January 30, 1862 - February 6, 1862

1862 Janry 30 Mr. Edmonds negroes stayed here last night
Mr Wyatt cant do any thing this morning –
Rounded & Jointed shingles in evening –

31st All hands tore down Shed room & moved it
round towards Kitchen to day saved nails etc
Mr Moses Kate Fannie all here to day
Raining about dark again to night & has
been raining hailing or snowing nearly all
this month. Henry compla[in]ing yet – have not
heard from Jacob Since Christmas –

¹⁸⁶²Febry 1st Rained last night & this morning & we are shelling
Corn Mr Wyatt gone got out nails & cleaned up this morning
very pretty evening - I went to Wallers for Fannie

2nd Tolerable good day, Prayer meeting at Bro. H place
clouded up some & looks like more falling weather

3rd Snowing this morning & last night we are
striping tobacco

4th Still cloudy this morning snow melted
Smartly. Sent to Mill Twice to day Striping
Tobacco & trying to finish whats in prize Barn
Took down & Halled to prize Barn ½ the Tobacco
in the Barn on the Road, to strip I went
to aspen Grove to day & they are striping in Barn
back of Garden another sheep Dead there,
11 Lambs there 1 hear[here] — brought from there. Clem
sick & has been for 2 or Three weeks —

5th cleared of[f] in evening. Jerry came here soon
in morning & Sallie Mattie & him gone to CH
to Nannie clements wedding. We are malling
to day Mr Wyatt came here in evening.
Halled up stack Oats Halled out some chaff
& straw this morning cleared off about dark.

6th Raining this morning striping Tobacco
Mr Wyatt cant do any thing he is at^{went home} barn
Mrs Hunt Came down with Sallie from
CH this evening; much worse than when she left
still cloudy to night & like for more falling
weather, - Roads Horsed bad.