Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1859 Augt 9th I am going to the CH to day to see about Mrs Stones business as Comm^r Agreed with Cothran for another year as overseer —dry weather yet Mr Waldron brot another Load Shingles 1977 hundred above like the others I got of him @$3½ pr Thousand. dry weather yet

10. 10th Raised The Top of our Barn to day Mr Cothran Jordan Sandy & Lowry Came up to help us got it done & they went home little after 12 Oclock I went to Edge Hill to meeting — dry here yet tho fine Rains not far off

11th I stayed at settling with Mr Faris Whitehead wrote Several letters etc one to Bro. Jno & Jonathan Duffy & Henry Wingfield, Mr Chummy & Henry & claiborne at work on Barn, balance Cutting clem spining & drying fruit

12th Same work to day I am going to aspen Grove this evening & James Shields

13the went to meeting to day Mrs Hunt Came back here dry & Hot yet 14th went to meeting

15th went to Court. Balance claiborne little Henry & Jim gone to Fannies to thrash wheat Halled 2 Logs to Mill & Halled plank from mill wormed & Succored & toped Tobacco got done a little after 12 oclock round ing & Jointing shingles in evening I Bob Worked here this day —

16th Mr chumbly Hunting Corn wheat or something to Eat. Henry Rounding shingles Bob Here again this morning —

Mr Hargrave & myself could not agree on the Terms Hargrave gave him his acc^t Rec^t $11. or 12. & $10. in cash for the time he has been there say since 16th Jany 1859.

1859 Augt 24th Last Evening about night it commenced Raining & Rained nearly all night moderate & this morning still raining, sewed Turnip Seed in Lot; Mr Chumney sewing up my Shoes & Sallies Balance & Bob chinking Tobacco House this morning clem spining Cothran has one House full of Tobacco Cut nearly at aspen Grove Owens Barn Finished the Grave yd & Raised his Stable & began to pull fodder there this evening Sewed Turnip Patch & we are sewing more seed in fresh ground,-

25th Sewed more Turnip Seed at aspen Grove ^{26 Mrs Hunt & Bob gone to Mr Browns today} Cutting down pines at work on Barns here

30th I have been to the association at Bethany near Danville, started last friday fine Rain Since I left home, they have cutting ^{Mrs Hunt left here while I was gone to association} Tobacco Toped Tobacco etc etc Some person attempted to break into our smoke house while I was gone, overseer gone to day to get corn got only half bushel meal at Whiteheads, I got back this day —

31st Began to Pull fodder till 12 Oclock then Cutting & Hewing Post for prize shelter etc clear good day memorandum of wheat From aspen Grove sent by Henry to Faris 12½ Bushels wheat for ourselves 2½ for Chummey; Bus. wheat - 5 Bushels corn from there for us

Sept 1st Pulling some fodder & Cutting Tops in Orchard, & some in Lot above Tobacco —

1859 Sept 2nd making fence in Lot Shingling negro House ^{Dr P D Steptoe Returned at Jnos place} Cutting down pines in old field Halled wood to Tobacco House — this morning, clear cool day —

3rd Sept at work on our Smoke house nearly all day fixing the inside of it clear fair day. W^m Langhorn & James C Hunts 2 Daughters Fan & Bit Stayed here last night. & Servant & Stud Horse to carry all^{or Carriage}

4th Nannie Sallie & myself went to aspen Grove to day - Jerry went with Fannie & Cate to Capt Fitzgeralds Saturday —

5th Cloudy & like for Rain Toping Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning - This is monday & ever Since last Thursday company at Johns place, Steptoe Thorn[ton?] Langhorn Jn^s Hunts 2 Daughters & Mrs Hargrave & her family -- clouday & Raining a little once in a while, Mr Stanly here & fixed upon next Friday week to settle his matters

6th Fannie Came here last night this morning Carried her Colts to aspen Grove to wean quite cool this morning, worming & succoring Tobacco to day - Jerry gone with Fannie to aspen Grove,- Returned & in evening I started with Sallie to Danville to School to Mr N. Penick, Boarding with Mr T. D Neal at $10 pr month — From 6th to 16th when I returned they have finished pulling fodder here cut 1 house Tobacco cut some Tops, etc. found them all well, Rain[in]g this morning being 16th they are firing Tobacco spining etc Mr Brown stayed here all night

17th cleared off last night wind high, sent Him to aspen Grove to get some corn & wheat to Eat & bring me a Lamb, cutting Topsgot ½ Bbl wheat ½ Bbl corn

17th Sept 1859 Firing tobacco here & Cutting Tops, windy day -

19th went to Court we are cutting Tops & finished Halled & cut wood clem worming & succoring Tobacco cloudy & like for Rain,

20th. Firing Tobacco: Halling wood etc

21 Rained all day nearly

22nd Succoring Tobacco. Rounding & Jointing Shingles - fixing scaffold etc cl[e]ared off

23rd Finished worming & succoring Tobacco gathered Peas Halled Cold wood & Rock for chimney went to Cutting & shrubing ^{Mrs Hunt left here to day gone to CH} Henry & Chumney nailing on shingles & fix Table etc - I went to aspen Grove & Mr Neals

24th Henry halling Logs to Whiteheads Mill & Halling Plank from mill Balance cutting & Shrubing for Corn - made fodder stack from yesterday -

25th went to Green field meeting to day

26 We are stacking our Tops this morning warm moderate weather We have 6 six ^{3 - for sheeting 3 for squared Edge forflooring}Logs at Whiteheads carr^d this time & had 2 there not sawed before

27th Halling Logs again to day for sheeting. worming & succoring Tobacco overseer getting rafters for stable & Joice,- warm moderate weather - We have 12 Logs at Whiteheads saw Mill to be sawed into Squared Edged full ¾ thick & some into sheeting plank. ^{Sent down to Plantation & got 2 Turns Corn & 1½ Bushels wheat for Horses}

28 & 29th Cutting Tobacco over & stack Tops this^week

30th Cutting over finished, cut first time 950 stacks here second time 1150 stacks making 2000 stacks here & they have cut about 4600 at aspen Grove

Oct 1st Saturday hanging Tobacco out of Lot.

1959 Given out negroes here & at Plantation ^{nov 19} their winter shoes except Pal, cleared of[f] very pretty day =

Novr 21 I went to Court, Rained all the evening Come back in Rain me & Mr J.P. Lewis Halled some Rails to fence in fodder stack Fed & Sandy shoemaking began to strip^Tobacco

22nd Set up Hh^d made Cow Pen etc etc

23rd Finished shoemaking except my shoes Fed making them sent Sandy home & sent after Cart Fanning out wheat & Finished, I went with Mrs Hunt down to See about her Corn nearly all nubbins Finished up Our wheat as follows - Used & Sewed 19 Bushels Fanned & put in 3 Hh^d 75½ D^o. Bot of Kelley 20 Bus chumney got - 2½ - In Hh^d in my Granary 27½ - 27½ In 4 Hh^d in my Granary^{122 Bus} Began to Halled up Logs for stable to day

24th Halling Logs for stable malling & cleaning up in new ground ^^little Henry gone to Yates to get 2 Bus. Corn in meal for mutton Sold Wright Yates Miller -

25 Halling Logs Rocks p^{s s.} for well Cutting & cleaning up in new ground I went to Grastys Sale, clerk it for him gave me $3. went back this day got some things I bot, sent waggon halled wood & the evening Henry carried 1 Log to whitehead saw mill for sheeting 2½ wheat for overseer & 2½ for me etc —

26 Sent Cart & Fan Home to aspen Grove Henry Halling wood, Balance Cutting & malling etc