May 1856 Sun 4 I staid at home ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 5 It rained nearly all day I bulked my tobacco in the evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 6 I fixed up some fence and helped J H Hodgkins scatter his tobacco and after dinner I loaded my tobacco and halled it to Yelvington ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 7 I helped S. W. Allen load his wagon with tobacco and helped Gatewood load a wagon with tobacco and helped James Richmond bleed? his colt and after dinner laid off cornground for Wm Winkler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 8 I laid off cornground for Thomas Head William laid off cornground for Thomas after dinner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 9 William finished laying off my ground at 9 oclock and John and Elizabeth planted the corn and I laid off cornground for Thomas Head ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 10 We helped William plant corn and we got done about 3 oclock and then we went a fishing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------