Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1856 June 1st My Bro Jonathan left here yesterday will stay in Riceville a day or 2 & then he is going to Orange —

2nd Sent Henry to mill this morning 6 Bus corn & bro^t back 6 Bushels sent Mr Hancock 3½ Gallons vinegar Sent for my Lime & Plaster bro^t from Lynchg by Mr Yates dry weather at this time no Tobacco planted yet of consequence Cutting of Tobacco Hills at stony pint this morning & replanting Corn, & then weeding Corn in Johns field, trying to get done

3rd Car^d all the Tobacco to andersons we have striped,- weeding corn

4th Jordan Sandy Lowry Buck & Johnson all sick clem waiting on them -

4th Rained a little this evening we set out one square collard plants, weeding & Plowing Corn. & Lila Harrowing Cotton this June

5th Fair & clear this morning — working in corn to day I am going to Mr Hunts for Mrs Clements

6th Rained a fine rain last night planting Tobacco Sandy very sick sent for the Doct. etc etc

6th Fine Rain last night we planted Tobacco at Stony pint new ground. & part of fresh ground next to Crews — still cloudy & fine season

7th Finishing fresh ground next to Crews this morning Plenty of Plants to Plant every Hill we shall^have not done weeding corn yet began to Bed Lot this evening, Jordan Sandy Lowry & Buck sick and Johnson, too the Doct has been 3 times to see Sandy & between 15 & 20 times^{in all}

8th Fine day & not much Rain

9th Plowing Beding Lot Hilling & Planting Rained in the evening, shelling corn

6 Decr 1856 Halled Mr Yates 1 Log & Did not get any meal to day yesterday Sent 2 Bags wheat for flour 5 Bushels Fed alse & Kitty Grubbing Sandy & claiborne cutting stacks & wood - Owe Mr Yates 2 logs now Small = Jordan has not come back yet, ^{about 10 Oclock}Come back Jacob Turning out his Hh^d Tobacco to day etc Bro^t Scantling 1 Turn Chop stuff & 3 Turns meal this morning & evening 1 D^o & left 2 of Corn & 5 of wheat carried another log for Yates in evening & 2 Turns Corn for meal standing Turns etc Sent 2 Logs this evening making 3 trips to day last time 1 for Yates the other for ¾ Square Edged to be divided —

7th clear cool day being Sunday

8th Killed 8 Hogs this morning Cut them out Salted them Grubing & Cutting at new ground Halled up stack fodder this morning Jacob fixed cart shelter etc etc etc

9th Grubing cutting & Halling wood - etc waggon starts to Lynchg to day

15 The last week we have been to Lynchg Carried Jacobs Tobacco & some for me & Turkeys sold the sorry Lugs for $6¾. Turkeys 60¢ round Cut & Grubed while we were gone, & striped some Tobacco in new prize Barn, bot a Carriage & Brought Home from school She came to Lynchg last week say about the 15th decemr 1856 - Did not bring any of her accounts with her

16th Put Plank in Barn Cutting stacking wood Fixing Corn & Cob Crusher to day Malissa, Catharine Fannie Johnson & Nelson I sent up to Fannie W Fitzgerald to stay one year.

21st Wednesday at Mr Thomas Fitzgeralds & also at Mr Whittles had to take the woods to get to the Court House got there about 1 Oclock Stayed there about 2 & then returned the same night getting home about 8 Oclock Such mountains of snow I never saw in my life neither has the oldest inhabitants, dredfull time & when I got home snowing a little, Henry & Sallie complaining a little, sore throat & Lowry has Pain in his back etc etc

22nd Bitter cold day & windy. attempted to hall wood & only got 4 Loads waggon & Cart & got the way cleared & little broke dreadful weather, making Baskets feeding & making fires, Fed making Fannies Jerrys shoes Henry took Some Pills to day —

23rd Friday clem sick. gave him some Pills Halled wood to day waggon & cart halled 8 Loads I went down to Strait Stone about new county nobody met, the road is impassable have to take the woods in several places met Mr Lewis Boy going to Millers Mill he had to go back home & take his grain on his horse & went to Yates Mill. he was going to Millers in a slide with 2 horses, such times never was Known in this part of the country. Such heaps of snow in the roads wherever There is a Lane Yates was cutting away Ice about his mill till 10 or 11 Oclock to day before he could start his mill & this morning the Thermometer was 10 degrees below zero, yesterday all day the coldest day I ever saw

24th Weather a little moderated tho cold but cloudy & like for snow, Sent Jordan and Claiborne to

1857 Feby 20th Malling Pilling Brush. Henry & claiborne Halling up Timbers for Corn House & Porch to Our House. like for Rain, Have not heard a word from Jacob since about the 15th of Jany he left Richmond for his Grand Papas went to Strait Stone to day & nobody met about new county but Mr Tucker, paid Mr Yates $10 on acc^t of my shop acc^t 1856 pr Rec^t Henry began to Plow this day laying off at Stony pint, Did not Rain much

21st We are malling - Halling wood Pilling woods Brush, Henry Plowing for corn little ^Henry Shrubing around apple trees at stony point. fine mornings — Halling out straw

22nd Mrs Hunt & Lucy Ann came here Saturday beautifull day clear moderate weather

23rd fine day Fixing Plant Bed at head of Slash next to Mr Neals ^{& going to sew it to day}Fixing Potatoe Patch & about Planting Irish Potatoes done it cutting wood etc to Burn Plant Bed above House, on Branch Mr Wyatt came here to work this morning — Henry Plowing for Corn, Bedding

24th My wife & Jerry gone to Mrs Hunts & expects to go to Hargrave & Colemans Store & Come back in morning ^{Did not go come back at night} Burning Plant Bed above House next to Crews to day expect to sew to night part of it not burnt but Guanoed upper part. like for Rain Warm weather for the season — Henry Plowing Hester & Pompy for Corn & this evening Pompy by himself

25. Lent Mr Neal a Horse to go to Mill Henry & Claiborne Plowing finishing Plant Bed this morning, Halling Straw covering

to get Her wheat next week If we can, it has been raining nearly all this week & to days is friday - desperate time we have had this week -

7th August 1857 Sewed Turnip Patch to day upper Corner summer Turnip seed sewed & in Lot the 8th a few sewed from Mr Yates,- Henry Sandy & Jordan

8th augt Toping Tobacco at Johns Branch Finishing Hilling up new ground this morning except a bottom too wet Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews s fine weather clear growing weather ground very wet.

9th Went to Sunday school no teacher there all gone to Edge Hill about 18 or 30 scholars I stayed there till 12 Oclock Jennings Yates & Martha I. Dews taught

10th Tying up primings Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco next to Crews -. fine shower rain yesterday Evening - very seasonable now &^{has been for sometime} Corn very promising etc - Tobacco very sorry generally we took our Honey last week very good =Lila complaining last night & this morning sent for Mrs Neal & she had a child a Girl sometime in the day

11th fine Rain last evening we are this morning firing priminings cleaning out new new Barn & then Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews & finished in the evening near night, Plowed in Lot till night

12th This morning toping & succoring Tobacco clear last night & this morning very seasonable weather, Sent Abram to Fannies this morning to see about machining wheat etc.

13th worked on road to day Grubing on branch By spring got up a few apples