Pages That Mention Edmond Fitzgerald
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 6
January 1, 1849 - January 9, 1848
1849 Jany 1st striping Tobacco in middle barn good striping day
2nd Striping in second & finished 9 O clock in night what we had down
3rd cloudy & like for Rain or snow Halling wood & burning little Plant Bed in new ground Brot Home berkshire yesterday & he is gonefound him in Pasture & hes not gone this morning
4th Shelled corn & carried 5 Bus corn to mill & 1 stack for Palingin we have 3 Large Logs at mill for Palings. Cutting in new ground big growth in little new ground — Sewed little Plant Bed in new ground this day weather fair & clear Halling up a stack Oats 2 days ago
5th Very cold clear & windy Cutting in new ground all hands
6 Halled out 1 stack wheat straw yesterday cutting in new ground big growth,went to Mr. Lewis to get him on Tuesday next to act as referee in Jas East Rent matter about Tobacco Lots & also E Fitzgerald very cold & windy this day
7 weather moderated cloudy & like for Rainsnowor
8 Still cloudy & like for snow, my wife & Lucy Ann clement went to Riceville yesterday 7 to get Lucy Anns tooth Extracted Cutting big growth in new ground Henry sick in house. cold
9th Ground covered with snow not very 5 or six snows to this time not deep cleared off in evening.
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 8
November 19, 1850 - December 7, 1850
1850 Novr 19th Halling up Corn yesterday & to day I have Just got from CH likely for Rain -
24th we have been getting up & Housing corn this week & not done getting where there was no wheat sewed Rained 2 days this week — John Coleman worked here this week making 1 week more one month in all Lila & Malissa & Clem has Blankets this winter Raining this evening
Novr 25. Give to Mr Fitzgerald & Fanny White Tom Perry we are Putting up our Greens & Halling wood etc clear fine day —— Capt Fitzgerald got fountain out of Jail in Montgomery CH
30 Finished our corn this morning Halling wood Fed Shoemaking Rained hard last night made about 120 or 130 Barrels in all warm weather about this time — Jordan gone to mill Expect to sendthis evening Henry
1st Decemr. 1850 clear in morning cloudy in evening I went to Mrs Colemans & Mrs Hunts —
==2nd Mr Owen came here to help about Houseoverseer Mr Tucker came to shingle it cloudy all day
3rd Both here shingling overseers House Henry Jointing shingles cloudy all day – Federick & alse Halling up stalks 2 days Balance Fanning out wheat & Buck wheat made 123 Bus. good wheat & 17 Bus. screan [tolled?] to be sent to Capt Gilberts mill is 6½ Bushels good wheat including Mr Neals, & nearly 1 Bus screan,
7th It has been raining & quite cool nearly all this week Thursday night Friday & Friday night it rained very hard indeed still cloudy & Raining Owen left yesterday evening — Began to strip Tobacco in middle Barn making up Farm Pen & shelters to day Building overseers House chimney about this time
February 17, 1851 - March 3, 1851
17th I went to Court - cold day our folks Plowing 1 Horse Balance in new ground
18th Halling wood with Cart till 12 oclock malling in new ground fine weather
19th malling Lila Plowing - Burning Brush etc alse & Jordan cleaning up in mountain field
20 Halling wood waggon & Cart with waggon myself - Henry gone to John Hunts to Roll logs Balance malling etc etc
21st Raining this morning striping Tobacco in prize Barn trying to done there to day
22 Rained tremendous hard last evening finished striping in prize Barn cleared off in night Sent to Mill 10 Bushels wheat for flour 1 Turn sold overseer for flour & ½ Barrel Corn for overseer also
23rd Moderate weather, malling & sh[r]ubing mountain field Jane sick been complaining for several days
24 malling shrubing & Plowing for corn
26th Jane got out Jane & Lila Plowing Balance Cutting old Logs put Top on Fresh ground Barn
27 Rolled Logs had 2 companies nearly finished, had a fine day clear & warm
28 sent Henry to Mrs Colemans to Roll Logs Jane & Lila Plowing at stony point Balance cleaning out fence Row in new ground Still moderate weather warm etc
March 1st Overseer gone to Capt Fitzgeralds quarters to Roll Logs making new ground fence, ground very wet Henry halling out wood & rails round new ground & to Plant Bed near to it weather cool Winter gone & only one snow the 1st Jany 1 in the whole winter of 1850 & 51
March 2nd tolerable day for beginning of spring my wife Jacob Jerry & Sally gone to Mrs Colemans Cate has been at Mr Fitzgeralds about 3 weeks weeks next monday —
March 3rd Henry gone to Mrs Hunts to Roll Logs Fed gone to mill 1½ Bbls corn ½ Bbl wheat for chop, Plowing at stony Point. Fair moderate weather
June 13, 1851 - June 18, 1851
1851 June 13th To Day went to Mrs McCullocks not done weeding there yet a fine Rain this day about 12 Oclock Capt Fitzgerald & myself looking at Mr. Saml Fitzgerald’s Land where Crews lives Replanting Tobacco here this evening – Fresh ground On mountain ——
14th Replanting Tobacco this morning fine weathergrowing then Plowing in corn at stony pint & weeding Tobacco Plowing up & planting Turnip Patch in Tobacco & Plowing Pea Patch & Turnip Patch Cutting Rye at Mrs McCullocks this day & finished Laying by first planting Irish Po[ta]toes Plowing in corn not quite done weeding corn at Mrs McC — no Rain There friday, quite ^ cool this Plowed Celam to dayevening
15th quite Cool & Clear Kate gone to Harmony
16th A little shower this evening went to Court weeding down lotts of Tobacco - Plowing at stony pint - etc Halled up Stack 17th of Fodder this morning — Red, Suck & Rose had calves lately 1 Heiferonly
Memorandum of an agreement made with Geo. Cothran this 17th June 1851 to wit I sell Mrs Sarah W Colemans Old Barauch to Said Cothran for forty Dollars, the said Geo. has already agreed to repair a waggon for said S W Coleman for $14. makes a Large waggon Body, which body is for Mrs E McCullock for the sum of $10 Plank a body for said Graves for 1.50, making 25.50 worth of work & get more work If possible for said Cothran on a/c said Trade, & whatever Balance may be Due of the $40 the Said Geo. Cothran is to pay said sarah w Coleman at Christmas in money — — very cool at this time
18 - went to Mrs McCullocks finished weeding corn set up Hhd for Mrs R McC cut little Lot wheat prizing Tobacco & working out Truck Patches etc very cool yet
July 18, 1851 - July 31, 1851
1851 July 18th Hilling up new ground Tobacco Plowing Lots Tobacco - Dry & Hot
19th Plowing & Hilling up Lots of Tobacco, still Dry & nights Hot went to Mrs McC 18th & to see Hester. Sent Fed to mill 2 Turns of corn for me 1 for overseer & also 3 Bushels wheat for overseer —
20 21 & 22nd Clear & dry & nights a little cool
21st 22nd Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground on mountain Sent new waggon to shop again & Mrs Colmans Iron Going to day to Mrs McC. to grastys & Rice & in the route see about machine at Yates —
23rd Thrashing wheat & finished this day - Joel Hubbard machine — fair & Dry — fixing to Thrash at Mrs McCullocks, Keatts machine
24th going to carry the machine to Crew Miller this morning Fed sick yesterday & done the wheatnothing in choping in corn - finished Hilling up Tobacco [on?]
28th Halling Rock to build chimny to Henrys House still cloudy & like for Rain, wind Blew hard yesterday Sunday — Malissas child a Girl was Born Thursday morning before day Break say Juste after midnight, on the 24th July 1851.
29th went to Colo Smiths Plantation & to Mrs McCullock a little shower rain after I got home & in the night it rained again Smartly, my the tooth achwife got
30 Cloudy & like for more rain, We are Replanting our 2 Lots & fresh ground to day - plants from Capt Fitzgerald quarter
31st Replanting in second yrs ground nearly done will get done soon this morning A Fine Rain last night, & still cloudy J D owen went to Colo Dickinsons to get an overseer place this day
augt 2nd now gone to Mr Watson Wamacks on same business
— 11 now gone to Wm Tuckers I don’t Know what for