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Quarter) & Hoopr the quartermaster has for the present got the Wood
Master ) Cutters to quit Cutting Wood on my land I fear they wont
Hoopr) stay quit

1865 It is a little cool the Wind high & changed to the South
March
Fri 17 West Sandford sowing Oats John, guard, Monk & Webb Wilks
Sowing Oats plowing in Oats in the young Orchard & Garden Jack & his
Jack Porter hands still gitting there garden timber. Green stocking plows
the other boys maken up fence (they work slow) No particular
news
Sat 18th We finished planting oats all the seed 240 lbs 36 makes a
Oats sowed bushel I went to Town got something for a coat finding they
No loads of) have cut & halled 67 loads of wood the lodes are estimated
wood taken) at one third of a cord of wood they have cut down trees
by the Feds) and taken off the tops & left the bodies they have yesterday
67 loads ) left my woods and gone some where else for a time. A good many
people in Town Some rumor of fighting in Nº Carolina

Sun 19 The Wind is in the West verry clear & Pretty morning Smallpox
Small pox hospital in H B Porters house Several of his Negroes
Bridge ) with Sam have died with small pox The Rail rode bridge across
Washed ) Rutherfords Creek washed away again. The boat carrying a wagon
Boat ) across the river (D R) broke loose floted down sunk & dronded
Sunk ) 2 miles - yesterday. It has turned verry warm After dinner wind
Red ) from S.W. Sun hot. I seen Red after dinner he is not so well,
thought )
Worse )