Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

28th Began to Shoe make last Monday novr 1863 23nd Novr. Roland Cutting out all day^{3 oclock} Sandy Shoemaking, Roland was not here Tuesday, here 5¾ of the days this week made me a pr my wife a pr Prides & Dorans & begun Matties, I found thread & Roland to make them.

Decr 5th 1863 Sandy has been shoemaking for nearly 2 weeks Mr Roland work 6½ 4 days making Mr Hunts childrens shoes - we have been Plowing and Halling to Gov -ment Stables for upwards of a week. Wk Green & Wyatt has been at Government Stables ever Since 4th Novr 1863 pr Bond Henry went Decr 5th 1863 pr Bond Abraham started 7th Decr 1863 as pr 1864 nd [The text "1864" is written in pencil between "pr." and "nd", apparently later.]

March 22nd Since Christmas many things has transpired & I have been from home nearly all the time as assesser, but I shall resign my commission as assesser shortly On this day week I left home for Pittsy^a Court & on 22nd very cold & Williams Collicler was with me going to Mrs Womacks to settle up & take her Rec^t for my acc^t of assessment

1845 August 20th. Raised barn at new ground this day 22nd Henry this day gone to Doct Whites Mill with wheat corn & a stack & is to bring my Palings Home Fed sick yesterday & day before — Succoring & toping Tobacco this day

26th Picking Turnip Patch & finished Hilling up Lot at Henrys house My wife son Jerry & nurse Ann started from home on yesterday Sunday to go to Charlott cty V^a on a visit to Mr Overbys & Moseleys with Mrs Hunt - Fanny White sick - fine rain yesterday Sunday

Monday ²⁵26th. Clear fine day for travelling

Tuesday 26. clear fine morning Grubing & Phil cutting Henry & Fed gone to Mr L to raise houses — —

27. cutting on Branch & grubbing Mr Lewis spayed 14 shoats & cut six & Turned out 2 young sows & 1 boar Mrs Scrugs put cloth in the loom - My wife did not start to Charlott till Tuesday morning & Pleasant came here same day about 12 & stayed till next evening making ladden etc etc

28th Grubbing & cutting Henry getting slab timber I went to Jno D Hunts & Mrs Hunts, my dear Nanny been gone ever since last Sunday to charlotte, — time seems long

29 Topping succoring and worming Tobacco today - started a letter to Colo Smith about over our

1846 March 21st. Fed made our waggon Britching, sewing oats back Garden

22nd Sunday. very pretty day —

23 began to make Tobacco Hdls on Branch. Jane doing up Beds and Garden 3 Plows sewing oats Phil coltering in new ground, fine weather, Tobacco^Plants up in mountain Plant Bed

24 Rained & we are striping Tobacco

25. This day finished Striping Tobacco 12 Oclock, & then plowing for corn & Tobacco Lot. Hilling on Branch & Phil to mill Twice — done prizing lugs & prizing short tobacco - took all our short down nearly —

26 Sewing oats Hilling on Branch & coltering new ground

27. do the same sort of work

28. went to Chalk Level myself doing same sort of work Sewed 17 or 18 Bus. oats

29. weather moderate Went to Mrs Hunt Henry Killed Mrs Hunts horse Tombury hired to do so by J D Hunt.

30. Sewing oats colter new ground, Hilling on Branch on hill sides — weather moderate —

31st Finished sewing oats except some wet Spots Shrubing Oats at Stony point

1846 March 4th, very pretty day over head Went this day with Mr. J D Hunt to see Mr Jesse Pitts waggon which I bot of Mr Hunt who takes the waggon from Pitts & let me have it complete for the sum of $41.50 with this understanding I pay Principal & Interest when convenient to me he Mr Hunt gives me several years to pay for it by paying In^t

5th Beautiful day over head Phil cutting up Logs for fire wood alse & Henry halling out manure on Potatoe Patch Fed making 2 pr shoes for Lucy Ann children this day —

6. Thrashing out oats, Henry went after a Load of wheat straw to Mrs Hunts.

7. Went after waggon to Pitts, cutting up Trees on Branch fire wood - very pretty Weather over head Snow melted very much,

8. Snow nearly gone this second Sunday a beautifull day over Head —

9 Halling wood & Burning Log Heaps started 1 Hh^d Lugs this day by Geo Bruce, he finds himself & I paying him ferrigage[ferriage] 4$ carriage 75¢ for fodder & he gets 4 Bushels corn in Lynchg at River which I have to Colo Smith to let

1846 July 30 Rained quite hard last night beeting apples - 30 Succoring Tobacco & worming began to Hill up lots for the last time Sewed Turnip Patch & also in lot by Tobacco House

31st Getting up apples this day –

August 1st Plowing & finishing hilling up Lot by prize Barn & Beeting apples this

2nd Sunday & cloudy but no rain

3rd cloudy this morning Toping worming & Succoring Tobacco this morning Sent Henry Clay to Mrs Hunt to go Lynchg alse Drying apples this morning —

4th Getting up apples to Beet to day Fair & beautiful weather

5 Working Tobacco Lots by & above Granary

6 Beeting apples & finishing lots

7 Plowing & Hilling up Branch Tobacco

8 Went after Mr JD & CA Hunts Still & working as Friday & done on Branch yet

9th Weather dry & Hot corn begins to suffer a little for Rain —

10 Finishing hilling up Tobacco on branch Henry gone back to Mr Hunts after still worm & tub etc little shower of rain at Mrs Hunts yesterday a little here last night after we got home weather dry & very warm, began to dry peaches this morning

11 Worming & succoring tobacco

12 Stilling most of this week

13 Went to see Capt Coleman & he Died about 9 or 10 Oclock in morning

14 he was Buried this day our hands at work On Road Malissas child a Girl Born on the 12 Inst Inst at night—