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Decr 11)
1864 )
My day Book with some of the Most important events of our
family concerns from 1861 up to this time having been filled out
& full, I have commenced to day a continuation of Notes of some
of the events that takes place tho they are far from being anything
like a complete record of our little affairs yet it is designed
only as a reference to times and some circumstances that mostly in-
terest Our Own interesting family While this unfortunate War is
ruining and distroying the country & people it is necessary to make
notes for references In consequence of the greate trouble and
distress My Memory is not so good, to recollect the times the occur-
ences takes place & I have adopted this plan for the purpose of
strenthening My recollection & when I recur to my notes the cir-
cumstances are fresh in my rememberence Nimrod Porter

1864 Decr
Sun 11th
Greate damages
done by the
Confed Soldiers
while campt
here

I have reviewed as well as I can adjudge of the greate damages
the Southern Army has done Me the few days they were here they
have taken 150 acres of Corn burned up 30,000 rails mostly Cedar
Cut down and distroyed over 2500 trees that will average
over two feet across the stump took 30 fatening hogs that would average
250 lbs each took two horse one the Ola filla worth $1000 in
Gold, took off 5 or 6 head of Cattle the english Bull amongst