Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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]

Dr Ephraim G Lewis Cr

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[…]r 30th Did not finish shucking corn […] got up, cleared off quite cold this morning

Saturday 1 Decr 1866 Housing corn all day & did not finish till after night housing what we shucked friday

2nd We stayed at home all day

3 Shucked & housed Corn & finished what we had halled up cloudy & like for rain

4th. Rained last night hard, Cutting & Halling wood & then pulling Corn & Halling – up cleared off very pretty

5 Halled up 2 Loads Corn yesterday & 4 Loads to day. ^{making 6 Loads} I went to Starkey after that clear pretty weather

6 Cutting & Halling Corn 4 Loads to day making 8 Loads, Sent Henry after my Sole Leather to ^Starkeys

8 Finished Halling up Corn about the 8th Getting some wood halled up some fodder

10 Invited some hands to help me shuck Corn Several came Mr E G L did not help at all Mr Starkey Came & John Keatts

11th Shucked again & finished Mr Starkey Mr Marshall came & finished a little in the night

12 put away shucks getting a little wood & Housing Corn to day – Cold weather sent $30 by Mr Bybee to Lynchg to buy Guano 2 Doz Eggs 1 Bus flax seed & 2 Turkeys to sell & lent him 2 new Bags

13th Finished Housing Corn, made about 60 Bb^ls good & 12 Barrels nubbins & got 1 Load wood Put 3 Barrels good & 7 or 8 Bb^ls nubbins in big Corn House on Hill & after getting all I lent out got 65 or Barrels good Corn in House on Road. all shattered & 4 Barrels nubbins in Granary marked 7 Pigs 1 got out not making marked & Put up 1 Hog more in garden to Kill & 1 Pig for House pig