Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 Decr 13th Sent Henry to Faris s Mill 11 Bus wheat for flour returned & could not get it Halled wood this day - Cutting & Grubbing I went to Fannies to day see her, & Mrs Hargrave etc here to day fine day

14¹³th Fine day Sunday - clear & pretty

14 Cutting & Grubbing in new ground & Halling Corn stalks from fresh field Went to Clements to finish receiving corn got 33½ Barrels 5 Bbles at $2.75. 28½ D^o @ 2.50¢ - bot & 1 Pot Rack 3/– Kate & Jacob got back

15th In^t Decr Finished Halling up stalks & Sewing wheat where corn was stacked Finished grubing & went Cutting 2 or 3 days Corn House 16 feet long 10 wide & 10 feet High — is as follows – Divide by (11) =

17th Hewing Cutting etc & in evening striping Tobacco, when it rained ——

18th went to Mount airy to see about Hogs got none at this time get Boards etc Halling up etc etc

19th Riving Boards Cutting Halling wood making Cross way at new ground — Fine weather at this time ———— Halling wood etc to day Bro Mason at Straitstone on Sunday —

21st Killed Hogs this morning Sent Fed to Clements plantation to day – or Rather yesterday Sunday – Shelling corn & striping Tobacco in new prize Barn; - -

22nd Cut [and?] salted up Pork & overseers part Jerry gone Riceville etc

1858 Decr 27th Beautiful weather this morning Cleared of[f] fair & moderate -

28th Claiborne Plowing making 2 days. Jordan & Lowry cutting Logs for Henry House & a shop in evening filling up gully & making bridge, Henry down at aspen grove getting shingles, etc

29th Claiborne Still plowing Henry getting shingles, Sent meat by Jordan to plantation this morning -, - cloudy & like for Rain Nannie Sallie & Jerry at Mr Hunts.

-30 Claiborne - Henry etc Halling leaves till 12 Oclock began to work this morning Rained a little I went to Plantation overseer fixing shingles awhile in morning & then they all striping Tobacco here & at aspen Grove —

31 Rained Striping Tobacco at both places -- Rained all —

Janry 1st 1859 Raining all morning striping Tobacco Mrs Hunts & Mrs Hargrave here, - striped Tobacco till 12 Oclock & then halled wood, fixing shingles etc

Sunday 2nd Janry cloudy & I went down to aspen Grove & stayed all night —

3rd Killed Hogs down there, & deliv^d Mr Cothran his part as overseer Henry Carried Kitty down there, cutting wood here, & after Killing Hogs Lowry went to mill from there carried 10 Bushels Corn for meal 7½ to Come here & 2½ for a standing Turn for aspen Grove they down there went to work at new ground Henry bro^t Balance Pork home & then halled wood, at night we salted it up,Mr Chumbley fixing shingles for smoke house

1860 March 27th weather moderated some Hilling to day Sent Henry to Faris's Mill 9 Bus. wheat for flour 1 Bus. wheat for Chop & 1 Small Log for Plank, etc Got 9 Bus. sent for flour & Plank

28. Plowing for Corn & Raking in new ground & cleaning up.

29 Plowing for Corn Grubing in new ground & cleaning up fine weather

30. I have been to aspen Grove, they are hilling down there in new ground fine weather We are Grubing in new ground & Plowing for Corn & trying to finish Mrs Hargrave here

31st finshed this morning & Halled Leaves & cleaning up new ground leaves halled in field ¬¬ – fine weather I went down to See Jim Faris’s property sold he is gone off nobody Knows where.

1st aprl 1860 Sunday Stayed at home.

2 " Halling leaves & Logs Out of new ground Set Leaves on fire this evening

3rd Halling wood Rails etc out of new new ground

4th Raining set Log Heaps & Leaves on fire Rained till 12 Oclock then cleared off we were striping Tobacco Came up a cloud Rained hailed & the wind Blew very ^hard Blowed down about 200 pannels of our fence & Hailed Smartly ¬– nearly burnt up our Logs 5th Have been ½ day putting up fence

5 Began to colter new ground at 12 Oclock Raking forking up manure to day – I went to aspen Grove M^t airy & Millers Mill,

6 Coltering Hilling for Sweet Potatoes Raking some, I went to Chalk Level –^{a Lock}& got

7. Halling dirt from Well Sent to Mill

1860 May 31st Replanted Tobacco to day all over,- Thinning corn & nearly finished that going to Plowing this evening, Elvira & Amy very sick with dissentary Sent for Doct Thompson yesterday & this evening again

June 1st Halled Brick for Dining room floor this morning & Lathes to lath Dining room. Fair & clear to day - Bob has been here all this week, weeding corn next to Cap^t Whiteheads., Mrs Hunt rested tolerable last night, this ^morning very bad off indeed Mr Faris here yet put up mantle in Dining room this morning - fair & clear weather Mrs Lucy A Clement has been sick about 10 or 12 days & Died to day about 2 Oclock, with congestion in Bowels so I hear - nanny went up there to day

2nd I went to aspen Grove sheared sheep Killed One Lamb Mrs Clements buried today. Amy my little negroe Daughter of Clementina Died to day with bowel Complaint Elvira very Sick. Doct Martin was here & went to see them both. said he did not consider them dangerous

3rd Amy Buried to day Elvira very sick yet Doct Thompson came to day, Mrs Coleman Mr & Mrs Hargrave Come here to day Rained this evening. Mrs ^{Hunt is} very bad off yet. - quite sick all day to day -

4th June Bob here, John Came to fix Dining room, Mrs Hargrave staied last night with her Ma, Mrs Coleman here yesterday cloudy & Rainy this morning, Henry Halling up leaves in stables, - etc - working Sweet Potatoes Peas Cotton & Corn Henry & Harry Plowing in corn in Lot; my Horse Lame for several days. -

1860 June 4th Mr Faris came worked about 2 Hours & went to Capt Whiteheads Milley Ann taken sick this morning

5th June Lilas Baby & Mary sick Milly Ann & Ell still sick, Mr Faris Came this morning. plowing corn in Lot. replanting Corn last we planted in Lot weeding cotton & Corn etc - Rained last evening clear this morning - Let Mr Bybee have for negroes over at Mr Hunts place 2 Galls molasses out of 5 got for them in my cask -

6th John P. Hunt started to school at Cap^t J Richards in Lunenburg this day My Buggy Harness Bob & Top from Catalpha,- John been at work here every day this week J P Hunt is to board at Cap^t Richards at $6 pr month & $1.50 pr month now for Tuition, gave Pride $1.00 & Bob $1.50 for Expense,- fine morning Wednesday - Rained in the evening & stoped Mr Faris about 4 Oclock,- & stoped plowers Daniel R Hunt came to see Mrs Hunt & Mrs Hargrave, stayed all night

7th Rained hard again last night, & this morning we are replanting Tobacco Mr Faris at work again, DR Hunt Mrs Hargrave Sal Tate & Matty staid all night John at work this morning too Mrs Hunt gets worse, last night & this morning

8th Mr Faris & Jno Clark here at work Mrs Hunt rather better this morning she gave Dan^l R Hunt who left this morning $10. & Gave Me her money to take care of for her say $40 Haling sand this morning Laying by fresh ground Corn. Choping out with Hoes, etc Mr Cothran spaying our shoats say 11 in all here 2 got out.