Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 7

1876 Dec^r 10^th very cold day & time as I ever have seen the very first ofthe winter 11^th Snowed rained a little last night I [wen?] to Mr Lewis to get my Hog Kill which they [?] up thinking they had their own Sow [that] has been missing a long time ^{since last Christmas} cutting wood morning [grinding] axes 12. Cleared off very pretty cutting & Hauling wood to day - weather moderate [M] Frankie still sick, Doct Wooding [ca?] to day while I was gone to Mount Airy stop Strait Stone Creek & Mrs. [H Lai?] 13^th Edmond & Jimmy Hauling up stalks [till] 12^th oclock Jimmie gone to Plowing w^m with [??] Edmond Cutting & Hauling up Stacks Jacob & has been over beyond Jordens found in [pla??] to burn our plant Beds over beyond Jord?? one near where we burnt last year & one over the stack towards Mr Lewis's clear [pre???] ^{day -} Miss Frankie quite Poorly all day to day. 14 Beautiful day weather moderate [Jimmi?] Plowing for corn Edmond & W^m Hauling up [statks] - Edmond Monroe Stayed 2 nights [Jacob] & son his Son cutting & Piling corn Stalks Turned my Sow [E???] [B??] [Still] in woods Pasture this morning cows gone to stalk [f??] [15^th] little cloudy Edond ^mondgone to Petty Johns [Mill] I Sent 1/2 Bushel wheat for my self 1 1/2 Bus [??????] wheat for my cows Jacob P. sent 5 Bus corn for meal and Edmond carried 2 Bags corn for meal for him My sow dark spotted got at Mr W^m Lewis's called Kill has 10 Pigs in [M???] [woods] Pasture this morning all likely [thank] my master the other one [?] her Sister will have Pigs shortly rather cooler to day Jacob gone to [Joiners] after Shoes [??] [16] Fixing & pulling fodder away & weighing [????????] cow Shelters to feed them

1876 Dec^r 16^th Clear pretty day wind Blows Jim Plowing^{for Tobacco} Turned my Sow Lady Wyatt in woods Pasture with ^Kill 17^th Fannie White Moses & Cousin Fannie & children came here yesterday no Moses came to day Miss Frankie rather Better Nannie my wife ^{Poorly --} Fannie my Daughter brot me [centenineal] Phil. 1 Ring for my Keys & a small wine glass. Clear pretty day quite cold to day, Mr J M Mos ^ses 18^th Mr J M Moses Came this evening and Tom & this morning got Kates & [Sallies] Heifers & will (the word Sallies is crossed off) try & Carry them to his House & cloudy & like ly for Rain & a freeze. -- Miss Frankie [quite] Poorly but better Nannie also better. only carried Kates yearling the weather so bad ^there did not carry Sallies. __ very cold & snowy 19^th very cold this morning Fanned out our wheat yesterday & Divided it & delivered Edm^d Dews his part Jacob cutting yesterday -- cutting & getting wood to day 1 of my Pigs Kill had Died 2 nights ago - Clear today Hauling wood this evening out by Granary 20^th Clear this morning Sent Jimmie & W^m to Yates Mill 1 1/2 Bushels wheat for flour forme & Edmond Sent Some wheat - for flour - Jimmie [come] & W^m come back from the Mill & [??] the flour tomorrow evening & Hauling & getting wood out of new ground - weather a little moder^ated Jacob gone up W^m.H. Wallers Sale to day 21^st Cloudy & like for Snow Hauling wood cutting in new ground, W^m Graves went [a??] his mothers Shoes to Mr. Starkeys & stayed [??] night & Jacob had not come from the Sale his mother crying about & had a notion of go =ing after him herself & Edm^d went for her & there he was & did stay all night cloudy - 22^nd Jimmie & W^m going to Mill Yates after [?] - Edmond gone to Mount Airy Raining morning not quite [??z?] cold tho [sleet] & [???] bad walking Soon this morning

24^th Decem^r 1876 cloudy this morning & cold & cloudy & like for snow Jacobs Baby Cate very sick Jacob went to Starkeys after his wifes shoes & went to [to] Mount [?] come back sometime in the course of the night, he had gone to Mount Airy [ev?] Saturday since he came here to live & got no hands yet My Pigs all missing [this] morning Lady Wyatt has not got Pigs yet began to snow this Sunday morning now [ 1 o?] [^?? [?ck] and snow yet. Wind from N, quite cold to day 25 Snow about 2 1/2 or 3 Inches Deep quite cold this morning My whitessh Sow [had] Pigs this morning. 26_ Clear this morning Snow about 2 Inches Deep Beautiful day, Jacob gone from home hunting a hand or Two to day snow melting very much Nannie Dews is to be married this evening to Simon Miller weather moderate 27^th Jacob come home last night awhile in the night cloudy this morning & weather moderate My white listed Sow had on 3 Pigs [the] night it Snowed & one of them Died, one of Kills Ten Soon after [th?] came So She has only 9 now [My] Ten Shoats Come up every night & Saw them my self this day morning & look very well Kate milked last ^{night & to day} Miss Frankie mends very slow indeed. [28]. We are all at home to day cloudy ^{this morning} Jorden gone to Millers Mill after Plank I lent him for his floor last winter, Jacob gone with him to get it ofhis own [accord] Cloudy & looks likely for snow [29] Began to snow last night & snowed all night. Very disagreeable weather snow about 3 Inches Deep this morning

1876 Decr 29^th Quite cold cloudy & likely for snow - 30 Cleared off^{in the} night & wind Blew & [it] very cold Saturday my cattle in the stalk field now Jacob gone Some where I dont ^Knowwhere quite windy this evening Jacob come back in ^night 31^st Clear fair morning Sunday 1876 ¹⁸⁷⁶ 1877 Jan^y 1^st Snowing upon snow & snow upon snow our folks getting wood Edmond tells me his wife is not willing to stay here no longer & he must go too that is what he tells me this me this morning - Keeps snowing Jacob helping getting wood snow about 2 feet Deep to night & still snowing bad on every thing 2^nd Jan^y 1877 Stop Snowing last night Snow 1 1/2 feet Deep Edmond Jacob & Jimmie made tracks to wood pile Smoke House &C No [conclusi???] [abou?] their staying yet, all my is alive yet. Jacob come late in the night 3^rd Jacob gone to see about a man he hired yester, Edmond & Jimmy getting wood to day - cloudy & looks like more falling weather Edmond & his family not going to Stay here this year

1876 Dec^r22^nd Geo Wright carried 2500 shingles from here this morning to Mount Airy Miss Frankie Leake Poorly yet - cloudy & like[f?] ^{Rain or Snow} 23^rd Weighed some of Edmonds Fodder [th?] morning, clear & fine weather cutting up [woo?] for Christmas Edmond Killing Hog for himself 1877 Jan^y 4^th Jacob has got Jorden to go to Mount Airy or Mr Millers after a hand. to come here to live this year Ammon Dilliard & his wife, - W^m Graves has gone with [h?] Edmond has got no where to go yet very cold & no melting Snow yet 5 Jan^y 1877 Ammon Dilliard [her?] this morning for the [year] give him $50 in money 10 Bbls corn & ten Bushels wheat & 12 1/2 meal a month they are getting wood to [d?] Edmond did not come home last [?] night clear cold day snow [ne?] Knee Deep & dont melt any yet [thee mometer] 2 [degrees] below zero - 6 Raining & Hailing to day _ Edmond come back doing but little cleared off in night [7] Sunday snow melting very [mess?] clear day this & moderate 8^th Jacob went to See about [W??] Pannell, Edmond striping Tobacco, Ammon & Jimmie getting Wood to day cloudy all day