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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
November 12, 1858 - November 21, 1858
1858 Friday 12th cleared & we shucked our Corn here I went to Mrs Pannells & to aspen Grove, finished shucking about Dinner
13th Raining & snowing nearly all day
14th I went to meeting strait stone, tolerable good day -
15th I went to Court about Dividing Mrs Hunts negroes etc Balance Housing Corn here got done the good corn made 44 Barrels in all good & 7 Barrels nubbins.
16th Finishing Housing nubbins this morning. Henry Halled some dry wood & Leaves & then he goes down home Jordan went down with Cart last evening - & overseer,- Sent Jerry Smith to shop to get Robin Shod & date Hinge mended - Snowed again last night about oneInch Deep this morning had 2 snows to this day
17th Federick shoemaking here, Balance getting up corn at aspen Grove, put up balance of Hogs down there, took up Horses calves & colts to feed, - -
18th Fed, shoemaking balance getting up corn at aspen Grove, I went to Sale tho quite Poorly, pretty day - negroes sold very high,
19th Fed, finishing shoemaking balance down at aspen Grove getting up Corn got up all next to Orchard & began South side of Camp Branch, I took Fanney here at this time —medicine at this time,
20th Nannie went down to aspen Grove they are getting up Corn down there, Fed finished shoemaking & they have got them, cloudy & like for Falling, weather this evening
21st Sunday Snowed & Hailed last night being 3 we have had to this day cleared off about 9 Oclock, pretty day overhead Snow & hail melting off smartly,-