Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 9

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August 11, 1853 - September 1, 1853
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August 11, 1853 - September 1, 1853

1853 augt 11th Sent Fed to Mill 10 Bus. corn for meal Henry Halling Logs to mill Yates, Hilling up 3rd yrs Tobacco working Irish Potatoes Cotton & Garden, - fine weather ——

15th Halling up Timber this morning Mr Lipscomb Jointing shingles Mr Irby not here clear fine weather, Election for Judge

19 yesterday & to day thrashing wheat Doct Thompsons machine, working Lot Tobacco Toping Tobacco etc etc finished & Carried away saturday machine

21 my wife gone to Mrs Hunts to go to Charlotte in morning & Jacob & Sallie, I went to day to Riceville to see Doct Thompson & carrd Jerry Smith about his Jaw

25 Halling up Logs for Barn Hewing yesterday & day before & cleaning Out place for House Mr Irby Just finished shingling about 12 Oclock working Out Our Second Yrs Land of Tobacco. went yesterday upon On River for Mrs clements Doct Thompson Came by here called from Mr Lewis to Jerry Smith cloudy & like for Rain

27 Toped wormed & succored Tobacco togot over day all Halled up some House logs I paid $3 for our church to association which is not paid to me — gave to Brother Hagood in association for Preaching to Bufaloe $2, & $1 missionary society – - -

31st Halling Logs to saw mill to day - Succoring Tobacco over, cutting stacks etc

sept 1st Cutting stacks & getting Plates & Joist for barn Shrubing in fresh ground, I am going to Mrs McCullocks to Settle with Adkinson & Divide Oats etc

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September 3, 1853 - September 20, 1853
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September 3, 1853 - September 20, 1853

1853 Sept 3rd Rained all day Carrd yes= =terday In all before to this night 20 Logs to Yates Mill not Sawed nor Devrd

4 went to Wm Dews s to see him hepling he is

5. Sent to Mill 10 Bus Corn for meal worming & succoring Tobacco & Topingthis day

=6. & 7 Pulled fodder at mountain & at home

8th Rained Caught all my fodder on ground

9th still raining. yesterday we squared Barn Logs wormed & succored Tobacco all over but second yrs ground Peggy Sally Ben & all the chaps nearly got bad Colds Sally has been sick Raining & Mr Irby gone Mr Lipscomb at work on Buggy shaft but cant do much on a/c weather

1[ink spot] went to meeting Mr Plunket Elected Preacher Mr Lipscomb worked a little this morning pulling on Buggy shaft. —

12 Toping worming & succoring gathering Blade fodder squaring barn Logs etc -

15. yesterday worming & succoring Tobacco & stacking fodder very sorry & not one stack of good saved yet - this morning worming & succoring & Toping new ground Tob. Killed Lamb squaring Logs. good deal of fodder on ground. we have stacked 5 stacks Blades worming succoring & toping new ground Mr Lipscomb left at 12 Oclock

16. Stacked one stack fodder next to orchard Finished worming & succoring new ground to day Pulled some fodder & Cut some Tops finished Halling Barn Logs —

19 Tying up fodder worming & succoring & Toping Tobacco, Squaring Barn Logs

20. Raining this morning

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September 20, 1853 - October 7, 1853
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September 20, 1853 - October 7, 1853

1853 Sept 20th Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr F. this morning in Rain 21st Cutting tops & working In Fodder to day

22, Henry gone to D P Millers to raise barn make ready to cut tobacco worming & succoring third Thirds Ground cloudy & like for Rain —

24 Began to Cut tobacco in new ground Yesterday cutting to day & yesterday all Finished Fodder except Tops fine weather

26. Housingnew ground Tobacco in Prize Barn Fair fine weather, worming & succoring –

28th Peter Died yesterday Buck, Sometime ago Brown another young steer sick with Postul lost 8 Cows Heifers Steers etc- to this day had to stop halling Rocks for under Pening of Barn on a/c of Browns being sick worming & succoring second yrs ground Skinning Logs for Tren Poles in Barn gather= =ing Peas Cotton etc etc

29th Raised Our prize Barn on Road Brown Died, wormed & succored over thirds yrs ground

30 Lost 10 Head cattle in 12 months all my work steers but one young one Cutting Tobacco in Second yr ground to day Some frost last night, one of our Hogs Dead Ann & alse came to me yesterday morning very soon to go with them home but was raising my barn & Capt E. Fitzg went

Oct 7th We have stack Our Tops worming & succoring Cutting & Housing Tobacco we have filled prize Barn new Barn at fresh ground & new Barn back of Garden have Cut upwards of 3500 Stacks & a good deal standing in Lot & fresh ground yet wrote to Pallison Boxley this morning & sent to Doct Whites Mill 10 Bushel Corn for meal when Capt Fitzgerald carrd Ann & alse home arch ran away next morning

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October 17, 1853 - November 8, 1853
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October 17, 1853 - November 8, 1853

1853 Oct 17 We have been to Lynchg with a Load of wheat Sold it for 1.40 pr Bus. fired Tob Grubing etc etc 17th Firing Tobacco fixing fresh ground for Tobacco, Grubing etc clear weather

18. Mr Evans came at 12 Oclock. Firing Tobacco Mr Evans cutting Ditch for Ice House Fannie W. went with me to Lynchg

19th Began to Sew wheat in Third years ground Grubing Mr. Evans Ditching & alse & Kitty Federick firing Tobacco - back Garden clear fine weather, 20th Ditching at Ice house 21st Sewing wheat in Lot, 4½ in Third years Land & 3½ in Lot -

22 Ditching Halled up Load of CornHogs for Mr Evans left in evening

24th This morning Raining Hailing & Snowing. very disagreeable day Snow lay on ground Smartly lost Pieds Calf Halled 2 Loads wood in evening, Sent to Mill Saturday with wheat for flour DiggMy Sweet & Irish Potatoes not Dug yet,

Novr 6 Since the 24th Oct we have Dug the blind Ditch to Our Ice House Halled up & shucked out our mountain field Corn Mr Evans worked on ice House Ditch about 10 Days @3/9 pr day he is now when at work Cutting Ditch in fresh field @[2¢?] pr yd Cleaned out Ice pond yesterday & began again to sew wheat next to Johns springCorn Land we Cut & spayed 11 shoats lately, went to mill about 5 days ago. my wife & Cate gone to Mrs Hunts to day. Fine weather at this time

8 Fed shoemaking cutting Down & shucking Corn in Johns field. Sewed Branch land in wheat to day etc cloudy & likely for Rain, ——

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November 9, 1853 - December 3, 1853
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November 9, 1853 - December 3, 1853

1853 Novr 9th wrote to Bro. James, cleared off cold Fed shoemaking Fed fanning out wheat.

Novr 12 cloudy & like for Rain Sewing wheat in Johns field, sent Mr Evans meal home alse & malissa shrubing at mountain field, Fed shoemaking

17. jerry Stoped going toSchool after 1st week in Novr Finished shoemaking to day - 14th 15th & 16th Halling up Corn & Halling Out manure on wheat in Johns field,- Fallowed up & sewed Rye in Granary Lot & finished this evening Jordan Helping Mr Evans Ditch from 12 Oclock to day tomorrow expect to Plow up ps above Henrys house & sew it in wheat

19th Jordan has worked with Mr Evans days this week - to day we halled wood put in our Land Corn sewed wheat by Henrys House & I went to Vaughans for Lucy Ann in her case agst Richard Smith

21st I went to Court as a Juror & for Mr & Mrs McCullocks Estates stayed till Friday night Our Folks got wood cut & Grubed in new ground all this week Kate & Jacob went to to Mrs Thompsons to wedding

Decr 1st We Finished Our Corn to day I appraised Mr & Mrs McCullocks Est. Henry Halled Rocks for his Chimney Some cut & some Grubed etc

2nd Henry Halling up Stalks etc Jordan & Sandy Plowing up Cotton Patch for wheat Fed Fanning out our wheat. malissa Picked Cotton out of Patch On Monday 28th we Killed 12 of our Hogs weighing 1077 - 3rd made shelters -

3rd Sewed Cotton Patch in wheat, 1 Bus. to sew sewed some in Johnsons field. Henry went to Farris’s Mill, 5. Bus. wheat for flour, 3 Bus screan for Horses & 7 Bushels Corn for meal.

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