barnett and his wife. It commenced raining before night and made the ground wet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 18 We cleaned up ground for William Winkler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 19 We helped James Richmond plant corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 20 We laid off and planted corn assisted by James Richmond and Emily Campbell We finished planting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Frid 21 We helped Jas W Barnett plant corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 22 We helped J W Barnett plant corn finished at 2 or 3 oclock and in the evening I went to Ohio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- J W Barnett was probably Davis's first cousin James Wesley Barnett, son of Reason Barnett & Elizabeth Douthitt. J W is listed in the Hancock Co 1860 census. A close family since # 671-674 account for J W , his mother , 2 married sisters and another Douthitt cousin living with his mother. I couldn't find a Emily Campbell in the census.

May 1858 Sun 23 I came home from Ohio by way of panther creek church to a funeral of S Phillips ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 24 We helped William Winkler replant corn and commenced planting in the evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 25 I had to stay with Harden McDaniel until he died ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Wed 26 I went to Knottsville after a coffin and helped bury Harden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 27 We helped William Winkler plant corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 28 I worked the road it rained a hard rain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 29 We went a fishing caught 1( or 7 ) fish ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Davis's grandmother was Mary "Polly" Phillips who married W J Black. I have several S. Phillips in my files but none who died in May 1858. the closest is Soloman her brother who died in Jan 1858. I couldn't find a burial for Hardin in my books but the "History of Daviess Co" says that Hardin's son was an elder at Mt Zion so the chances are good that that is where he is buried.

May 1858 Sun 30 I went and helped J W Barnett Doctor his horse ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 31 John replanted corn I helped James Richmond hall his old houses and put them up ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tuesday June the 1st 1858 June the 1st 1858 Tue 1 I clerked the appraisement of H H McDaniels property ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 2 I fixed up fence where the branch washed it out and fixed the garden gate John replanted corn until dinner and in the evening I ploughed the potatoes and it rained a hard rain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 3 We helped James Richmond set tobacco until dinner and then he helped us plow and harrow tobacco ground Fri 4 I plowed some tobacco ground and harrowed and laid off some James Richmond helped me John helped W Allen and Leach plant corn in the evening it rained 2 hours by sun ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Satur 5 It rained all day nothing done