1856 August Sun 3 We went to the new meeting house to meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 4 I went to the election at Knottsville ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 5 I helped James Richmond raise 2 houses until dinner and then I and Reason McDaniel went to getting staves ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Wed 6 We worked at our staves we finished one tree at 10 oclock it made 1,300 and 4 staves we sharpened our saw and went down in the flat and cut a tree and sawed some ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thur 7 We worked at our staves --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 8 We worked at our staves Martin Stalling and Charles Payne sawed for us ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 9 We made staves Martin and Charles sawed half day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------