Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13

1860 Sept 1st I Returned from Lynchg & Hollins Institute & left Sallie at School wy went there & returned wednesday night & come home thursday Beet some applies etc

2nd Henry at work on yard & shiller balance cutting. Mrs Hunt started for Mr Browns this morning — I went to aspen Grove settled with Cothran, lost one Hog there

3rd went to New Bethel to meeting been going nearly 2 weeks Jacob & Mr Moses with a great many others professed

3rd Rained this morning making Brooms & Picking wool etc began to over Tobacco

4th Toping & worming succoring Tobacco cloudy, Sent Henry over to old Place to borrow their Fan to Fann out our ^wheat

5. Finished Toping & worming & succoring Tobacco I sent for the Fan at old place to day I went to see Mr Grastys creditors & aspen Grove to day & Collected only of one man McHaney Hubbards & Dawson etc etc

6 Finished pulling fresh ground fodder worming Tobacco Bro^t home still etc Halled Rocks to set it up, suned second rate Tobacco got down some to prize Faned out some wheat this morning & sent ½ Bb^l new crop here to mill

7th Sent 2½ more & after that sent yesterday Prizing Tobacco to day.

8th Prizing Tobacco in morning Tying up Blade fodder & Pulled some in far field to day shacked up all pulled down we went to S S Meeting to day — Sent Doct Jenning C. Thompson for Bens child Betsy to day 1st time - 9th to see Betsy again to day — Mrs Hunt come back from Mr Browns Saturday & staid till Tuesday

1860 Sept^8th9th went to meeting myself — — 10th worming ^{Mrs Hunt gone to CHouse} & Succoring Tobacco I am stilling again making 1½ days cleared off cool JCT been Twice to old place

11th Stilled again to day, Pulling fodder next to Whiteheads, stacked up 4 & a p^s stack last night fine Blade fodder —

12th Pulling again to day & stilling Sent to Mr J.P. Lewis for Bacon yesterday

13th Finished daubbing in night last night worming & succoring Tobacco to day. Tying up Fodder etc cool weather —

14th cool this morning worming & succoring this morning Tying up Fodder etc etc I am going to Plantation to day — to see Doss this went to see Doss saw Mr Waller he told me Doss was going to live with him, went to yates Cris Lanes & Plantation made a proposition to Cothran to Live there again & give him till Tuesday morning to decide -- We have 11 or 12 stacks Blade ^{here & 19 at Plantation}

15th Stayed at home all day riving boards prizing Tobacco Stacking fodder etc etc clear pretty weather —

16th Mr Doss Came here this morning & told me he intended to stand to his contract, & never said or thought of being off or disappointing me

17th Lucy & Mr Faris s Jack I dont go to Court to day Raining & we are working in our Tobacco prizing & taking down etc Raining moderately al day —

18th Fanning out our wheat, made about Bus. here sewed 9, Rained all day —

1860 Sept 19 Mrs Hunt come from CH this evening gone about 9 days – Killed Lamb Turkey etc prizing Tobacco Halled some from barn on road - wormed & succor’d in evening -

20, Jacob & his wife & Company came here yesterday^{to day married 19th Sept 1860}stayed all night here yet he is - here yet Jacob _{to Mary James Monroe} married

21 him & his wife here balance all gone

22nd Cutting Tobacco over next to Cap^t Whiteheads Stacked 2 stacks Blade fodder prizing Tobacco Clems & Arch child a Girl Born to day - Sent for Mrs Stanly & p^d her fine weather now

23rd went to meeting at Strait Stone

24. Pulling fodder & finished cutting Tops stilling Halled Tobacco to prize etc warm weather —

25. Stilling cutting Tops prizing Tobacco etc

26. Stilling went to plantation riving boards for Barn wormed & succored Tobacco & tied up Tops & finished this evening

27th Halling up Tobacco & Housing & worming & succoring over putting in Barn on Road cloudy & like for rain Did rain 2 showers, Riving Boards for for Barn, my cattle sick at aspen Grove lost my red Bull & a cow with young calf sick one milch cow sick here,

28. Firing House Tobacco working on Barn, worming & succoring Tobacco one of our Milch cows Died & one at aspen Grove overseer milked Died also

29th Saturday Sept 1860 I Have been stilling nearly all this week for Bro Hunts Est. stilled into Low wines 11 Bb^ls Cider Finished Covering Barn for Tobacco to day & skined Cow, got up Broom Corn Sent Jerry^ ^{^ Smith} to Chalk Level,-

30th Sent W^m A Millers acc^t to Mrs Coleman by Charles to day

Oct 1st Mrs Coleman came gave me ^$40 money to pay Sam^l Steptoe & W^m A Miller Firing Tobacco, on Road finished stilling Cider for Bro Hunts Est. this morning prizing Tobacco to day Turned out another Hd^d & put under prize the Lug Hd^d chinked Barn, etc etc. Finished worming & succoring over Tobacco Gave My Daughter Kate 4 Ewe Lambs & a stack Blade fodder to Mr Moses last spring to feed with

2nd Oct. Stilling myself, Mrs Hunt went to Doct Steptoes & come back at night prizing old Tobacco cutting to day in near new ground all day - moderate weather finishing new Barn

3 Hilling & finished to day by Dinner made 42 Gallons, toll & stilling to come out for Bro Hunts Est — Cutting Tobacco Bob at work here to day cloudy Sent all the Cotton over to old place that belongs there oil & molasses

4 Prizing & Finished prizing to day Rained nearly all day

5. Daubing new Barn & Cut over Tobacco have Cut about 2000 sticks getting up apples & Beeting Mrs Fitzgerald 2 hands come at night to help

6th Oct getting up apples & Beeting Mrs FW 2 hands here to day hot 4-Bb^ls

7th likely for rain stayed at home -

8th Housed Tobacco in prize Barn 1st Cutting down below Barn did not quite fill it Halled up stumps Poles Rails etc for fodder stack fram[e] put in forks etc — — — I went to aspen Grove found slow sick give her a p^s meat found negroes doing not much, & Cothran gone — Rained to day about 12 oclock - -

9th Stacked Tops got them all together before Breakfast Henry & his gang - Turned Cooler I went to old place to see about ^sale Nannie & Mrs Hunt went too — — I gave Mrs Hunt 50 for Bob to day to help me stack Tops as he talked of going to Mrs Coleman — Finished Tops Firing prize Barn Tobacco have cut near 2000 sticks here Turned cool to day — We have 11 or 12 Stacks fodder here 14 stacks Oats ½ stack old fodder yet 19th Stacks fodder & 16 stacks Oats at Plantation & at this time 6 Barns Tobacco full there & they are finishing cutting —

10th Cutting Tobacco & Piling to day Henry got another Barrel Cider last night fine weather Mrs Hunt & Bob gone to Mrs Colemans to day, Nannie & myself went to Chalk Level & Lent John shields 5 long Bags & 3 short Bags to carry wheat to Lynchg - clear weather returned 4 short & 3 long Bags — 1 missing & too many short ones sent me