Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 March 26th Sewing Oats at stoney pint & nearly done, fine weather —

27th march. Finishing sewing Oats at stony pint & will finish there to day overseer getting Rafters for Corn shelling Room to be put ^{to Corn house}_Hous shortly Jordan Coltering at Crews Piling wood & Rails finishing new ground fence Joining the mountain field to day Sewing Oats at Crews, Let^{Big Henry have} 12 lbs Bacon this 27th day of March for 1 month, Jacob has been down after Blade fodder & Bacon & Caddles [Candles?] Mr EG Lewis cut spayed & marked 14th shoats this day & Turned out a Black one for a ^{thats with Pig}Sow Beautiful weather about this time –

28th Nannie & me & children went to Cedar Hill & Mr Jno D Hunts to day fine day —

29th Sewing Oats at Crews, Fencing around granary Lot this morning & then at new ground Piling wood & Rails, Jordan carried Black Boar to mountain springs woods Pasture with Hunt Sow etc, - & then Halled up one stack blade Fodder this morning - a little cooler this morning Jordan coltering crossing to Hill at overseers Malissa had a Boy Child this morning after sun Rise, Sent for Doct Thompson but the Boy did not get him,- Mrs Neal here Sent to Mill with Cart 3 Turns Corn all for us tho one is for overseer, but he will take one of ours ground at Mill & whats in his Bag will be ours Send also 2½ Bushels wheat for overseer, All to Yates Mill

30th Rolled Logs to day Did not get done

31st Rolled again to day & expect to finish

April 1st Finished rolling Logs this ^{have Rolled in all nearly 3 days}morning &

1858 May 25th Plowed Sweet Potatoes to day, we are replanting Corn & trying to get done, Jordan Crossing new ground at mountain Spring - I went to shop got mike shod & went to Mrs Hunts

26 I went to Jacobs they are Halling there & have not replanted corn yet, we are fixing our wet Land in Lot for planting scattering & Plowing in manure Jordan crossing at new ground dry Hot weather, replanting cotton by Lila & Malissa

27. Scattering & Plowing in manure in Lot & Hilling & Jordan crossing at new ground T R Shepherd sent down here for Lambs & we sent him 3 Lambs to be paid for at CH

28 & 29 Replanting corn fixing Lot for Tobacco I went to Election & stayed all day Jordan crossing new ground Bushing Oats etc Began to weed Corn

29 Bushing wheat^{not done} weeding Corn, & Plowing Halled up stack fodder this morning starting to Riceville with our Lugs this morning – cloudy & cool I went to Jacobs & halled out manure all day yesterday & this evening instead of Bushing wheat after we got Back from Riceville we went to Planting Tobacco on Branch & in Lot by^^Top stack but did not finish at neither place on acct of its raining

30th Still cloudy & like for Rain Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr Hunts me & Jerry going to Straitstone

31st Nannie & myself went to Mr Hunts Chumbly & wife both sick we are planting Tobacco in Lot this evening & Beding planted all but high part of Lot & planting that replanted second years Land at Crews, Jerry went after D^r Estes for my overseer to day - Mr John Hunts wife Lags very Low, I went security with JDH to Browns Estate for $287.40 cleared off in evening Rained this night my wife at Mr Hunts

1858 June 7th Cloudy & like for Rain, foggy — — 8th Thined corn last evening plowing corn Jordan halled 2 Loads of wood 2 Loads leaves for & 1 stack Blade fodder & Turned out steers in Pasture – This morning weeding corn by malissas House Plowing Henry Coltering cotton & Irish Potatoes & Greens in Garden, I went to Pigs Jacobs & Jno Shields & Ja^s Shields to make arrangements to Carry Faris Tobacco to anderson & am to give scruggs & shields $2.50 a Load-, Plowing & weeding corn at this

9th time put out some good Tobacco to sun Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, Sent Jordan to dig grave at Mr Neals for Robys child to day - took in Tobacco at night

10th Henry Coltering corn Jordan Sandy & claiborne throwing Dirt from corn balance weeding after Henry cloudy this morning

11th Plowing & weeding corn, I went to Riceville to Carry Faris Tobacco & delivered to anderson 2600 & some pounds as Rec^d [sh?] @8$ —

12, This morning drawing plants & replanting till it rained It began to rain about 7 or 8 oclock & Rained tremendous hard 2 or 3 hours they finished replanting Johns^s Branch, in morning & finished replanting all but Lot by alse house

13th Rained a little to day went to meeting & Sunday School. Johns children 3 of them came here, Henry complaining at this time & I gave him a dose of medicine last night

14th Raining this morning cleaning out Tobacco Barns etc Hung up our Bacon this morning Finished replanting Tobacco & thining corn

15. Plowing & weeding corn, cleared of[f] very pretty Sent Jerry to Andersons after money for Faris Tobacco & my Lugs, got no money at all

1858 June 24th My Horse Taken sick at Fannies this morning Jerry Came after me I went up there & found him Dead, Died about 10 Oclock I reckon his Disease was Grubs & Colic, – My Wife up there yet,- very Hot weather

25th Rained this evening about night Cutting wheat Finished by new Barn & Cut some in fresh field, nannie came home & Kate with her Just before the Rain, Jordan nearly broke Henry Jobing etc working out Lot by House

26. I went to Mr Hunts & Cedar Hill We are cutting wheat prizing Tobacco weeding Tobacco & Plowing some in Tobacco -

28 This morning put all the tobacco we had out Saturday in Hh^ds under prize. Cutting wheat in fresh ground all out for once - Mr Morton ^^Pannill is to be buried to^day

29th Henry taken Sick with Bowel Complaint again at 12 Oclock very Hot weather Cutting wheat yet Henry Plowing in Corn Malissa at work in Tobacco at Crews Shower of Rain last Evening after Dinner

30th Finished Cutting wheat yesterday evening Henry Plowing in Corn & Cotton, malissa in Tobacco, Laying by Corn to day & weeding Tobacco at Crews,- Dry & Hot weather

July 1st weeding Tobacco at Crews Plowing by Corn out next to orchard - Sewed Peas in Corn this morning - prizing Tobacco every morning, nearly done 2 Hhds

2nd working Corn on Branch with Hoes but Did not get done before the Rain fine Rain in evening Laying by Corn next to orchard 3rd Rained yesterday to day 2nd we Replanted Tobacco in morning & then Cutting Oats.

10th We are Harrowing & working Out Lot Tobacco & on Branch Laying by Corn, Jerry & me walked to Strait Stone to meeting to day

11th went to meeting Carr^d Mrs Neal sacrament^{to day}

12th Laying by Corn prizing Tobacco & working Out Lot Tobacco & Cotton etc cloudy & like for ^Rain

13th Rained more or less all day yesterday & last night, nearly all night, ground very wet, prizing Tobacco Plowing Turnip Patch & choping Bushes out of new ground Tobacco at mountain spring =Jacob stayed here last night,-

14th Rained last night hard we are this morning thinning Corn, Sent Buck^^with 4 Bushels Corn to Yates for meal & to bring home overseers flour carried down there last week Sent little Henry to Faris mill 1½ wheat for flour, & her Rose to the Jack She had to do with him

15 Laying by Corn 4 Plows balance taking mould off fine Tobacco in new Barn, till 12 Oclock then working & Harrowing Tobacco in Lot. Tobacco very much mould in Barns; cloudy & like for Rain again

16 Prizing fine Tobacco to day & sunning good from Barn back of Garden got all out of that House sunning to day - Plowing & will nearly get done Laying by this evening, Harrowing & working Lot Tobacco & Malissa in Cotton Patch Fine growing weather at this time.

17th Finished Laying by Corn Peas & Potatoes Plowing Tobacco next to chumblys & in Lot & working of it, prizing Tobacco 2 Hd^d under prize 1 good & 1 fine,- Lowry came down & to day I have sent Jordan & Jim up to Cedar Hill for them to stack Oats, fine weather Sent off Lynchg by H. Wade 2 Hh^ds Tobacco @ $5. Hhd I found him & paid 87½ for toll, second rate & good sent