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The overseer describes planting corn, sowing oats and cotton seed, not whipping runaway Milton until he is back to health after his journey, slave Martha giving birth to a son, general health of slaves, and summer clothing ready for slaves.

The overseer indicates 175 bales of cotton have been picked, 2500 bushels of corn cribbed, a few slaves are sick, and the slave Sally gave birth to a son.

The overseer describes a poor cotton crop with gins working, two girls born to the slaves Eliza and Liddy, and the general health of other slaves.

The overseer describes the health of several named slaves, indicates the cotton crop is poor, and that fodder, oats, and hogs have been stacked. A slave named Mary gave birth to a girl.

The overseer indicates there is plenty of fodder and oats for his team, enough to sell to others, discusses the quality of cotton, the health of slaves, and a new child for Polly.

The overseer describes the condition of crops, mentions sending for guns, and lists a few sick slaves and a new son born to Diley.

The overseer describes plantation crops, general slave health, a runaway slave named Juber who was caught in Greensboro Alabama, two slaves Salby and Aggy giving birth to a daughter/son respectively, an accident involving a horse while plowing, and…