March 14, 1861 - March 19, 1861

& Mrs Johns & Scared about something etc etc

14th Sent Bob ^^{& claiborne} to old place to Roll Logs
Sewing Oats, fencing here to day —
Raining a little Sewing Oats, burning Brush etc
Fencing in early part of day

15th Sewing Oats & fencing, Nannie & me went
up to Mr Moses to day & settled with them &
Jacob P. about my trip to Louisa, etc - & they
gave me my commission to buy me a horse
^{altho I offered to give it to them}etc I gave Mr Moses my horse Ball I got
from W^m Shields; expect to Roll Logs at aspen
grove tomorrow; very good weather

16h All hands but Smith & Charles went
to aspen Grove to Roll, & I went too
& it will push them to get done sent
Phil to shop by Pal Smith went to Mill
& Chalk Level, clem piling Brush & trash

17th Rained all day I staid at home Fannie
W Fitzgerald here cool rain

18th cloudy & like for Rain, Halled up stack
Fodder & Oats this morning - very cool
15 or 16 Lambs at Plantation, one stole last
Friday night or day did not ^{that is did not finish}roll all the Logs.
It began to snow a little about 10 or 11
Oclock & by 12 It Snowed very fast till late
in the evening 3 or 4 Inches Deep & real winters
day. We halled up 1 stack fodder & 1 stack
Oats & began to Hall wood till evening then
went to striping Tobacco it has been cold
ever since Friday - work in new some this morning

19th Striping Tobacco to day halled up 1 Load
dry wood, finished all the Tobacco we had down
I went to Mr Hunts Place to have spring branch Ditched
We have sent 2 hands to Mr Hunts place to Roll
Logs 1 hand to Blanks’s 1 to Allen Scruggs 1 to whitehead
& 5 to aspen Grove to roll this spring - snow
till [faded] to day - & 1 to Ja^s Kelleys to Roll