April 1858 Su 11 It is a rainy day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------Mo 12 It rained so we could not get home ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------Tu 13 We came home it rained some John helped Allen ??? for ploughing back ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------We 14 I harrowed for James Richmond John halled some wood and worked in the clearing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------Th 15 We halled rails and reset and built fence John plowed a little in the evening I cut off a log to make some rails ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Frid 16 I helped Jack Brown role logs I sold my oxen to W C ( or H ?) Lambert ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 17 It rained all day nothing done ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------Douthetts were # 645 in 1860 census-- Lamberts living in the same area as Davis in 1860 were #599 Wm C 35 & Sarah 23 Henry 10; Susan 5 #521 Hiram 66 & Delila 33 son Vatiman 1 #519 E G 39 & M E 30 with 6 children # 495 I W 40 & Louisa 37 with 6 children ( I W was Isaac W) # 850 M T 29 & Phoebe 28 with 4 children #851 Elijah 63 & Sarah 55 ; Garrett 89

April 1858 Sun 18 We went to William Allens and Leeches ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 19 It rained a while in the Morning & in the evening I helped Wm Winkler role logs John cut a few logs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 20 It rained a part of the day very hard not much done cut a few logs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 21 We fixed up a trough and cut some logs and broke an axe handle and made another and John continued cutting logs and I went to Mr Winklers John is dead I came back home in the evening and went to W Howards after Elizabeth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 22 I went to the burying and to Knottsville and got my (looks like "bryer") scythe fixed John cut bushes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 23 We broke corn ground run 3 teams S W Allen for the day John ????ed him and James Richmond 2 teams John and Nat. Leach cleared up ground ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 24 We broke corn ground as on yesterday except S W Allen **************************************************************************** ******************** Sun 18 --I couldn't identify William Allen or a Leech (Leach) family in the 1850 or 1860 Daviess County census Wed 21 -- At first I thought he had finally worked poor little John Christian to death but he is back cutting bushes on Fri and not even Davis could make the dead get up and get back to work. I have a gr gr Winkler from my Dad's side of the family so I checked my files. William Winkler Sr. did have a son named John but he died in Jan 1854. (I can't confirm the source on this date so there is a chance this is an error) I asked the Winkler cousins for their ideas but they have the same dates so our best guess is that John may have been a hired hand. Wm Howard is in the 1860 census at # 485 age 37 wife Louisa age 24 children Jefferson 2 and Nancy 4/12. Davis's cousin James Richmond is at # 487 and his b-i-l Wm Winkler is at # 489