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1869 ) The morning is dark & Cloudy & Raining It has rained all day Septr ( Tu 7 ) yesterday all night & still raining this morning and all day

Rain ( & has rained until mid night The Watter will be up. ) Parker ( The Circuit Court is still sitting Hughs Judge presiding - Caleb ) Security ( I signed an order as security for Caleb & Preston $5.00 each $5.00 ) Parker ( for bacon to be paid out of there Cotton to J. Milton Parker Preston ) ( Security ( &c at Columbia ) $5.00 ) ( -------------------------------------------------- Wed 8 The morning is some cloudy (sun shining) Wind N. W. & has turned

quite cold ground verry wet & mudda looks like we will have

frost soon.

Wm William is gone up on Fountain Creek dont expect to be back

to night.

E. D. Lord ) I wrote a letter to Mr. E. D. Lord Nashville to let me know ( if Mr. Lyons is there ) I got a load of Corn out of Caleb's XCaleb ) ( Corn ) field to feed the hogs with my 2 horse wagon. Settled. ----------------------------------------------- Th 9 ( The morning is clear calm & almost cold enough for frost. William ) William ( did not git home last night. ) George H. ( George H. got 8 3/4 lbs of Bacon (2 Joles, fine) at 15 Cents $1.75 ) that is 3/4 the price of bacon at .20 Cents pr lb. $1.75 Cts Jack Patton ) load of ( I got a load of Corn out of Jack's field for the purpose of Corn ) drying it to send to Mill for Meal My Wagon. Corn $1.50 ) hen set ( Jim went & bot for me 2 1/2 bushels of Corn at .60 Cents per bushel Eggs ) ( Cost $1.50 I paid for it ) hen set in coop ( -----------------------------------------------

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Fr 10 The morning is clear calm & cold Most Frost.

William William did not come home last night.

Jim for me bot 3 bushels of Corn at .60 Cents per bushel I

paid for it $1.80 I have 5 1/2 bushels of corn & will send it to

Mill in the morning ------------------------------------------- Sat 11 ) The morning is a little cloudy calm & cold William did not ( ( Wm ) git home last night. ) We sent 5 bushels of Corn to Mill got Meal ( ( 5 bush ) it Ground in Meal this morning. I sent an order to Psrker Richd ( $5.00 ) Security for Richd for $5.00 for Bacon let Puss have $2.00 & Security ( Puss $2.00 ) Lorra $.50 let George H. $.90 let Andrew have $.75 & Charley Lorra .50 ( Andy .75 ) $1.25. I wento Town Saw Little Made no compromise found Wm Charley ( $1.25 ) in Town Got a letter from Noah telling me he had got Genl Town ( Noah ) Negley's certificate & filed it of my loyalty Got a letter Qr M G. ( U. S. ) from Qr M. G. U. S. saying my claim was not allowed. See Letter. -------------------------------------------- 1869 ) The morning is some warmer Clear & calm Septr ( Sun 12 ) William Got home last Night, he left home last Wednesday gon 4 Wm ( days & 3 nights, I dont know where.

My General health has been some better the last week than the

week before I went to Town it deprest me verry much I rested

badly last night.

E. D. Lyons ) E. D. Lyons agent for Qr M. Gen has been verry sick at

Nashville No. 52 Summer Street next doore new theatre but Corn ) Caleb 1 ( getting better See Union & American Sept. 11. George H. halled Self 2 ) a load of Corn from Caleb field to feed my hogs ( on Saturday the

11.) & Caleb got one load at the same time. See Wed. 8th. -------------------------------------------

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Mon 13 The morning is a little cloudy & calm I wento Town got a

Self ) pare of Shoes Cost $2. Cut down the heals $.25 Shoes ( $2.25 ) The boys halled some Corn to feed out of Richard's feel Richard ( 1 load ) Richard halled a load of Corn for himself & one for me &

me 1 load ) divided his tops between him & me Richd took his lode to Town

Jim 1 load ) Jim halled me a load of Corn of his Corn --------------------------------------------- Tu 14 The morning is verry cloudy & sprinkling rain

I went to Nashville in the Cars. I saw Lyons he sent me to Nashville Majr Walker had a long interview with him & the next day until

the Cars left I got in the Cars & come home Wed. I eat my

dinner Tus at Rittenburger's $.50 I went to the Manshion

house eat no supper it Rained I got wet got a room dryed & Wed 15 my cloathes eat my breakfast paid $1.50 After learning all

I could I fear there is nothing can be done though Walkers Atto

will make a trial & if he dont succede he is not to charge me

any thing I came home in the Cars -------------------- I must pettion the Qr M. Genl to reopen the case get 10 or 12

Union men to sign the pettion send it on if they wont open the

case it is all done with. If it is opened I must get up the

proof, Sullaven Rankin Francis Hodge Bennet &c

Surringe While in Nashville I baught a surrenge $2.50 looks like a

good one -------------------------------------------

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1869 ( The morning is fogga calm & a heavy Diew Septr ) Th 16 ( I feal verry much Worsted did not have a passage since last Sept ) Sunday until last night. I took Citret of Magnesia & Salts 2

Self or 3 times Wednesday It done no good until I got home at

night. I was a little alarmed about my situation baught a

Surrenge give $2.50 Doct Thomas Maddin recommended the Citret

of Magnesia & the surrenge which I could use myself

The boys halled up Wood Shelled Corn made a Scaffle on the

Wheat house ------------------------------------------------- Fr 17 The morning is a little cloudy Wind from South & a verry heavy

Diew Some little fog. The boys are halling up our tops Jim ( Corn ) (fodder) out of Jim's field halled Jim a load of Corn --------------------------------------------- Sat 18 ( The boys got beef of Wm D. Matthews as follows I stand there

security I sent a note to him to that effect Preston ) $3.70 ( Preston 37 lbs at 10 Cents pr lb - - - - $ 3.70 Rich $3.50 ) Richard T. 35 Do - - - - Do - - - - $ 3.50 George P. ( George Porter 21 Do - - - - Do - - - - $ 2.10 $2.10 ) George Hargrove 40 Do - - - - Do - - - - $ 4.00 George H, ( Jack Patton 77 Do at 8 Cents - - - - $ 6.16 $4.00 ) to be paid out of there Cotton Crop $ 19.46 Jack P. ( $6.16 ) ------------------------------------------------------- ( Sally ( I let Sally have $2.50 work of Andy let George H. have $2.00 ) $2.50 ) ( George H. ( .50 Cents to buy Turnip Seed $2.00 ) Charley ( 1et Charley have $.50 $.50 ) Felix $.15 ( Felix have $.15 ( They halled ) Andy $.15 ) Andy Do $.15 ) Tops to ( Clary $.25 ( Clary have $.25 ( near dinner ) Richd $.50 ) I let Richd have $.50 to pay Andy (he did not give it) --------------------------------------------

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Sun 19 The morning is clear calm & warm a little current S.

My General health for the last week has been like it has

Self been (See entry Thursday.) ------------------------------------------- Mon 20 The morning is clear calm & warm I went to Town after dinner

Wm William went & took Thomas's hogs down to Lewis County to buy

Corn & fatten them --------------------------------------------- 1869 ( Sept 21 ) The morning is clear calm & pretty weather Tuesday 21 ( Thos L. P. ) William did not git home last night.

Town I went to Town Seen Mr. Bennet. The Negroes round about Mt.

Pleasant is doing verry bad burning robing (or trying to do W D Matthews ) Died ( so) Wm D. Matthews died about 11 oclock to day (paralized) ---------------------------------------------- Wed 22 The morning is a little cloudy calm & warm

Wm William got home last night from Websters.

My ( I went to Town found the pettion sent to me from Nashville by Government ) Claim ( Majr J. D. Walker to get the signature of the Loyal Citizens pettion ) of this County some 6 or 7 of them or as many as I can git

The pettion reads as follows -

Nashville. Tennessee Sept 28, 1869

Majr Genl James A. Eakin Dept Q. M. Genl. U. S. A.

We the undersigned Loyal Citizens of Maury County Tennessee

believing that injustice has been done to Nimrod Porter a Loyal

Citizen of said County, in the decission recently made in the

matter of his Claim against the Government, would respectfully