December 31, 1865 - January 10, 1866

31st Decr 1865. Cloudy all day S[…]
little weather moderate Jerry Came[…]

1866 Janry 1st cloudy & raining ^little Sent Henry
to Yates ½ Bb^l Corn for meal & claiborne to […]
½ Bb^l Corn for meal 1 for Henry Brooks

2nd. Janry 1866. Went up Jerrys Sent waggon & little Henry
Carried Mules & bro^t home 2 Horse waggon, with 6 sheep
left 5 up there for Jerry bro^t home my waggon Gear Corn
Shelter warping bars spools frames. side saddle of
Sallers. 2 Grub Hoe 1 Pole axe, 1 oxe ring mended
by abram 1 Clevice D^o 1 pr stretchers some sweet
Potatoes to eat. Prides waggon quilting frames
& Basket & spools, 1 mole board new 1 Horse, 5 or 6
old n^o. 1 Plow P[o]ints to Plow this winter & my chop
axe bro^t last Saturday, Rained all this evening

3rd Janry 1866. Halling wood & Cutting in new ground to
day, has not rained any Snow smartly melted
my wife Pride & Doran went to Jerrys to day &
Susan Roarks. Peggy very sick & Rhoda with her

4th Very Cold all day fixing shelters at stable &
Cow Rack for straw, Halled out straw & chaff
& 2 Loads Pine Brush for shelters ¬–

5. I went to JD Hunts plantation & Mrs Colemans on
business - our folks Cutting in new ground
very cold to day & windy, ground hard frozen

6th. Cutting in new ground this day weather more moderate
Old Peggy Died at Cedar Hill on the 4th day
of this month & Buried at Mr Hunt Place,
Mr. Edward Bybee had her Coffin made -

7th. I staid at home nannie went to Mrs Colemans
& Pride & Doran with her Pride went to Edge
Hill Very cold & windy in evening & cloudy

8th Janry. Very cold & windy (clear) Henry & claiborne
burning Brush in new ground Little Henry
Henry halling wood with Mules - to day

9th. Burning Brush & halling wood windy & cold

10th Finished Cutting fixing to mall & will begin to
day in new to mall, -