Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1859 27th Novr I went to Prayer meeting at Strait Stone, Raining a little —

28th Novr Laid the foundation & worked on stable till evening then worked on Kitchen chimney

29th Finished Kitchen fire place, cleaning up branch next to Cap^t Whiteheads began to Plow, I went to Riceville agreed for some Hogs for Bro Hunts Estate to come tomorrow evening went to Plant [akou] & expect to Kill our Hogs there tomorrow morning – 26 in number Killed them on the 30th Cut out & salted them up to day – weighing 1777 lbs & let Cothran at aspen Grove have his 300 lbs except 4½ for finding 1860 ^{Sent that to him¬–}

Decr 1 Shrubing & Plowing next to Cap^t Whiteheads -weather moderate, Bot Hogs for Bro Hunts Estate, Kill them to night & 500 lbs for Mr Bybee - come next evening say Decr 1st & we are Plowing & cleaning up for Corn next to Cap^t Whiteheads

2 Kill Hogs for Hunts Est 1500 & 000 pounds 501 lbs Pounds for Mr By making a little over 2000 lbs Cutting out & Halling Raised my stable etc - Cothran & 3 hands from aspen Grove come ¬–

3rd Last night Mrs Clements Mrs Coleman Mrs Hunt Mary Hunt & Nannie Kate came over with all the children scarced about an insurrection, etc times still & I feel no alarm but they were all very much alarmed, they came here about 8 Oclock in the night I slepted sound as common all quite this morning & they all went home soon

19th april 1860 Striping Tobacco, Raining nearly all day

20 I went to Sarah McCullock & aspen Grove & told Cothran to let negroes eat 10 Bus. wheat more than leaving upwards of 20 BusHalling out Manure here & hilling – moved Cows to day ¬– fine weather

21st Sent Turn Corn to Mill & bro^t back what^wheat Planting Corn next to Cap^t whiteheads

22nd We went to aspen Grove & I went on to Strait Stone M. H. to prayer meeting

23rd Finished Planting Corn except Lots this day Haling Out Straw & stacking it by new Stable, scattering manure & fencing Lot next to woods. — Mrs Lucy Ann Clements Broke up from Johns D Hunts place this day give me up the Keys. John P Hunt Matty & Alice all came here to day & L A Clement ^{Hunt came Saturday –}takes Doran, @ $6 pr month ^{& she gave me the Keys & delvd up every thing}

24th Fencing & Plowing Lots for Corn Nannie went over for Mrs Worsham to Cut Out Estates negroes clothes –

25. Sent Henry down to aspen Grove to Hall 4 Heart Logs 2 for me & 2 for sawing Palings for yard & Hall plank from mill saw for me last fall, got 3 Loads 2 [m?] at aspen Grove 1 Halled up here & more at Mill besides the Palings, yesterday I went to Mr Hunts Plantation, they were fencing here & Hilling.

26 Henry got home with a Load of Por[ch] flooring soon, & they are raking here I went to aspen Grove

27 Finished Planting corn to day wed out Irish Potatoes Halled leaves out new ground to day

29 Striping Tobacco Raining all day.

1860 May 31st Replanted Tobacco to day all over,- Thinning corn & nearly finished that going to Plowing this evening, Elvira & Amy very sick with dissentary Sent for Doct Thompson yesterday & this evening again

June 1st Halled Brick for Dining room floor this morning & Lathes to lath Dining room. Fair & clear to day - Bob has been here all this week, weeding corn next to Cap^t Whiteheads., Mrs Hunt rested tolerable last night, this ^morning very bad off indeed Mr Faris here yet put up mantle in Dining room this morning - fair & clear weather Mrs Lucy A Clement has been sick about 10 or 12 days & Died to day about 2 Oclock, with congestion in Bowels so I hear - nanny went up there to day

2nd I went to aspen Grove sheared sheep Killed One Lamb Mrs Clements buried today. Amy my little negroe Daughter of Clementina Died to day with bowel Complaint Elvira very Sick. Doct Martin was here & went to see them both. said he did not consider them dangerous

3rd Amy Buried to day Elvira very sick yet Doct Thompson came to day, Mrs Coleman Mr & Mrs Hargrave Come here to day Rained this evening. Mrs ^{Hunt is} very bad off yet. - quite sick all day to day -

4th June Bob here, John Came to fix Dining room, Mrs Hargrave staied last night with her Ma, Mrs Coleman here yesterday cloudy & Rainy this morning, Henry Halling up leaves in stables, - etc - working Sweet Potatoes Peas Cotton & Corn Henry & Harry Plowing in corn in Lot; my Horse Lame for several days. -

In the Swapt got a watch silver $30. Guarde & Key $2½ 1 Breast Pen & Ear Rings $11 & 1 Breast Pin for my wife $7 - p^d 3/- The Horse I got 12 or 13 years old — Works well etc - cloudy & like for Rain

7th Sent Henry & Jerry Smith to aspen Grove for a Lamb, Hilling up Tobacco in the near new ground. Planted cucumbers yesterday for Pickling - Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & bob gone to CH after Mrs Hargrave & Nannie to come down to Mrs Clements Funeral, = Mrs Hunt slept well last night,- cloudy weather

8th Rained a little this morning & cloudy all day the hands from Hunts plantation helped us 3 or 4 Hours this morning strip Tobacco we are striping all day Charles gone to Post office in evening. Mrs Clements Funeral appointed for Tomorrow so cloudy & Rainy I did not got to meeting to S S. to day Bob gone to CH yesterday after Mrs Hargrave etc - etc

9th cloudy & like for Rain this morning we are about to start to the Funeral of Mrs Clements on our return Mr Penick & his wife he Preached the Funeral, Mr Hargrave & his family Mr Overby & his son Isaac, Fannie W Fitzgerald, & Edd & all their Horses Dined here, & Bob & Mrs Hunts Horses - quite cool to day Bob Cutting oats in evening Mrs Hunt & Mrs Hargrave came here about 10 oclock Mr J Shields & son W^m helped us about oats to day did not get done. Hot & dry Hot & Dry yet Finished Cutting oats this morning

1860 Decembr 31st We are trying to get wood 1861 Janry 1st Getting wood all day. Bob here —

" 2. Striping Tobacco in Barn on road. Miss Sarah J McCullock sent $2½ for whiskey bag & runlet & for me to send her a little sent a pint, by Taz.

3rd Striping Tobacco Henry draining Dining room, etc. Mrs Hargrave & Nannie Clement Came here last night, before I got from Riceville Mrs Hargrave hired Rhoda till 25th Decr 1861 for $25.00. Mrs Hargrave left. gone to Mrs C

4th Killed our Hogs here let Chumney have 300 lbs. Halled a little wood cut & malled wood some

5th Cut Out & salted up yesterday got wood to day Cutting & malled at new ground. I went aspen Grove to see about alse who is sick.

6 Fast day was kept by Nannie & me on the Friday the 4th Janry 1861 Fannie came here to day –

7 began to Plow & getting sills for cider ^house but Rain stoped us about 10 oclock going to strip Tobacco in new Barn stop raining & they went to work again in evening. did not rain much cleared off

8 Halling wood & finished getting sills for cider House & got wood balance of the — - I went down to Plantation to see alse etc she is better went from there to Mrs Hunts place rented her land to Templeton & Hubbard pr Bond etc. & then went down to D. W. Wallers. etc –

9th Rained again till towards evening I went to Whiteheads & to hunt my white sow, gone off a week - to day - & this evening halled up Logs for house, alse I hear is got worse this evening they sent for Doct Estes & me & she Died about the time Doct Estes got there, I dont know was the matter wither [with her] except colic - I reckon