Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1859 Janry 25th Sent Henry to Mill to Yates for Meal, from Aspen Grove Carried a log from here to be sawed into scantling 3 by 3 balance Cutting & Hewing Logs & malling wood, clem shrubing etc etc fine weather

26th have this morning to Send to Mill for Chumbly, ^{bad management to send to mill every day}Cutting & Hewing Sills for Negro House & Barn this day - weather moderate,-

27th Raining Took down Lugs here, & finished striping Tobacco,-

28th Overseer & 3 hands gone to aspen Grove to Strip Tobacco to day -. Carr^d 5 Bags & 1 Midling Pork,- - Raining this morning a little, Carr^d Rhodas shoes to mend,- & Milly Anns, striped down there 2 days

29th I come back in evening quite unwell

30. cloudy & like for Rain or Snow,

31st Sent Henry this morning with a little walnut Log 2 Bushels Corn to Worshams Mill for Plank & Meal, & get scantling bark edge etc Balance finishing Hewing Sills & Cutting wood & Halling

Feby 1st 2nd & 3rd Halling wood Rails & fencing out Side Fence next to Capt Whiteheads - This day Jacob is taking down his Good Tobacco & putting it in Hh^d for Lynchg I have been in house nearly all this week with bad cold & sick - -

4th Mr Chumbly Jacob & Claiborne fixing to prize Tobacco Henry halling wood balance cutting & Stacking wood on Road -- cloudy & cool

4 Jacob Packing down his Tobacco this morning. Cutting wood & Halling wood & Rails weather tolerable at this time,

1859 Feby 6th Tolerable cool day —

Feby 7th Monday Sent Henry down to Aspen Grove to Hall Stocks to Millers Mill for Hh^ds Staves etc Carry wheat & Corn to grind

9th Yesterday ^^{& day before} we were Cutting fencing etc nailed boards on Jerrys Hen House, Henry has returned. him & Lowry Carried 8 Logs to Millers Mill, for Hh^ds Staves & Plank & Carried 1 Barrel Corn for us for meal ½ Barrel D^o Corn & ½ Bbl wheat for Mr. Chumbly here & Carried 1 Turn wheat for aspen Grove had it all ground & bro^t home,- this morning still Raining & we are burning brush Cutting & getting Rafters & [sheds] for Houses etc,- - Mrs Neal here, Mr. Chumbly mended Sallies Shoes & Cut out mine

10th Mr. Chumbly made me a pair of shoes Henry Claiborne & little Henry gone to aspen Grove to strip Tobacco, cleared off Cold & windy Mrs Chumbly Sick all this week

11th Halling Rails to day around corn field fence Balance Cutting & Malling at overs =eers House cloudy & Snowing a little, at 10 Oclock, Sent Jerry Smith to aspen Grove with 1 lb Cotton for Malissa to spin & get wheat she has spun etc -

12th Raining a little we are Halling Rails & fencing, weather so disagreeable I did not go to meeting to day not being well enough for such weather Jacob not come yet from Lynchg

13th I went to Meeting to day- tolerable day Jacob Came Saturday night from Lynchg for his Lugs got 4.90 Seconds $5 & upwards & for his best got $8½ -

14th Cut & Malled wood to Day Henry halled Rails, around Corn field fence -

15. Cloudy & Raining a little this morning.

1859 Feby 15th Chumbly fixing his House floor Tight Henry halling Rails clem shrubing Balance cutting Logs for stable etc etc Still cloudy & like for Rain

16th Henry claibourne & little Henry went to aspen Grove to strip Tobacco,- I went to mount airy & then down there,- Chumbly & the Balance skinning Slab Timber & he riving, & Covering House & cleaning out old shop etc to burn - when we get out of wood, etc

17th Henry claiborne & Henry came ^^home this morning bro^t from aspen Grove ^ ^brot^ Our Carriage, Chumbly triming Orchard in Corn field filling up Gullies clem & Jerry Smith Grubing Claiborne & little Henry plowing, Henry gone to Tho^s Hodnetts to help him Roll Logs - went between 9 & 10 Oclock - - - -

18th Raining again, Piling & counted shingles from Rob^t Walker & then they all but Jerry Smith went down to aspen Grove to strip Tobacco Striping back of Garden; Raining nearly all day, very wet time it has Rained nearly every day this week Some, warm for the time of year & has been all this week

19 I went to Mr Vaughans claiborne & little Henry at aspen Grove Striping Tobacco Henry & Mr. Chumbly gone to Mr Kelleys to Roll Logs, - cloudy & Raining a little all day, Sorter drizling -

20th Still cloudy & warm,

21st I went to Court yesterday to Day Returned Halling Rails fencing etc - Halling wood

[2]2nd Chumbly gone to Kelleys to Roll Logs Henry ^etc Plowing claiborne malling clem & Jerry

1859 Feby 22nd Smith & Clem Shrubing I am going to Aspen Grove

23rd Clem Planting I. potatoe, overseer & working on Logs Sent to Mill this morning claiborne & little Henry Beding for corn planted out some Peach Trees, — etc

24 I went to aspen Grove to day & to Sarah J McCullocks ^{[? Cr ]J W Graves Esq Esq}Halling Logs & Plowing for Corn, [?] JW Graves

25. Raining & Hailing this morning making a long Ladder, Harrow & spining & making a Baskets till 12 or 1 Oclock & then went to halling Logs for Barn etc

26. Raining & Hailing this morning but cleared off after a while & they went to Halling Logs for Barn, & my wife Started to the CH to see Jerry

27th I went to see Doct Johns tolerable good day.

28 Halling Logs this morning for Barn moderate weather yet Jacob here yet went to allen Scruggs yesterday & got him to take back the Horse he bought by giving him $3 done so tho it was Sunday halling wood & leaves

March 1st Mr Robey Came here to work in Black Smith Shop Mr Chumbly with him Haling out manure till 12 Oclock & then leaves in field clem little Henry ^{& Smith}Cutting down corn stalks where we are going sew Oats

March 2nd Mr Roby & overseer in Shop Henry & Claiborne Halling leaves & Oats balance finished Cutting down corn stalks etc,- our coal will only last 1 day more Fine weather at this time, Kate here

3rd Mr Roby & overseer in Shop balance Thrashing Out Oats to sew. Raining all day. quite Cold, began last night,

1859 March 3rd Sent to Mill for overseer Brought Turn meal for us left his there we Thrashed Out one stack Oats

4th Mr Roby quit on acc^t of no coal about 3 Oclock Halling leaves wood Claiborne malling Covered Potatoe Patch halled leaves in Big lot & Corn field, I went down to Yates Mr Lewis’s & aspen Grove, fine windy day My Boar gone Two or Three weeks –

5. Winding & Cleaning Oats to Sew. Henry laying off Corn Land claiborne beding Fencing etc etc Mr ^W Chumbly & Balance This day Swapted off Rose with Tom Owen for a Jenny named Jane & her Jenny Colt. Jenny about 4 yrs old little Colt about 4 or 5 months old,– jenny is a female donkey

6th. Beautiful day & all gone to Edge Hill to meeting but myself,- weather moderate

7th Jonathan Dawson came here very tight last night & stayed all night, very sick from it - This morning about light it commenced raining all morning till 12 then we were Shelling Corn & fixing plows & Harrow to Plank Corn, in evening pulled down & Halled old shop to burn etc etc etc Jacob left this evening with Mr Moses,

8 Nanny & Kate Sallie & negro Catham went to Doct Thompsons got some teeth drawn & ^wewere fixing overseers Garden etc till night

9th Finished overseers Truck Patch this morning Squared barn Logs & Plowing for Oats in big Lot fine weather

10th Plowing for Oats & fencing Began this morning to Sew Oats, Jacob commenced Plowing this morning. Here fine weather I went yesterday to Aspen Grove gave out