March 9, 1857 - March 14, 1857

1857 March 9th Began to snow 9 or 10 oclock
& snowing yet. nearly 12 Oclock

10th March, 1857 very cold winter morning
Sewed Plants Beds over this morning
about to finish malling to day, Halling
Rails around stony pint plantation - ^{of new ground}out
except to clean out fence row to day
claiborne Plowing in fresh field -
Put manure on Plant Bed in new ground
to day. Fountain Wyatt has not been here for
going on 2 weeks - I don't know whats the matter

11th Put up fire under Plank in Barn
Halling Rails to mountain field & stoney pint
cleaning out fence Row at new ground
& fencing etc - cloudy & like for falling
weather- etc. Jerry started to school this week
Began to Rain & snow about 2 Oclock
& snowing about night, stop us at new
ground at 3 or 4 oclock we to House,
mending shoes etc etc,

12th Snow not much on ground this morning
but very Cool, firing plank. Making new
ground fence trying to finish it, waggon
& cart Halling wood & straw till 12 oclock
& then expect to Hall Rails out of new ground

13th Rolled Logs to day made 18 Heaps
Began to snow again between 4 & 5 oclock
stoped awhile before night. Mr Wyatt came
here to work this morning- snowing yet
nearly Bed time snow about or nearly shoe Deep

14th This morning snow on average about
7 or 8 Inches, cloudy & little snow falling
yet shelling corn first Fed mending
Jerry shoes expect to strip to Tobacco to
day. quite still wind don't Blow Mr wyatt
worked 2 days this week