March 15, 1834 - May 15, 1834; Nov. 14, 1837

1834 March Saturday 15th I Jeremiah
W Grave ^Gave in my Experience Before the
church ^{of Christ}at Strait Stone meeting
House & on Sunday the 16th Baptised,
^{by Rev Jno W Kelly} my wife Joined the same church by
letter from Elk Creek Church in Louisa
cty Some time before ————
The Rev John Billingsly - about the time she was
was 17 or 18 years old.

1834 weather in aprl generally dry till
about the 1st May - on the 5th may it
rained smartly,- & in the Evening about
3 or 4 oclock it rained a very hard shower
& hailed for about Ten minutes. 3 minutes
of said, it hailed quite hard ground very
nearly covered, the hail was generally small
tho a great many was as Large as a
Patridge Egg & some Larger

May 14th 1834 pretty smart frost this mor=
=ning bit down ^{all vegetables very much} smartly snaps etc.
—
May 15 Thursday this morning smart frost not
so severe as yesterday morning & to night
appears to be rather colder than the 2
preceding nights,- it has been cold & windy
ever since the Hail

but continues quite cool — Corn
and some the bushes is but very much
coolest may so far that I ever recollect
to have seen

Novr 14th 1837 Sky Red & streaked from
W to NW & NE great sight to me