June 1857 Su 14 I went to Wm Husks after the buggy and got back at 10 oclock and staid at home the ballance of the day William went to take Mother Black home he started at 2 oclock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- M 15 William got back at 12 oclock and Mary Tucker came with him we set tobacco until 10 oclock and quit until evening and halled 18 dozen oats from Williams and then we finished setting tobacco in Ephraims field ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 16 We ploughed corn until dinner and John laid off the garden for tobacco and I wrote a letter for H. H. McDaniel. It rained nearly all the evening and rained very hard the ground is very wet after the rains slacked a little we finished setting our crop of tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 17 I went to W? Crows and worked in Elis place and he went to kill a squirrel but got none and I got a gun and went a hunting myself it rained again in the evening the ground is very wet so that we cannot do any thing John sived wheat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 18 It is still raining some in showers I went a squirrel hunting again and in the evening I went to Mr Husks and got his waggon to go to Bruners mill tomorrow John sived wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fr 19 Eli Crow and myself joined teams and went to Bruners mill we got grinding John replanted tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 20 I went and took Mr Husks wagon home Elizabeth is worse I am not doing much work the ground is too wet to plow yet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------

June 1857 Su 21 I staid at home all day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- M 22 We plowed corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 23 I went and got a gun and tried to kill a squirrel I hunted some and ploughed corn some John plowed corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 24 We plowed corn and in the evening I went and got George Husks gun to keep awhile ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 25 We plowed corn and at dinner I went and looked at some land over blackford and killed a squirrel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 26 We plowed corn at 9 oclock and I went to a land sale over blackford and after I got back we plowed corn until 4 or 5 oclock and it rained ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 27 We ploughed corn

June - July 1857 Sun 28 I went to Robert Barnetts after a girl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 29 I ploughed corn until 5 oclock and went after Meniphe Roberts to work for me John hoed and thinned corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tues 30 We ploughed corn Meniphe and Sam Crow hoed and thined corn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- July the 1st 1857 We 1 We plowed corn Meniphe hoed corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 2 John plowed corn 7283ph2 h42d c478 I went to hawesville to get a sythe and cradle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 3 We plowed corn until we got over Meniphe hoed corn and I ploughed tobacco the boys hoed tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 4 I plowed tobacco and the boys hoed we finished our tobacco about 2 oclock and went a fishing ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Sun 28 Robert Barnett - there are 2 Robert Barnetts in the neighborhood in 1860. R. M (34) & wife Catherine 21 and Robert 27 & wife Polina 26. I am guessing that Davis was looking for a girl to help his wife who was still not well after having the new baby Mon 29 in the 1850 Daviess Co census Menifee Roberts is a 35 year old man living in the neighborhood Tues 30 The only Sam Crow I can identify from the census was only 9 years old in 1860.