I received yours dated the 3rd may after riting [writing] to you before I now have little of intrest [interest] to you On the 21 May being at a [unclear: loss to now [know] how ] to git [get] along well determined to make a hard trial to sell the [unclear: Turell Place ] and Hugh Kirkpatrick Snr [Senior] had bean [been] talking some about buying my first trial was with him and that wold [would] take me 7 or 8 days to me I thot verry [thought very] hard work started and got [added: to] Franklen the first mile and after enquiring I could here [hear ] of but thre [three] persons that I new [knew] and did not se [see] them on the 22 pased [passed] Columbia and sean [seen] some of that butiful [beautiful] country due west and got to William Ralstous that Evening and found him and familey [family] all well the 2 little children now about Twelve years old and look harty [hardy] was going to school he seams [seems] to be doing well on the 23 got Mr Kirkpatricks staid [stayed] with him to next Evening maid [made] not trade went to Hugh Catron s and found his family well onley [only] he has the fever & [unclear: ague ] a little seams to be doing well on sonday [sunday] morning left for Brother Johns a long crooked lonesome Road for one day pasing a watering [added: place] some Improved on Beaver dam creek and forded Duck River and got to Brother Johns a little before dark found all well but his wife and she was verry sick spent the next day with him his mills is fine but the cuntry is mitey Ruff [country is mighty rough] on Tuesday the 27th started for home and got to Ellason on harper and got home on the 28th Found every thing geting [getting] along midling [middling] well I was intirely [entirely] satisfied with Trip altho [although] I had effected [affected] nothing

I began to cut wheat on the 5th and has bean cuting [been cutting] nearley every day since and it began to rain and stoped [stopped] me from giting done my wheat is verry good and my Ry [Rye] is the best I have ever had and I am determined to sow more than I have ever sowed I think we would dou [do] better to Raise Ry to fead [feed] horses on if it would do as well every year as I think it will this some of my Ry and wheat will make near twenty Bushels to the acre I lefted your note to A G Payn $70,,50 [added: Intr 1.75] and it was hard for me to spare the mone [money] so much neded [needed] to Settle my own debts