Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1850 Oct 23 Hanging Our last Tobacco John came this morning & I sent him to Mr Hodnetts to take Federicks place, — I am to give Lester Coleman $5. or $6. a month^{for John} Mr Lewis taken sick the 17th of this month had 2 Docts Thompson & Walkup with him & lingered 10 days & Died with Gravel — On the 27th at one Oclock in night, he Died without moving his hand or foot —

28th ^{Mr Lewis} Buried this day a little after 12 oclock we are sewing wheat & Harry is at work on Henrys House & overseers —Henry is Halling wood, weather clear & cool we have gathered about 20 Bbls corn Out of fresh field —————

29. Sewing wheat, fixing to raise Houses for ^{& Henry}overseer

30. Sewing wheat & finished fresh ground ^{Sewed 7½ Bus there} this morning Raised Houses & sewing wheat choping around stumps

31. Digging Sweet Potatoes at work on Houses Beautiful Weather about this time —

Novr 6th Harry still here Fed shoemaking 3 Plows Sewing wheat, alse & chaps choping down corn in Tobacco Lot by Top stack to sew, wheat there weather fair & mild Henry gone to Mrs Colemans to Help raise corn house

=7th novr. Sent Henry to mill this morning 4 Bus. corn, & get my own sheeting Plank there & also wrote an order for $1.50 worth cheap sheeting Plank. Fed shoemaking, 3 Plows Sewing wheat alse getting out Buck wheat Harry laying upper floor for overseers House cloudy & like for Rain this morning

11. John Coleman worked at Colo. Smiths 2 weeks & 4th days & 2 days for me making 3 weeks in all, Fed shoemaking been sawing shingle Blocks to day Lila & Jane spining. alse raking leaves etc etc.

1852 March 17th Great deal of our fencing I am afraid is down Some Is I have seen very disagreeable day indeed —

18. Halled up Stack Oats & fodder from mountain field & 2 Loads Leaves etc - striping Tobacco in new ground Barn, quite cool etc

19th. Plowing & malling till 12 oclock & then Henry bushing in Oats my my wife & Cate went to Doct Walkups picked up roots & Halled some in second years ground Turned very cold

20th Snowed last night & very cold this morning Henry Halled wood till 12 oclock then Fed Henry finishes sewing Oats. balance Cutting wood etc etc etc ——

22nd Henry gone to Mr Neals to Hall rails Fed malling alse etc Hilling - Lila Plowing Jordan gone to mill Fine weather, indeed — Finished Sewing Oats on Saturday last. Fannie W. F. came yesterday - weatherford^{put there by cook} in Jail

23. manuring plant Beds Henry gone to Capt. Gilberts Mill this morning 12 Bus. Grain 2 Barrels Corn & 2 Bushels wheat — Fed malling Sent 2 Plows McC to Yates shop —

25 Yesterday we laid the worm of new ground fence put up part of the fence Henry halled some Rails & him & Fed malling - to day

25. Sewed Plaster malling fencing & Lila plowing by Brick yard a Beautifull day fine weather — Fannie White here & came down last Sunday

27th my wife Fannie W & Cate Jerry & Sallie all went to Mrs Hunt. Thunder cloud came up in evening & they all failed to get home We rolled Logs this day on account the Rain did not quite get done

28 cloudy & cool this morning

1852 aprl 9th Finished laying off 1 way fresh ground for Corn Jordan coltering Balance Hilling, there till 12 oclock, then we sewed flax at overseers House, Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch this evening = aprl 10th Halling wood waggon & Cart till 10 oclock my wife Fannie W & Child & Cate went to CH

12th Rained Sunday & monday so much that my family did not return till Tuesday morning stay at Mr Johns all night

13th Striping Tobacco in new Barn back garden

14. Laying off left side of Path by middle barn & fencing around Corn field fence & finished

15. Rained hard last night Sent 4 Bushels Corn to mill yesterday & this morning for meal Shelled 3 bushels Corn to Plant Planted Irish Potatoes by Henrys old House & began to Plant Corn this Evening right side of Path by middle barn late in the evening — — Henry & Lila laying off Mrs Neal very sick Doct Walkup thinks from taking Laudanum Grased my wheat on mountain by Hester^{to day -} till yet Grazing my Rye Lot - by her[e] —

16th A fine day we are planting corn & laying off Borrowed of EG Lewis 4½ quarts sats. lost 2 old Sheep lately — — Bets calf a Bull calf little over one week old now

20 It has been raining every day & night¹⁸⁵² since last Saturday this is Tuesday & still cloudy & Rainy, we have planted but little corn, Striping Tobacco in new Barn back garden & trying to Finish but cant, ^{do it}quite Wind N.W. quite cool bad on stock

21. Finished striping Tobacco about 8 oclock Halled wood Turned out Lug Hh^d Tobacco uncover =ed mountain & one below fresh ground plant Beds Rained a little to day, & cleared off cool

1852 april 22nd Sent Henry to Millers Mill with 3 Barrels Corn Halling out manure this morning & fencing around new ground – Weather cleared off & yet cool Halling out manure this morning – etc etc — Rode Hester to mount airy & the Mill I returned about 12 oclock o[r] 1 oclock & before sun down she had her first colt. very good looking indeed for her age & size –

23rd Halled out manure waggon & cart & all Hands Sent alse & Jordan to shop this mornig A Fine day weather moderate ———

24 Halling out manure Lila & Henry both Sick Doct Thompson has been 2 times to see Henry & Doct^WalkupTwice to see Lila, who miscarried. & Henry I hardly Know ^{the matter}what is

25th both yet sick & a beautifull day Did not quite get Done Halling out manure

26. Moderate day a little cloudy Hilling & Plowing in new ground ^{second yrs ground}or Fed Halling wood Henry & Lila yet in house tho both better, Rained to day —— Went to Mrs Hunt to day to see her

27th Took down some short Tobacco in prize Barn & packed it down this morning – John Neal came here to work this morning at 2/3 pr day If he does not stay longer than a week or Ten days. If he stays a month I to pay him 2/- pr day — Planting corn on left Side of Path by middle barn in field John D Hunt & John D Coleman started to Georgia about 2 weeks ago his family has been sick since he left here weather Cool this morning, wind from NW-

28th Planting corn Mr James P Lewis Sent Bransom 2 days to Lay off corn Rows for us

29th Planting corn below Malissas House

30 Planted all our bottom Land & began to Plant at 12 oclock in fresh ground

1852 Sept 1st Engaged Bud Faris to Rive & draw shingles & find himself at Two Dollars a Thousand to be paid in wheat & Vinegar or something else.

2nd Went to Colo Dickensons Chalk Level for Mrs McCullock & to CH for Capt Fitzgerald & myself etc fine Day ———

3rd worming & succoring Tobacco & cut 23 stacks out of new ground that was firing

4th worming Lot Tobacco & finished & went in fresh ground Jordan Lowry & claiborne, Fed alse Sandy & Kitty sawing from 10 OC till night Henry went to Raise Barn at Doct Walkups Lila & Jordan Plowing at mountain field Something bit Pompeys fore Leg Swelled very much Stoped him @ 1 OC put Pain Killer on it & at Bathed it in mullin ^{cloudy all night Rained & also day}& [P?] top etc

5th fair & clear quite cool this morning Pompeys Leg Better ^7th got Better & Kate got ^weddingto F Holys

9th Rain Rain, Rain, nearly every day & we have a good deal of fodder on the ground & we have cut about four Hundred stacks in new ground ^{& to day Rained nearly all day}spining making Baskets etc etc

10th Spining Basket Making & mending Cates shoes Rained all night last night & this morning Bud Faris geting shoes & J. Tucker has got a few

11th cloudy & like for Rain this morning we are Beeting apples for vinegar,- Bet, one of our Milch cows Died Some time ago, Passing Blood seeming to be her complaint, last evening another cow Mary Died in same way Passing Blood. also one of our sheep Died in clover lot,- Very wet weather, & like to be so this morning cows are at mountain field where Mary Died

12th Strait Stone meeting Did not Rain this day & turned rather cooler & wind from N.W at night quite cool Fannie W & M F. here