January 1, 1876 - January 12, 1876

1876 Janry 1st. Clear ^{aspen Grove} about day Break
before sun rise cloudy & like for rain
weather moderate Mr Bybee came yesterday
to put new strings to my clock & Sent for
Mr Mattherly as he could not See & did
not get it together & said they would come
back this morning & get right If they could
Rained a little this morning --

2nd Janry 1876 Weather moderate Sunday all my Shoats ^{is up}

3rd " " Edmond cutting in new ground & Jimmy

" " " Peter ^Adams gone to Carry his Sister to Depot

4 " " Edmd & Jimmy cutting in new ground
" " Peter Adams has not come home Fair ^{Peter come in evening} pretty morning
" " I went to Mount Airy & Jordens in evening

5 " Edmond & Jimmy Cutting Peter Adams
also cutting & will clear off & cutt wood
to burn Plant Bed between here & Martha Neals
Peter Adams got home last night got an axe
at Whitehead & Fitzgeralds for me If I want it
If I dont want it Peter Adams is to take it
at $1.20 - Pretty day & fine weather cloudy ^{& like for rain}

6th clear off in night this morning fair Windy
& We are burning Plant next to Martha
Neals Peter helping

7 Finished Burning Plant Bed next to Miss
Neals & getting ready to Sew this evening
& expect to Sew it in the morning & finish it

8. went to Meeting S S. M. to day

9th. Went to Meeting Bro Booker came here ^{last night}

10. Fanney W Moses & Matty Coleman
Came here last night & gone to Mr Woodings
our folks cutting wood for Plant Bed on
Johnss Branch to day Turned cool -
cutting & Hauling wood to Burn to day & will cut
wood to Burn plant Bed tomorrow If we can

11 Cutting wood to burn plant Bed to day

12 Burning plant Bed on John's Branch
quite cool this morning. I am about
starting to Mount Airy