Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Decr 17. 1860 Corn Oats etc gone to day after corn Mr Hubbards Milly had a cow calf last night all my Shoats up 2 Boars, gone Bot 236 lbs Pork of Allen Scruggs @ $8½ pr 100 lbs.

18th Went down to aspen Grove, to see Hester sick all day to day & left her sick, but I thought about night she was a little easier, made arrangements to Kill 11 Hogs down there, leave one, making arrangements to Kill 2 Here, & may be some I may buy tomorrow, Halled & Cut & Malled wood to day,- cloudy & like for falling weather, to night,-

19th. Killed our 2 Piggs here to day & Bot Two out of drove for us & Killed them, Henry went to mill this morning to Whiteheads carr^d 1 Turn Corn 1 Turn wheat for negroes here & carried 1 Bus. wheat for Henry & Malissa, & 1 Bushel wheat for Ben promised him for faithful work with machine in fall when hired to me he has gone down to aspen grove to Kill 11 Hogs there & get overseer have his but since night it has set in to raining & we may not Kill there in morning Jerry came here this morning & let him have some ^sole leather for his shoes Hester has got well I heard this morning bot of Mr Williams my 2 hogs & 8 for Mr Hunts plantation,-

20th. I went to Plantation & fixed every thing there & 21st I went to CH.- Cut & Halled wood cleaned out Hog pen & in evening halled leaves

22 Returned from CH. Halling & cutting wood Bob here to day - -

1861 Janry 25. cloudy & likely for falling weather

" Janry 26th Rained & hailed last night & this mor =ning Turned cold & snowing & Hailing & about 8 Oclock in morning snowing hard. Finishing striping Tobacco what we have down this morning, & then Mr Chumney will cut me out a pr shoes, double for wet wheather, shelling corn making Brooms etc to day - dreadful weather all this year, & indeed wet all the fall Snowing fast about night & stoped about dark my old sow lost 3 pigs, awful weather, & Keeps snowing allmost every week, or raining, mended Dorans Shoe & Charles, to day, fixed spool frames

27th went to Strait Stone Prayer meeting only 3 there besides myself, Kelley L & Rob^t Yates –

28th Cutting & malling in new ground on Hill next to wheat field, I went to Plantation met Pal coming after me, his mama sick, sent Jordan after Doct Thompson A.W. she has something like flux, cold in her bowls & hope nothing serious he gave her a Blue Pill with some opium in it & recommended oil in a day or Two & eat lite, snow dont melt but little, very disagreeable weather

29th I went to Plantation Malissa only tolerable Cutting malling & get some Logs for granary

30. Getting Logs for Granary I staid at home Lila sick. Sent for Mrs Coleman to see her

31st Covering Kitchen to day all hands, sent to Mill got my bag for overseer his sent is ours standing^Turn Little Henry Sick, Malissa better & nearly well Lila not much the matter with her

Feby 1st 1861. covering Kitchen got along badly yesterday, looks likely for falling weather this morning began to Rain about 12 Halled stack fodder from Peach Orchard Henry

the ²²²Sun upon the Ice on the trees, this 2nd day of Mar being so clear & the Ice so white on the trees my Wife Compares it to a Bride I omitted to state that yesterday the 1st of Mar it rained hailed & thundered & in the night snowed Just enough to cover the ground

Sunday 3rd Mar The Ice still remains on the Trees in a great measure the day not quite as cold as Saturday, but as Brilliant where the sun shines. Monday morning 4th quite cold this day the Ice on the trees has pretty much melted, Thursday March 28.

1833 It commenced snowing about 10 Oclock in the morning & Continued snowing very hard till about night,-

May 13th 1833 One of my Neighbors has Just informed me spirits of Turpentine will clear out the Lice upon Hogs. I shall try the experiment — = The same neighbor, Mr DJ has informed me what is good for Vermin on Cattle Viz –Take fresh Butter out of the churn without any salt & put it in a vessel on the fire - ¼^th of Sulphur to a 1 lb Butter melt the Sulpher take it off & let it cool & add a little ^Jill spirits of Turpentine & then take a small portion & put on the animals Back all the way & the Vermin will soon disappear = It Commenced Snowing Thursday 26th Feby 1835. Sunday It Commenced again Friday the 6th March It snowed & Saturday the snow ½ Leg Deep My family that is My wife & Malissa both very Sick

1st Febry 1842 I had been at the House & Eat Dinner on this day as I Started my son Jacob wish to go with me I told him he could not go with me My Dear Nancy had gone in the Kitchen to put a p^s of flax in the loom Jacob came in the House by himself & built a fire in a chair by the side of the Bed which burnt up the chair burnt all the coverleds ^someon the Bed & was burning the under bed & scorched the Bed burnt up my Wifes Bonnet & was very near burning up the House but was discovered by Malissa nothing else Seriously injured JWGraves