Friday, February 6th, 1863

To day the boys are still splitting rails in the woods. Hicks still at work on the house fence. I ground 30 bushels of corn, when the rattle staff broke and I had to send Hicks to the shop in order to get it mended. Fawn [Florence Mahala Hall] is still sick but I think improving. Sam* [Samuel Houston Sharp] made another clothes horse & then went hunting but without any success. weather clear & very cold.

*This Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog.

Wednesday, February 4th, 1863

To day the boys are hauling fire wood. Sam* [Samuel Houston Sharp] made a clothes horse. I ground 19 bushels of corn when the balance iron of the mill got out of fix preventing me from grinding any more for the present. weather cloudy with occasional hard showers of rain and as cold as the devil with a hard freeze at night, the ice forming full ½ inch thick in all the vessels that had water in them, making it a winter's night indeed.

*This Sam is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog.