Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Dr John D Hunt Cr

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Dr John D. Hunt Cr

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[…] 27 Very Cold & windy I went to […] C Keatts & Rented that Land to him & [re]turned home, Henry not here to feed wind from N West

28th Very Cold day & wind from N West

29th Cold & cloudy not so windy this day & like for Snow or Rain to night I have not engaged hands for next year for myself nor Mr Hunts place

30th cloudy & like for falling weather

31st Snowed last night about 2 Inches Deep Jerry stayed here last night

1st Janry 1867 Still cloudy & snowed a little I went to old place to day & settled with Bybee for Lynchg Trip in Decmr

2nd Snowing this morning my hogs has not been up for Several days major Boler Came ^{here to live}

3rd Major Boler Came here yesterday & set in for the year 1867 $91.25 to day we done nothing but feed Cut wood etc Henry & family left here yesterday Snow about shoe Deep, disagreeable weather found my Hogs yesterday & they Came up this morning - cloudy weather

4 cleared off & very pretty dayMajor is Halling manure out of my stale in Garden to day snow melted some engaged with Mr H Dalton to live with me this year to move tomorrow

5. I went to old place hired Tom & Jordan for this year to work there major Cut up wood & shucks Cold day

6 Major went home, more moderate weather

7 Major Cutting in new ground Mr Dalton moved here 1 Load this evening Wyatt Hunt came here night is to work 2 or 3 months at $8 pr month, Richard & myself fixed door to Shelling room & Gate next to my stable weather more moderate

1870 May 16 Plowed Potatoes Irish & Corn by Patch Plowed Nannie Patch Planted Cotton to day Broom Corn Watermelons Simblings & Cucumber Clear pretty weather hired Mary Smith to day Clabe Ditching in lot

17th I went to Mr Hunts place & shop Keatts coltering Sam Hilling just began to Clabe Corn back & finished Ditching Charles Cut Hay picked up & burning roots in new ground & fresh Nat will chop out our corn by Irish Potatoe Patch

18th Coltering new ground finished 1 way & begun Second Way. Charles & Nat getting roots all day off new ground began to Hill in fresh ground

19. at work in new ground coltering rooting etc I went to fix fence around mountain field for my cattle went to Mr Woodings & Lewis's

20th Turned 6 young Cattle in mountain field marked Millys calf that makes the 6th Jacob Cut sooks Calf this morning & marked it beautiful weather at this time & warm, Clabe & his wife & Lucinda here hilling to day & Nat has been there all day - this evening he is hilling with them thundering nearly ^day all Very Warm day. Rained Twice this evening ^{a very little}but

21st Beautiful growing morning tolerable clear & warm Clabe Hilling new ground Charles Coltered fresh ground yesterday Claborne did not Come to Hill Saturday to day Charles did not quite finish plowing fresh ground above Granary Sam replanting corn Keatts finished coltering new ground & laying off I went to Coltering in corn Doron plowed his watermelon Patch & my Potatos & Plowing in Corn all day throwing dirt from Corn

22 Sunday Beautiful day and very warm Very warm Growing weather to day -