Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

[… g] up part of meat this night […] balance of our meat mem^o in back […] this Book Billy Hunt here at work to day [f]olks plowing & shubing to day Dug holes this evening to make Bee House spotted Sow had Pigs in Janry 1866 5 in number sow sick yet bro^t from Cedar Hill, -

Feby 2nd Plowing to day claiborne & Big Henry Cutting wood to burn Plant Bed, in slash Billy & myself put up & Covered Bee House to day got done by dinner nearly

3rd Sent little Henry to Mill at Yates to day with 4 Bushels Corn for me ½ Bb^l for Henry, some Sorghum Seed & some corn for chop for cows Pretty morning cold, Pride gone to Mrs Colemans to go with Mattie & Alice to CH to school Board at Mr Hargraves & Mary Coleman gone with them - to stay at Mr Hargraves for with Mattie & Alice & Mr Hargrave gives her ½ he gets board for one of them for her to attend to his business while they are there & charges me $15 pr month Board (enormous) a p^s says he cant do it any lower – 4th I went to SS. M H. this day fixed Block to front doors halled p^s. there for Horse Blocks nailed up Horse shoes for me to tie[?] our Horses had Blind Tushes Knocked out of Molleys mouth Cutting wood for Plant Bed

4th Fannie & Mr W^m Came down yesterday ^4th cloudy this morning & like for falling weather

5th. Burning plant Bed in Slash Pride gone to Mr Pannills to hear something from new London School got Robin shod before give him shoes & money for that, - cold weather ground hard frozen, - Finished Burning Plant Bed

6th Pride did not come till this morning or about Dinner Jerry came back last night Cold weather Fenced in Plant Bed this morning sewed it last night Fencing in new ground this evening & Halling wood, with mules sow that was sick is something Better, Billy Hunt came here Just at night to work on Garden, cloudy & cold - he got 10 Post

[…] ely for rain warm weather […] Alex Came to cut wood @ 1/6 pr cord & […] in plantation @ 31 Cents day - beeting apples, Billy finished Hen House to day except roost Poles & nest which he is making

8 Dick & Alex cutting wood - worming & succoring Tobacco, getting up & Beeting some Crabs. I went to meeting - clear weather

9th I went to meeting Sunday

10 Pulling fodder I went to CH on business of Estate & for myself etc about children going to school & certificates of savings Bank Dick & Alex cutting wood

11 They are do same & malling wood worming & succorring Tobacco cloudy & like for rain Pride gone to old place & Mrs Colemans to make arrangements for the children all to start to C.H. to school to G.D. Neal

Sept 12th I went to meeting House about H Templeton & G. Pearcy - & to the shop had my horse shoes changed Billy here at work this mon morning clear moderate day & weather Pride & Doran Mattie & alice left yesterday for school at CH –

13th Daubed up & cleaned out old prize Barn, & then Pulling fodder & tying up, etc Dick & Alex Pulling fodder from 10 Oclock till night. Billy Hunt Sew here to day -

14 I went to old place & Jerrys our folks pulling fodder Dick & Alex all day tying Billy Hunt Sew shoemaking - clear day

15th taking Care of fodder stacks 1 stack

16th. I started to Court Saturday I went Rice to see Bro Brown about Bro Pearcy & Templeton

17th At Court Monday our folks stacking fodder fodder Tying up Tops making scaffold to Cut Tobacco, cloudy & warm weather Dick & Alex cutting & put wood Cutting Tobacco in new ground Dick & Alex Cutting wood

1871 Sept 4th Clear pretty morning pulling fodder I went to shop but did not get my Horse shod, nor any thing else come back by Jacobs but did not get any body to pull ^fodder tomorrow

5. Parthena here to day pulling fodder Clear pretty morning for work —

6th. Finished working Lot withHoes Scye Mar shall helped & tyed up fodder I went to shop old place & Mr Creaseys Mr Geo Coleman & his mother Mattie & Allice here this morning like for rain

7th Sent to Mill 1 Barrel corn for meal Sam & Martin Sent too - worming succoring Tobacco Scye & Parthena digging Irish Potatoes this morning Cloudy & like for rain

8 Worming Toping succoring Tobacco Stacking Fodder to night, Scye Marshall work On Garden etc to day for me Sam & his gang pulling fodder worming & succoring ^Tobacco quite cool to day, Pied Cow had a Cow calf about 1st 1st Sept my Spotted Sow has 8 pretty Pigs, White Sow only got 3 Piggs quite Cool nights

9th. Worming Succoring & Toping Tobacco Sam too till evening & then he tyes up fodder, Nobody at meeting hardly to day

10th. good many at Meeting clear day

11th. Martin & Robert toping worming & succoring Tobacco. Sam pulling fodder clear weather

12th. Finishing toping worming & succoring lot Sent Sam to Yates Mill with 2 Bushels wheat for me flour & 2 Bushels for himself & Carried Some Corn for Martin & a long hart Log. Cloudy this morning. Let Mattie D Hunt have pr his note this day $150.00. Cloudy Weather & damp

13th. Pulling fodder worming & succoring Tob^a in Morning, tying - up Fodder ^{last evening}