March 28, 1852 - April 8, 1852

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1852 March 28th about this time RA
Weatherford
Free Charles Rawley Garrot
E. Smith
is put in Jail & Wt is out for
C. Lain, Jos. Bybee & Jos Turner also
in Jail - etc etc etc etc

29th Finished rolling our Logs Striping Tobacco in
new ground Barn, prizing Lugs from 12 Oclock
till night fine weather, quite moderate

30. Piling up manure prizing Lug Tobacco.
A Beautifull day weather quite warm,

aprl 1st Went to Riceville to attend to weatherford
passing counterfeit money to J J Lain

2nd Hilling & Coltering in fresh ground Coultered
little new ground at fresh ground by new barn
& about 12 oclock the wind rise & from allmost
a spark in Our new ground we had a Smart
fire burnt Some few Rails & the wind continued
till about Sun down ———

3rd Halling Rails out of new ground waggon
& Cart around corn field fence weather moderate
made nearly 10.000 fresh ground Hills —
prizing Lug. Still cloudy & Rainy

4 Bet Had a Bull calf cloudy & Rainy

5 Still cloudy & Rainy quite cool –
put Bells On cows & Turn some of them outthis morning

6. Last Friday the 2nd day of april we had
Smart fire in our new ground, very windy
in evening & fire went allmost like the wind
great deal of fire got out in evening &
damaged a great many considerable
this we are coltering in little new ground at fresh
& Hilling Fed malling wood in new ground

7. Same work as yesterday, last monday
& Tuesday very cool & Rainy & bad on stock
& We are out of our cow feed for the
1st time allmost since we kepted House
Fine weather to day weather more moderate

8th Rained began to lay off corn ground by
fresh ground coltering & Hilling there Jordan
coltering. Halled stack Oats etc
Turned out our cattle

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fransalman

I can't make out the word or name after Weatherford in second line.

Ben W. Brumfield

I also can't make out Fru/Fra/Ftu in the second line. Could the word you've transcribed as "Wl" be "Wt", short for "warrant"?

fransalman

Yes! That makes much more sense as well.

fransalman

I believe the word in question is "Free." After the war, JWG refers to former slaves as "colrd," but before the war, he might have used "free" to refer to a black man who is not a slave. I'm guessing on the names, but I think Charles Rawly and Garrot E. Smith makes as much sense as Charles Rawly Garrot and E. Smith.