Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1850 June 18th weeding corn & Plowing Mrs Moseley here, Fanney White married at night to Mr Ja^s M Fitzgerald

19. Weeding Corn & Plowing finished weeding corn & Hilling Lot by Garden for Tobacco & Hilling up Irish^Potatoes

20 working on Garden Harrowing corn finished prizing Tobacco this day the

21st Harrowing corn finished Garden

22nd Harrowing corn choping working corn Plowing cotton etc etc Rained in evening & we planted old Irish Potatoe Patch & here by b[?] Greeens in Tobacco late in evening

23rd warm day & springled rain in evening

24th Planting Tobacco this morning in Lot by Garden & fresh ground - warm weather about this time, -

25 Planting Tobacco in second yrs ground Plants from Mr Simpsons

26. gone after more Plants for second yrs ground, cloudy & warm, — fine growing weather ——— finished planting big second yrs ground & Catherine spiller Patch thinning cotton & replanting new ground Tobacco this evening, Cutting fresh ground wheat this evening etc

27th Rained a little last night replanting new ground Tobacco cutting wheat Began to weed new ground Tobacco at 12 oclock alse, malissa & Kitty, etc.

1850 Novr 19th Halling up Corn yesterday & to day I have Just got from CH likely for Rain -

24th we have been getting up & Housing corn this week & not done getting where there was no wheat sewed Rained 2 days this week — John Coleman worked here this week making 1 week more one month in all Lila & Malissa & Clem has Blankets this winter Raining this evening

Novr 25. Give to Mr Fitzgerald & Fanny White Tom Perry we are Putting up our Greens & Halling wood etc clear fine day —— Capt Fitzgerald got fountain out of Jail in Montgom^{ery CH}

30 Finished our corn this morning Halling wood Fed Shoemaking Rained hard last night made about 120 or 130 Barrels in all warm weather about this time — Jordan gone to mill Expect to send^{this evening} Henry

1st Decemr. 1850 clear in morning cloudy in evening I went to Mrs Colemans & Mrs Hunts —

==2nd Mr Owen came here to help about ^Houseoverseer Mr Tucker came to shingle it cloudy all day

3rd Both here shingling overseers House Henry Jointing shingles cloudy all day – Federick & alse Halling up stalks 2 days Balance Fanning out wheat & Buck wheat made 123 Bus. good wheat & 17 Bus. screan [tolled?] to be sent to Capt Gilberts mill is 6½ Bushels good wheat including Mr Neals, & nearly 1 Bus screan,

7th It has been raining & quite cool nearly all this week Thursday night Friday & Friday night it rained very hard indeed still cloudy & Raining Owen left yesterday evening — Began to strip Tobacco in middle Barn making up Farm Pen & shelters to day Building overseers House chimney about this time

1851 July 18th Hilling up new ground Tobacco Plowing Lots Tobacco - Dry & Hot

19th Plowing & Hilling up Lots of Tobacco, still Dry & nights Hot went to Mrs McC 18th & to see Hester. Sent Fed to mill 2 Turns of corn for me 1 for overseer & also 3 Bushels wheat for overseer —

20 21 & 22nd Clear & dry & nights a little cool

21st 22nd Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground on mountain Sent new waggon to shop again & Mrs Colmans Iron Going to day to Mrs McC. to grastys & Rice & in the route see about machine at Yates —

23rd Thrashing wheat & finished this day - Joel Hubbard machine — fair & Dry — fixing to Thrash at Mrs McCullocks, Keatts machine

24th going to carry the machine to Crew Miller this morning Fed sick yesterday & done ^{the wheat}nothing in choping in corn - finished Hilling up Tobacco [on?]

28th Halling Rock to build chimny to Henrys House still cloudy & like for Rain, wind Blew hard yesterday Sunday — Malissas child a Girl was Born Thursday morning before day Break say Juste after midnight, on the 24th July 1851.

29th went to Colo Smiths Plantation & to Mrs McCullock a little shower rain after I got home & in the night it rained again Smartly, my ^{the tooth ach}wife got

30 Cloudy & like for more rain, We are Replanting our 2 Lots & fresh ground to day - plants from Capt Fitzgerald quarter

31st Replanting in second yrs ground nearly done will get done soon this morning A Fine Rain last night, & still cloudy J D owen went to Colo Dickinsons to get an overseer place this day

augt 2nd now gone to Mr Watson Wamacks on same business

— 11 now gone to W^m Tuckers I don’t Know what for

Sept 3rd Owen gone to Logans D^o D^o

1851 Novr 25 Given Our negroes their shoes this morning after the Snow – Henry Clay still very Lame from the Trip to Lynchg We have strip Tobacco 2 days in prize Barn Grainar here to Instruct my wife how to Cut Costs

28th Cutting at fresh ground Fed Shoemaking 2 pr shoes made 2 sanall Raining a little quite cool

29 Sewing wheat got from Mr Fitzgerald cleared off Henry gone to mill carried 7½ Bushels Corn

Decr 3rd Given to the following negroes Blankets Henry 1 Bed sp^{or Blanket} Malissa a Blanket alse & Federick ^{Jordan one also - & clementine,-}one a p^s clear & cold

5th Decr Fanned Out wheat Squared Logs for stable & Halled wood

8th Election this day for Governor Lie^t Gov & attorney Gen^l. Senator for County & members to Legislature under new constitution, fair pretty day. Fanned Out my wheat & at Mrs McCullocks & about to settle for toll etc at both places

9 Raised my Stable & went to Mrs McC Mr Atkisson moved to McC to attend to her business from from 2nd Decr to X for $5. – Hewing down my stable etc etc

11th Raised Top to Ice House Halled some wood & Killed our Hogs this morning Fine weather, went to Mrs Hunts for Lucy Ann –

12th Sent 4½ Bushels Toll wheat of machine made 1851 to Mr. Joshua Hubbard — Halled up Some Oats this morning^{pr of stack} making new stable Door & etc

14 Cutting Halling & fencing owen set up our Tobacco Hh^d to day very cold & clear

17 Owen moved Halling wood & made up fence at little new ground. Very ^cold John D moved from here this day

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