Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Jany 26th Finished cutting I expect to day & then striping Tobacco ———

27 Began to mall in new ground Phil & Fed Henry gone to shop with^Cart Lila & alse finishing striping in the Middle Barn

28. 2 Hands getting gate Post Fed malling alse & Lila stacking wood Mr Myers came here last night & set in this morning to set up Tobacco Hh^ds my wife & F.W. at Mrs Hunt last night & went to Doct Sutfins Beautifull weather about this day

29 Weather moderate, cloudy - Halling up gate Post towards granary Malling in new ground & Piling wood

30 Malling & Henry gone to mill & got 74 feet Hh^d heading

31 Henry & Phil gone to Shields to roll Logs Balance took down Tobacco nearly all day Feby 1st cloudy this morning & like for falling weather my wife gone to Prayer meeting Mr Myers set up 2 Hh^ds & gone home 17 Lambs in Jany lost 5 —

2nd Malling Halling up Tobacco – 3rd Henry Halled wood this day

3. Malling & Prized Tobacco

4th Still fine weather clear Lila been Plowing all this week, Prizing^{to day} Lugs _Lugs malling in new ground — Halled a stack oats yesterday 3rd

1847 May 22nd Hilled on Johns branch & finished replanting corn & cut of part of new ground Hills this week & went to Lynchg in 3 days with our waggon. 23rd Raining & quite wet We planted a little Tobacco on 22nd, corn & Cotton Coming up well weather now warm & seasonable,

25. Sent Fed on Horse to mill

29. Sent D^o to Mill in Cart 2 Barrels corn

1847 June 1st Rained a little last night, weeding & Plowing corn, Henry & Fed Plowing for Tobacco this, made two trips Lynchg lately with waggon in 3 day each sold Lugs for 2.25 good, 4.40 & 4.50 made short crop 3 or 4000 lbs

2nd 2 Plows in Corn. Miss Fishers & balance of our Hands hilling on branch for Tob^a

3rd Same sort of work to day Rained the 3rd at night fine season

4 Cutting off second years ground Hills & this Day finished planting new ground & second years ground also got some Tobacco plants from Mr. Shields, -

5th planting Tobacco this morning & planted all except lott & part of branch Johns branch planted this morning plowing & thining corn this evening after planting Irish Potatoe Patch on Johns branch - put Lady Jane to Richardsons Horse orphan boy at $4, leap[?] 5 the season & $6 for a colt

6 cloudy & damp 7. Rained last night, Thining corn this morning & drawing Tobacco plants,

1858 June 7th Cloudy & like for Rain, foggy — — 8th Thined corn last evening plowing corn Jordan halled 2 Loads of wood 2 Loads leaves for & 1 stack Blade fodder & Turned out steers in Pasture – This morning weeding corn by malissas House Plowing Henry Coltering cotton & Irish Potatoes & Greens in Garden, I went to Pigs Jacobs & Jno Shields & Ja^s Shields to make arrangements to Carry Faris Tobacco to anderson & am to give scruggs & shields $2.50 a Load-, Plowing & weeding corn at this

9th time put out some good Tobacco to sun Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, Sent Jordan to dig grave at Mr Neals for Robys child to day - took in Tobacco at night

10th Henry Coltering corn Jordan Sandy & claiborne throwing Dirt from corn balance weeding after Henry cloudy this morning

11th Plowing & weeding corn, I went to Riceville to Carry Faris Tobacco & delivered to anderson 2600 & some pounds as Rec^d [sh?] @8$ —

12, This morning drawing plants & replanting till it rained It began to rain about 7 or 8 oclock & Rained tremendous hard 2 or 3 hours they finished replanting Johns^s Branch, in morning & finished replanting all but Lot by alse house

13th Rained a little to day went to meeting & Sunday School. Johns children 3 of them came here, Henry complaining at this time & I gave him a dose of medicine last night

14th Raining this morning cleaning out Tobacco Barns etc Hung up our Bacon this morning Finished replanting Tobacco & thining corn

15. Plowing & weeding corn, cleared of[f] very pretty Sent Jerry to Andersons after money for Faris Tobacco & my Lugs, got no money at all

24th March 1859 Our Friend & Bro John D Hunt Buried this evenining at 4 or 5 Oclock in evening, good many poeple -

25. went over to examine bro Hunts papers John Dew with me & Dan^l R. Hunt. Chumbly sick all day. Finished Sewing Oats & now Plowing for corn Jacob claiborne & Jerry Smith Cutting & malling wood & Rails - moderate weather

26 I went down to see Ja^s Shields about going to Lynch’g they have 5 prized Hh^ds at aspen Grove, 3 Lugs 2 seconds,- Lila sick & has been for about a week, moderate weather Jacob claiborne & Jerry Smith began this morning to cut down Pines down below Susan Roark Sallie Started to School went with Fannie yesterday, 25th March to Board at $4 pr month as long as she goes to school to Kate,

26th I went to aspen Grove, balance Plowing on far branch for corn -

27th I rode over to Bro Hunts place

28th Plowing on same branch 3 plows Mr Chumbly shoemaking for Sallie to day^{till evening}

[2]9th Raining this morning hard Cutting & malling wood & Halling wood up to day -

30th Shrubing for corn Beding for D^o Cutting Post for yard, etc Sent this morning to Hodnetts Kelleys Shields & Whiteheads to see about my young Hogs but could hear a word from them all my young Hogs gone, & has been more or less for sometime

31st Plowing for Corn on Branch next to Cap^t Whiteheads balance stoping Gullies & washed places in Lot & Mr Chumbly worked on smoke house putting on weather boarding I went to Fannies & Mr Faris for her [illegible]

1859 April 1st Stoped Gullies in Lot. Plowing

2nd Aprl Plowing awhile in morning in Garden & then bushing apple Orchard for corn & it began to Rain, shelling Corn Mr Chumbly Cutting Out my wifes shoes & at work on them I gave him a patern of upperleathers for his Daughter - making brooms & Baskets Wyatt Walker Came after his Bull & pd $2.50 for wintering him this morning,-

3rd Sunday Raining very hard last night Still cloudy this morning My boar gone again, I am going to Aspen Grove to day -

4th Mr Cothran came from aspen Grove this morning & 3 hands & we got one hand from Mr Kelley & 1 from Mr Hodnetts & we Raised our Barn got done before night & sent to Mill & Halled 2 Loads of wood windy day Mr Bybee Rolling Logs & did not send to help us at,- all, Rained last night, smartly -

5th We have been plowing for Potatoes & Cotton, began to Colter Seconds yrs ground, Manured Plants Beds, took up our Sweet Potatoe Seed, Kept tolerable well, very windy & cold to day all day - Sent to Mill yesterday ½ Bbl Corn, & got one D^o at Worshams Mill Jordan Came up here to night on his way to Lynchg & Henry & Mr Shields is going down to aspen Grove for another Hh^d a p^s. Jordan has gone in some Loose,-

6.7.8.9 Hung yard Post Riving Tobacco [?] Cutting & Malling wood, at work some in^shop I got home last night from Lynchg about 12 oclock in night