February 15, 1856 - February 23, 1856

1856 Feby 15th This has been truly a rough
Winter On me having to attend to Fannies W
Fitzgeralds business to go to Charlott & to Meads
ville on Jacobs acc^t & found Jacob sick
in Charlotte, - & the weather so extremely rough
snowy & Cold now cloudy & like for rain
or Snow again, malling wood in new
ground & Cutting there or rather in Second yrs
ground Henry halled up little stack Oats this
morning & then halling wood alse break
=ing flax my wife gone to Mr Jno. D Hunts
to day – –– &c. —————
Fixing this evening take down old prize
Barn Tobacco - Lambs coming & Dying
Sheep Dying one Sow missing this morning

1856. very cold & windy - since 15th we have
been halling wood malling etc

Feby 18 went to Court Swapt Horses for Fannie
Philip for Horse Top gave $25 for Boot
Mrs Coleman Sow found Dead last Monday
morning

22 Halled Logs to Yates Saw mill 2 or 3 days
say 2 Logs for Palings & 2 for Railing etc -
Finished malling in new ground Raking
for fence etc began to mall on mountain
getting Garden Posts, Sent to Mill & got
8 Bus meal & 8 Bushel of wheat into
flour Halled up stack fodder & leaves
in old prize Barn & one back Garden
I went to Chalk Level Colo Dickinsons etc
to day, about Johns matter & wrote to
A McKee about James McCullocks
Debt etc

23 Malling & Cutting wood for Plant^{on Road} Bed
Getting up Garden Post & halling wood
Fine weather, loosing our sheep & lambs
went to Riceville to day