Archibald Newton McLarty Diary

June 1847

1. Plowed for Granpap very warm and some rain.

2. Plowed for Granpap very warm day and clear very tired to night.

3. Plowed for granpap clear and warm.

4. Plowed for my self to day hevy rain to day.

5. Worked my apple trees to day cloudy with rain.

6. sabath day at home to day clear and worm

7 Plowed in my new ground clear.

8 Plowed in the new ground cloudy in the morning.

9. Plowed in the new ground in the morning and some lite rain clear in the evening.

10 plowed in the new ground - hevy rain in the evening.

11 Commenced harrowing my newground clear and plesent day.

12 Layed by my sweet potatoes clear

13. sabath day wint to John F. Morris.

14. Wint to Campbellton to cort storm in the evening.

15. Harrowed corn to day a grate deal of thunder a grate distance off no clouds to be seen.

16. Harrowed corn to day no rain.

17. Harrowed in the morning and howed in the evening clear and very warm day.

18. Howed corn to day finished howing the new ground cloudy and warm.

19. Worked granpaps potatoes very hevy rain to day.

20. Sabath day at home to day went in the evening to see George found him very sick plesent day.

21. Cut wheat to day two hands from Wilsons and Mr. Endsley and Miller cut for us plesent day.

22. Cut wheat to day Mr Miller and Endsley cut to day plesent day.

23. Bound wheat and howed cotton clear.

24. Plowed corn to day cloudy with some rain.

25. Plowed corn to day.

26. Harrowed my apple trees hevy rain.

27. Sabath day at home hevy rain

28. Raised the Machier house and plowed some corn clear to day.

Contributed by Sandy Whittington