March 24, 1856 - April 1, 1856

24th March 1856 Given Fed Henry Jordan & Sandy
some flour this morning —
Went to Mrs Hunts & meeting House yesterday
Striped tobacco all day Saturday not Rolled
Logs yet nor finished sewing Oats –
My wife went to Mrs Hunts yesterday,-
very windy to day. I went to Mr John D Hunts to day

25 March Rolled Our Logs & sent to Yates Mill 3 Bags
Corn for meal carried 1 Log for Garden Paling & brot home
2 Bags meal & Garden Palings – windy day & moderate

26 Beautiful morning Halled up stack Oats to sew
Sandy & Lowry Plowing in Oats Fed & Claiborne
malling Balance fencing where wind blew it
down yesterday, - let Mr Mr Lewis have 1 Bushel Oats
Sallie started to school this 16th March 1856

27 Finished sewing Oats Sewed about 55 Bushels

28th Sewed flax Patch Plowing for Corn -
Halling leaves out of new ground on ^Land Corn
Began to Colter in fresh ground, Swingled flax
this morning,- Clary Had a Heifer calf-
very windy cool & dry weather yesterday we had
a light fall of snow & very windy - all day
Blowed down fencing again — we have
only 4 Lambs to this day — —

29th Plowing for Corn Halling wood getting leaves for
corn corn field etc Finished Raking new ground
Coltering in Fresh ground fixing Barns there etc

30 Went to Mrs Moseleys Funeral Sermon Preached
at Strait Stone Church by Elder Burton from
Charlotte cty V^a from 14 Chapter Revelations & 1
Verse Beautiful day little cool Hymns Sunday
at her Funeral Virginia Selection 484th 476th
467th Hymns Solemn day -

31st cleaning up & Halling from Ground Henry
shilings shingles Plowing for Corn My wife gone
Mrs Hunts Beatifull day little cool & very [water stain]

April 1st Began to Hill to day Halling [water stain]
Henry getting shingles sent Lowry [water stain]