Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1859 June 27th Finished Cutting Our wheat here by 12 Oclock then went to Plowing & Hilling up Fresh ground Tobacco, I went to mills worsham Jno Hagoods Hyram wyatts John Roland John Wilsons Avory Mustains & worshams mill

28th Plowing & Hilling up Fresh ground Tobacco washing wool, Nannie Mrs Hunt & Mrs Templeton went to Catalpha to day

29 Laying by Corn on far Branch next to Cap^t Whiteheads, Hilled up fresh ground Tobacco, Cutting Oats at Aspen Grove

30th Finished this morning Hilling up Fresh ground Tobacco Laying by Corn over on Branch Bob came ^^{this morning}little Henry Plowing Chumbly & Henry cutting Oats to day - very hot weather, Bob Plowed 1 day did

July 1st ^{work any in Oats nor wheat.—}I went to aspen Grove, Cothran gone to see his Brother sick. — at Marysville Cutting Oats down there,- warm weather we are Plowing in Corn Tobacco & Hilled up Our cotton etc etc - went to Hodnetts -

2nd Sent to mill this morning for ourselves & Chumbly & to bring home plank etc working Tobacco in Lot Laying by corn 3 stayed at home, I went to CH yesterday on business for JD Hunts Est-

4th Cutting Oats to day little Henry Plowing

5. & 6 Cutting Oats & finished Plowing Tobacco & Laying ^{Bob came again & worked the 6th}by corn Hilling up Tobacco

7th Bob came here this morning to work, I started to Lynchg, on business for Bro Hunts Est. 5. & got back the 6th at night Rained a little all the way the 6th Sallie went with me

8th Halling up wheat I went to Mrs Colemans Jnos place & aspen Grove Robin Sick sent for me etc.

1860 August 4th I went to Whiteheads Mill to see about sheeting Plank to avory Mustains for Grasty etc Hilling up new ground Tobacco & finished before night made Hog pen etc

5. I went to strait Stone, protracted meeting began & also one going on at Edgehill - -

6 ^Henry Hilling at work on Palings Lila sick in her House, tho she Spins some clem cooking balance butting Logs for Barn Henry cut 2 pines for slabs etc.

7th Went to meeting every day this week Nannie & Mrs Hunt & Sallie went to CH Monday morning To day Henry went to Millers Mill Brought home a Load of Palings & some sheeting & some flooring, Carried a Log we have 2 there now to saw 1 for sheeting & 1 for Square edged Plank & sheeting - balance worming Tobacco & getting up apples for Cider, etc weather dry & Hot -

8 they sent for Doct Thompson again for Emma 3 times to see her, called here Twice to see Jerry & Lila but did not come in the House We are getting up our apples to day & last evening - dry Hot weather

9. Henry nailing Boards On Clems & Rhodas Houses. Cutting in new ground Just began Butting & squaring Logs for Barn, -

10th Sent Jerry Smith to aspen Grove after 2 Bushels wheat ^for flour to carry to yates. Henry has gone after a Lamb & Harry meeting going on at Strait Stone,

11th Raining this morning. striping Tobacco Nannie Jere & Sallie went to meeting yesterday good meeting I & Jerry went to meeting cleared off about 9 or 9 Oclock —

1861 June 7th Halled up stack Oats this morning Bob replanted Cotton at work on yard. Plowing & weeding ^[?] Corn on Creek cloudy & likely for Rain yet

8th Began to Prize Lugs here cleaned out stables Chumney & claiborne in shop & could not pint colters, Henry & Smith Cutting Oak wood in woods Bob [parting] yard, & nearly done, I went to meeting at strait stone, very hard rain in evening, I stoped at Mr Lewis

9th went to meeting at SS. to day all of us FW Kate Moses & Mary James here I went too, Cap^t Mustain of Volunteers will start to war this week its expected

10th. We are cutting off our second years Land Hills. Plowing Corn & I sent Henry down to aspen Grove this morning to Shear our sheep to day, done it – Sheared 38 old Sheep Marked 10 Ewe Lambs & have 20 Ram Lambs to Eat or Sell

11th Plowing Corn & weeding down Tobacco on road, Mr Chumney & 1 hand weather boarding Carriage House to day, went to Prayer meeting at Mrs Colemans —— I carried Fillmore to Chalk Level & got Isaac to cut the Hooks out of his Eyes he is getting better I think

12th went to Mrs Colemans all of us to Prayer meeting at 3 Oclock in evening finishing Carriage House weather boarding it weeding down tobacco & Plowing corn weeding down tobacco Plowing Corn Mr Chumney & Bob making & Hanging Carriage House Doors to day – Did not get done the Doors quite [faded] it Beded up our Lot by Lot overseers to it Finished weeding Tobacco on road this [faded]