Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 19

1865 July 25 Prising tobacco & finished cutting & malling Pine wood. dry hot weather went to Keens depot to see about Est negroes & Lynch [unclear] on stealing corn & tobacco. Sally Jacob & Pleas all Guilty

26. Richard made Martin Box, cutting & malling wood in woods. Cleaned up around corn House & stables etc. —

27. Jacob Sally & Pleas. gone to CH Bill has been gone about a week left his Father & Mother & no help for them but to leave I went to CH today. Jacob Sally & Pleas I heard just before I was about to leave they were all at Mr Tredways The Provost Marshall Capt. Angeline went forthwith after them & said he would punch them, what he will do I know not Cutting & malling wood —same 28th Claiborne halling —

29th Cleaning up Ditch on Creek I went to plantation

30. Beautifull rain last night & fine showers going round hope it will rain again to day.

1865 July 31st Rained nearly all night Raining this morning. Lord make us thankfull for thy mercies Picking our wool to day ¹⁸ Rained tremendous hard & wind from N.E. cloudy damp weather

Aug. 1st 1865. Sow ground over plowed but corn not improved much Plowed turnip patch, Picking wool Henry sick yesterday & last week some person killed my lamb in the field Mr. Hunts Estate negroes refused to stay on plantation longer than next Christmas

2nd. Henry sick yet. Little Henry & Sally Ben cleaning up on Far Branch, [A?] gone to Mr. Hunts made 1 bus. corn carried & got 1 Bb. corn offer Jacob @ $5 pbbl.

3rd. Cleaning up on Branch Henry not out yet. Sewed turnip patch after 12 oclock warm day.

1865 August 4. Working in the garden to day - Henry has not come out yet. 14 sheep 17 yearling hogs Sow 6 shoats & Sallys hogs in field towards fresh ground Big sow & 2 pigs in rye lot Sent a p^s bacon [unclear] to Aspen Grove by Lowry. Jerry [had?] up a load of apples tobacco etc got Leather from Starkey Due me & Estate JDH

5. working in garden did not finish to yesterday did not rain much yesterday fine growing weather Crops of corn very likely my wife, Benedict & Doran all gone to Mr DR Hunts Henry at work on buggy finish Garden about 12 oclock Saturday.

1865. August 6th. Went to meeting at EdgeHill to day — Rained hard this evening about night, very angry looking cloud

7 sent to Mr. Hunts place for Hh^d to put apples in put up apple mill Halled load rails & 1 load Litewood, - cleaning up on branch far field for corn -

8 - Grinding apples from Aspen Grove, shrubing Sally & Richard got back to day —

9th. I went to shop got Bill shod before new shoes. I found Iron Pinted old shoes & put on behind,

10th. Sent Robin shod new shoes before old behind Henry getting board to day I went to Gran Field today great revival up there meeting been going 2 weeks. One of my sheep gone last night, making 2 thats killed here

11th Working on road to day

1865 Aug. 12 Went meeting at S. Stone, finished getting boards & then shrubing on branch.

13th. I staid at home balance all went to meeting S. Stone Edgehill Jerry & Pride went to Greenfield — cool night

14th Went to S. Stone meeting shrubing for corn. Raining last night a little —

15. Going to meeting to day myself Fannie is [unclear] about negroe Fannie I have told her to go home etc. Rained a little last night

16th went to meeting to day cleaning up for corn on Far Branch —

17th worked on road today 1/2 day cleaning up on branch

18th Rained yesterday & to day Raining hard. doing but little, - Hobbled Bull a day or two ago — sent for Fan yesterday evening —

19th Fixing chimney to house Henry gone to Millers [?]