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/ Sat 19 / Green $26.00 paid / William / McCutchen / Work / The wind is in the East & commenced snowing about daylight The weather has moderated some but verry cold yet Verry disagreeable & cold weather I settled with Green paid off my note of $26.00 he did not have the note with him Present Richd Trotter. William did not git home last night but come to night Verry Unwell McCutchen left this morning with a understanding he would come back in a week to make some contract for the year. Richd & Plim & is finishing cribing up the Corn & will get some wood. Our wood is cut & no fire.
Sun 20. / William / It has been sleating & snowing off & on all day the wind changed to the North & West, & cold. William is some better he has had a verry bad cold and is complaining smarly So cold We have kept within doores
Mon 21 / Snow / William / We have got up some wood all hands all round gitting wood for themselves We turned our horses in the field next Town It is extremely cold the ground covered with snow & every thing froze up William went to Town this morning Court still in session State Docket on hands.
Tu 22 / Cold / Snow It is extremely cold every thing frose up Wind in the North & the ground covered with snow We are doing nothing only keeping fires eating feeding &c Our chickens seems like
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/ Chickens Dye / they will all dye 5 dyed yesterday Collery
1867 Jany Tu 22 Continued / William / George settlement $24.00 / I made a settlement with George for his work up to this time I fell in his debt $24.00 I paid him $20.00 See Act. Book All hand doing nothing William has not come home to night the weather has moderated a little
Wed 23 / Snow / Mill / Wheat Flower / Akins a Box of Apples / Apples / Chickens Collery / William This morning a little cloudy & more calm the air is moving slowly from the S.E. Snow the ground covered the weather has moderated I sent to Ashton Mill 6 bushels of Wheat 2 horses wagon & Richd they left about 12 oclock & also sent a goods box of apples to Mrs James Akins by Richd as he went to Mill. Nothing doing trying to keep fires & feed but it is a bad chance.
Our apples this cold weather has many of them frose We have at this time 9 boxes of Apples & a Flower barrel full about 20 bushels they are rotting verry fast since the freese.
We are turning our horses & cows in our Stalk field next Town let them stay a half day or more & then turn them out. I think now we will loose to the last chicken with Cholery dye 4 or 5 every night Nothing yet seems to arest the disease. William came home we are not doing any thing Richd has balled up 2 loads of wood the weather has moderated verry much
/ Friday 25. / The weather has moderated verry much Wind in the South &
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Saw Mill / Caleb / Plank & Joist / East Rained last night hard rain & high wind I got Caleb & his 2 boys Preston & Calvin & went to the Saw Mill & stacked up all our plank and lumber
I had of fencing plank - 1488 plank 14 feet long of broad Shoting plank - 80 " " 14 " " flooring plank - 100 " " 14 " " Weatherboarding - 228 " " 14 " " Joist - 142 " " 14 " "
Sat 26 / Childress Wright Thomas L. Porter / Zil Smith / penitentiary / The wind last night changed to N.W. & has turned verry cold William did not git home last night Stayed in Town Mr William Childrens & [gap] Wright stayed all night so did my son Thomas L. Porter the weather is extremely cold Zill Smith was cleared last night tryed for the Penitentiary Stole Saml Neeleys Mule There has been one white man (Blankenship) & 4 Negros sent to the Penitentiary from this Cort.
1867 Sunday Jany 27 / Cold / William / Chickens The last night was very cold this morning the are is moving from the N. W. & verry cold William got home this morning after breakfast, having been absent for 2 nights in Town Our chickens are still dying Most of them are gone a few more days will take the last.
Mon 28 App Booker / Circuit Cort / This morning is verry cold the more calm Verry hard freese & cold. App Booker is halling up fodder for me with my Wagon & Richd The Circut Cort will adjourn to day.
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----------------------- Plim I think has left this time for good. Richd is gone with Tue 29 Richd. Monk to Nashville, Preston is halling up wood with my Wagon Preston. Snow. for himself & me It has been Snowing the weather has moder-
Rankin ated some, tho cold yet. Rankin is putting up his plank fence
on the East side of the pike Wright Mag went to Town to day. Stephen Wright stayed with us last Richd $5.00 night. I loned Richd $5.00
Wed 30 This morning the ground is covered with Snow 3 or 4 Inch
Snow deep altho the weather is not so pearcing cold We got a little
Wood halled last evening which was a verry good thing under
the present circumstances William eat his breakfast & left
before sun rise
Puss Puss is moving into Marys old house through the snow. She
is still cooking for us she is a little waistful but does
better than could be expected under all circumstances.
Richd is gone to Nashville upon a visit
Chicken ) The fine young Gray Game Rooster dyed last night We has Game ) Rooster ) kept him in the Carrage house for 3 or 4 days doctoring him & Collary ) for the Collery We give him a twist a day Capphor & about 7 or 8
drops of Lodnum with Allum Water, Coffe & crumbs of bread I
thought last evening he was better. I think digestion had wholly
Ceased & high inflamation in his insides and he was opperated
on like Collorry in a human until he got low & weak & went off
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with cramp & spassoms. We have lost all except some 5 or 6
& 4 weeks ago we had over 100 & was beautiful 1867 Jany ) This morning the snow has entirely melted & Gone the wind Th 31 ) is from S. E. and quite warm, tho a little mudy & sloppy.
plank fence ) We commenced upon my plank fence this morning at my corner Preston ) Caleb ) next Rankins We put up the plank on 47 posts & did not com= Wash Jones ) Richd ) mence until about, between 9 & 10 oclock in the morning I
had Preston, Caleb, Wash Jones, & Richard Trotter. 4 hands
I give Wash Jones, Preston, & Caleb .75 Cents a day & board
them at dinner Richd is working as he has been heretofore.
Good fence ) I am well pleased with the fence It is 70 Inches high the
posts are verry fine & the cracks between the plank are quite
close. It is admired verry much by almost all the passers bye. Mag I feel proud of it. Mag went to Town 3 or 4 chickens died Chickens last night --------------- This morning has every appearance of Rain. the wind in the Feby Fri 1 S. E. & quite warm Press, Caleb & Wash commenced at work
Preston ) this morning at the fence Richd is halling wood &c. It Caleb ) Wash Jr ) commenced raining near 12 oclock all hands quit & worked no
Clean close ) more to day they only put up 16 posts planked we was hinder & shaved ) replacing posts Made a half days work & quit. It has rained Chickens from 12 oclock until night I have put on clean close all over
& shaved. The chickens are nearly all dead some 8 or 10 living