Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 August 6th Raining this morning a little finishing working branch then worming & succoring Tobacco Henry gone to to Glenns Mill with 5 Bus. wheat for flour 2 Bus for Armstead & W^m Myers & 2½ Bus. corn for me — etc etc Lila Spining cloudy warm weather

7 Raining this morning & last night all night spining shoemaking & Picking wool etc

8 a good warm day —

9. Foggy in morning & then fair

10. Cloudy this morning. Toping & worming Tobacco this morning, I am scouring etc etc Fine growing weather - High Fresh in creeks about here very hard Rain A week or Two ago W^m B. Averett of Lynchg & Green Robed the bank. Averett Ran off Green they have in Jail

11th Rained nearly all night ground very wet & Raining this morning cleaning out Stables & Spining etc etc etc

12 Grubed & cleaned up mountain field this day, went to see Ezekiel East sent Island & bot it.

13th Grubing & Cutting in new ground

14 Henry & Fed went to Mr McCullocks to Raise a barn, balance succoring Tobacco 15 Sunday prime weather

16th Toping & Succoring Tobacco

17 Succoring new ground & second yrs Halled polls on Branch

18th Succoring & worming Tobacco scraping out Cotton Patch etc

22 Rained last night, began to Thrash wheat Colo Dickinsons^machineyesterday

23 Rained again & we cant go on ^{out wheat}getting

19th Still raining, shoemaking for Cate making brooms & spining ———

20. Rained all day long till about night

21 Rained all day long

22nd cleared off & I went to Court Spining shoemaking & firing tobacco

23rd clear & fair shoemaking spining ground too wet to plow yet firing 2 Barns^Tobacco put up our Fattening Hogs or Pigs as they are small. 19 or 21 in number — Went to Mr Hunts [unclear] & Mrs Hunts etc

24 clear & fair, Plowing for wheat cutting down corn Fed Halling wood firing Tobacco Killed mutton.

25. Sewing wheat etc etc On Hill Side by middle barn in big field -

26 Halling up corn & seeding wheat wrote to Mr E. D Johns and Rob^t Harris about money Due Estate of Jer. McCullock Decs^d this day sent Letters to both of them also to Mrs Mary P McCullock widow of Ja^s McCullock Hawk Point P.O. Lincoln cty MO & to Mr Francis McCullock on same subject

27 Digging Potatoes till 12 oclock the 2 Plows went to Plowing for wheat & got up 3 Loads corn & put stack fodder in House —

28 prayer meeting warm weather

29 Rained all night spining ^{Mr Lewis spayed 7 hogs for me -} Shoemaking & firing Tobacco -

30. Fair & windy shoemaking senting Henry alse & ann to shop after Plows & wheel Expect to Hall up leaves to day spining.

31 Turned out 19^th 3 sows 16 shoats etc shoemaking spining Raking & Halling leaves, -clear & fair, - - -

Novr 1st Dined at Mr Lewis Sewing wheat left side Path at middle Barn

1856 Jany 27 This Day Snowing again began soon in the night last night tho not very Deep cloudy & like for Rain & Did Hail & Rain a little this day —

28th Fair this morning & Cold & snow melts but little yet & we have nothing in this month but get wood feed & sit by fire make Brooms Baskets Malls & Gluts 2 Lambs living & 2 Dead as we Know of Went to Fannies last Thursday or friday & engaged her a Overseer Dan^l Barber for 1856, etc etc But overseers House of Mr Hughes have to move it & put it up ————

29 Getting wood at stony pint quite cold & snow melts but little no more Lambs one sheep sick

30 Cutting at new ground Henry & some of the negroes Halling chaff & cleaning out Granary for Oats, very Cold to day north western wind & in shade freezing all day alse shelling Corn, etc

Feby 3rd Snowed on Sunday I was in charlotte attending to Mrs Moseleys Will etc found Jacob quite sick & stayed down there 9 days - etc our folks finished striping all the Tobacco down finished Cutting in new ground & went to malling -

12 went down to F McCullocks after my Buggy & went to meadsville after Jacob Trunk & Pay off his acc^ts etc - very rough weather indeed & yesterday very windy & cold

13 malling & spining etc etc Jacob went to Fannies yesterday or monday - - agreed with with Mr McCullocks to get Mrs Colemans negroes from Mrs Moseley & carry them to Halifax Febry Court - for $6-00 Last night it Snowed again not very deep quite Cold this morning Hung up 14 shoulders 16 midlings 16 Hams 6 Joles & 2 p^s Beef to Smoke

Feby 27th 1856 Walter Evans came this morning [illegible] Raining this morning, Shelling Corn shoemaking alse & Kitty spining, Hung up Balance of Pork say 24 m 24 S 24 H 11 Joles 83 in all Shelling Corn 3 or 4 of them,- moderate weather

28. Fencing & Halling wood & Rails Jordan & Sandy Malling at stony pint Mr Evans began 27th wednesday to work on Garden tho it rained in morning Thursday he is at work on it to day making most 2 days - Henry is going to Hall rails this evening around Corn field fence

29th Fencing this day Henry gone to saw & Griss Mill Carr^d Log for Paling & 2 Bags for meal, one at mill bring home & railing Fine weather Fannie come down & staid 3 days Sandy malling at stony pint —

March 1st Raining Halling Racks & taking down Tobacco - — I went up to mount airy & in presence of Mr W^m C Grasty Registered a letter to Pumpkin pile PO Polk County Geo enclosing $49 S C money to Edmond D Johns being his part of Francis McCullocks Debt Due McCullocks Est,- — Cold Rain^{to day} Mr Evans worked 3 days p^d him & he is gone

8th Sent to Saw & Griss mill 4 Bus corn for meal & 1 Log for Pailings got 4 Bus meal, Plowing for Corn Burnt Plant Bed on Road & sewed it this week p^t not burnt, but Guanoed, malling wood, cleaning up in corn field made 2 Bridges to day - Planted Irish Potatoes to day & Goard Seed, etc Covered all our Plant Beds yesterday Mr W^m Dews Died this day soon in morning & Buried on Sunday the 9th March 1856

10th sent up to Fannies to day ^{she rented the Kitchen} Peg moved there to him as long as they entirely agree @ $1.00 – Plowing for Corn Grubbing up Rushes on Ditch malling wood in new ground

Dr James M. Harris Cr

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Dr Francis McCullock Cr

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