Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13

22nd Finished shucking corn what we had up, etc

23 Let Mr Burroughs have my hides again. he got six hides one Rat Eaten his Rec^t only for 5. error, I Know he got six because we lost 3, 2 milch cows & my Bull & Killed 3 Beefs. this I know Housing corn & stacks, Raining this morning a little, — we finished Housing corn all that halled up, & done all but Peach Orchard. Henry making loft to stable, put Plank in Corn House & Granary.

24th Cleared off very cold & windy last night to day cutting & malling wood & Halling fixed stable Loft, etc, I went to Mrs Colemans Mrs Hunt & Bob here, nearly every day this week, give out shoes to negroes

25. went to meeting at Strait Stone cold day not many persons

26th Halled up our Corn & finished shucking & Housing - this evening & Halled up stalks from fresh ground & sewed wheat looks very like for falling weather, my Boar spotted that was at JD Hunts plantation is now gone from there & I dont know where he is - I told Bob to get some Corn & fodder there to feed his Horses as Mr Bybee is complaining & I found him in Bed,

27 Shucking corn finished, Halled wood & Cut this day all day nearly

28th Raining nearly all day & we are striping Tobacco in Barn on Road -

29. Sent Smith to Chalk Level, Henry gone to Faris Mill 8 Bushels wheat & 1 Log to be sawed into sheeting & to get flooring Plank Bot at Colo Dickinsons sale

29th Novr Fine morning, Set out Marmosa Tree in Yard this morning - Cutting in new ground next to Plant Bed -

30. Halling wood cutting wood, I am stilling

Decr. 1st. went after Mrs Hunts Corn, got Barrels, bot Oats 3000 lbs Tom Templeton for Mrs Hunt @ 3/- pr Hundred, settled with them about Tobacco made 1859 for Mrs Hunt give out my negroes meat at aspen Grove 21 lbs Beef - they are not quite done Shucking Corn,- going to measure next Tuesday - cool weather snowed to day fast for awhile - Windy -

2nd Stayed at home read to negroes -

3rd give Mr Bybee 1.25 for tollage to Lynchg with wheat & Mem^o for Tomb stones for Mr & Mrs Hunts Graves cost $15. a p^s $30 to get 10 Galls Black M^o. 5 for me & 5 for Est. to bring my wifes Bonnet, & 6 & give him Mr B $15. to get 8 Bottles Acitus morpia & 1 lb Calcined magnesia - Bills etc Put up my Hogs here 13 Killed Two & got 2 House House making 17 in all here to Kill got 12 at aspen Grove in pen 39 Pigs there & 4 sows, Cutt & marked here 7 Large Pigs & 9 Small ones making 16. 3 Sows out 1 Boar & 1 not got up yet has been at Mr Hunts place Bot of Mr James P Lewis 3 p^s Bacon midlings 1 for myself weighing 12½ lb 2 lb for John D Hunts Est weighing 27 lbs, not p^d for this 4th Decr 1860 but will pay shortly,- got the Bacon in Oct. ¹⁸ 3 ⁴ Halling rails here to day & Cutting - I went to as aspen Grove measuring corn measured up to day 50 Bb^ls in corn House &

Short Corn & shattered put in & 25½ Barrels in new Corn House on Road,

Decr 5 Finished Housing at aspen Grove Plan put in House on Road new corn house for to hall home 50 Bb^ls put in shed for Overseer 5 Bb^ls. put in old Corn house on hill for use of Plantation 52½ Bb^ls Short Corn to feed hogs etc supposed 18 Bb^ls shatter corn for our Hogs Large Pile settled wheat & Cotton to day 16½ Bushels on hand down in Hd^d & some in Basket to sow where Corn Piles was & some in Bb^l sorry for chickens - etc etc -

6th Cut in new ground & Halled wood, Halled Corn from Ja^s Shields, 6½ Bb^ls @$3. I went with Mrs Hunt to her Place to try to rent it failed,- very cold. Bob has not been here this whole week but to Eat

7. Fast day at Strait Stone & meeting Sent Robin to shop, cutting & Halling wood. very cold,- got 985 feet at Colo Dickinson sale @55¢ pr 100 am^tg to $5.41 Due H. W Faris for sawing Plank 63

8th Sent Henry to Colo Dickinsons got all the plank bot at his sale. & the Log sawed at Faris, Halled wood Cutting in new ground to day we went to meeting^SS.

9 Sent Henry to Dickinson & got all the Plank stilling one day Cutting & finished new ground on road

10. finished making, Low wine Cutting down Pines. Bot 6 Hogs from Hodnett. Killed them Monday

11th Halled Corn for Mr Hunt from JR shields

11th I went down to Plantation monday Henry went to Millers Mill got all my plank there, we have one Log at Yates

12th Began to Plow finished stilling only made last time about 15 Galls Sent Bob to Yates to get my Buggy mended Cutting Pines etc in old field to day – 3½ Gallons Brandy in runlet for FWF Cider Turned out very little - apples rotten The mare I Bot for Mr Hunts Est Died sometime the 1st of the fall

13 I went to Chalk Level to see Cap^t Tate but did not see him, got Blankets etc for myself & Est JD Hunt Due Henry went after waggon to move Mr Doss Plowing here rounding & Jointing Shingles Cutting down Pines Bob gone to Hubbards after corn for Rent

14 Gave Out negroes Blankets Little^Big Henry Smith claiborne & Clementina Milly Ann had^{Rhoda had one too} one in house here, Malissa Abram & Kitty at Plantation aspen Grove Little ^Henry Had a Hat, here & Lowry & Sandy at Plantation cold sure enough to night

15th. Snowed last night & till after 12 Oclock to day nearly ½ leg deep Sent Henry & claiborne after my Pigs got some of them Cap^t Tate & Jerry come here to day & Jerry went to Mrs Worshams to get his coat cut & made Bybee come to see about Plank Jerry staid all night still very cold & cloudy

16 at home all day cold snow near one foot Deep melted but little

17th. getting wood Bob has not been here more than one day in 10 days. halling

Decr 17. 1860 Corn Oats etc gone to day after corn Mr Hubbards Milly had a cow calf last night all my Shoats up 2 Boars, gone Bot 236 lbs Pork of Allen Scruggs @ $8½ pr 100 lbs.

18th Went down to aspen Grove, to see Hester sick all day to day & left her sick, but I thought about night she was a little easier, made arrangements to Kill 11 Hogs down there, leave one, making arrangements to Kill 2 Here, & may be some I may buy tomorrow, Halled & Cut & Malled wood to day,- cloudy & like for falling weather, to night,-

19th. Killed our 2 Piggs here to day & Bot Two out of drove for us & Killed them, Henry went to mill this morning to Whiteheads carr^d 1 Turn Corn 1 Turn wheat for negroes here & carried 1 Bus. wheat for Henry & Malissa, & 1 Bushel wheat for Ben promised him for faithful work with machine in fall when hired to me he has gone down to aspen grove to Kill 11 Hogs there & get overseer have his but since night it has set in to raining & we may not Kill there in morning Jerry came here this morning & let him have some ^sole leather for his shoes Hester has got well I heard this morning bot of Mr Williams my 2 hogs & 8 for Mr Hunts plantation,-

20th. I went to Plantation & fixed every thing there & 21st I went to CH.- Cut & Halled wood cleaned out Hog pen & in evening halled leaves

22 Returned from CH. Halling & cutting wood Bob here to day - -