Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845. March 26 Sewed Plant Bed over on the Branch this day - weather has been very cold for more than a week. 1845 Our new ground nearly half coltered

27. weather moderate finished sewing oats

28 Went to saw mill paid off Mr Miller in full to the 30¢ in my Debt

31 weather moderate Stripping Tobacco & hope to finish this day & prizing Lugs Yesterday our new ground fence got burnt say 40 pannels fire got out from our new ground Saturday

29th monstrous fire in the woods towards good Hope gathered a good many hands & stopped it. done no mischief

30. Fire at new ground & burnt 40 panels fence entirely for me

April 3rd Finished coltering new ground this day - Plowing for corn Planted snaps and corn in Garden

2nd April, 4th planted snaps, cucumbers & simlings in garden etc etc weather dry & warm at this time

8 April commenced making new ground Tobacco Hills still for Corn ground hard and very cool every thing Kill allmost Killed this morning 9th April 1845 Smart - Ice in places

1850 July 19 we have been laying by Corn all this week, have had 2 or 3 pretty Rains & we are trying to finish Laying by with Plows tomorrow worked Greens & garden to day Silling blown down shacks wheat choping & Thining Corn —— John Compton tryed this day by Mr Miller & myself for stabing & Killing Bro. 2nd June last, Committed to Jail,

20th Plowing & choping & thinging corn Did not quite get done Layinging by

21st my wife went to Mrs Hunts —

22nd A Fine Rain this morning, we are drawing Tobacco Plants to replant Our Second years ground & new ground fine weather for every thing growing

23 Rained nearly all day finished replanting Tobacco & thining Corn & cleaning off wheat yard -

24 Sent Fed to Mill 1 Bb^l. - Henry gone to Mrs Hunts to Carry her corn home she lent me balance spining ground too wet to work

29 Halling up wheat till saturday evening when it rained Hilling up Sweet Potatoe Seed Sewed big stock Turnip Seed last week got from Doct T. Cutting Oats this morning & choping part of new ground Tobacco — Expect to sew Turnip Patch to day

31 Started to Lynchg broke a wheel the other side of Lynchg had it mended Rained every day but one got in Town soon friday morning & come back to Mr Moons, & got home Saturday evening 3rd Augt

1853 Decr 3rd Given out all the negroes their shoes, Fed alse Jordan, Henry & malissa had Blankets this year or to day – clear & fair day weather very cool Brought Filmore Home this evening, Mr Miller School Broke up last evening

7th Sent 2 Logs to yates for scantling 16 went to Mrs McCullocks after Plows etc Balance Cutting & Grubbing in new ground

8th Henry Halling 1 Log to Yates ^{for sheeting}this morning Balance Cutting Snowing this morning Haled another & then went to Mrs McC

9. Halled 2 this morning for sheeting plank & then an oak one for Box Plank & now one for Hh^d Staves, Balance Cutting in new ground very cold to day look like for snow

12 Halling Rails Round fresh ground Cutting & Grubing in new ground fine weather John D Hunt & Lady here last Saturday night. Mrs Overby Died in Charlotte as we hear on morning between 5 & 6 oclock in morning the 10th Decr 1853 Elder Plunket Preached his last Sermon on Sunday & I paid him in behalf of the Church $65–00

15th Decr Begun to Burn Plant Bed on branch above House over 20 yds square took us 3 days nearly

17th Sent Henry to Farris Mill 1 Bbl Corn & 1 Bbl wheat.

19 went to Court stayed 2 days about Decree to Divide McCullocks Est.

1857 May 1st Planting Simblings & Rice Beans to day - cloudy & like for Rain to day — Fountain Wyatt left last night worked 3 days this week & nearly done. Sick

2nd Planting Corn in fresh ground Owens clearing & finished that & began at mountain rain stoped them Just before night laying off that, Jordan & Buck coltering — I went to Mr Millers - rained nearly all night & to day we are striped Tobacco rained all day & as hard as I ever saw in my life, branches very Light, Halled from Owens Barn 1 Load Tobacco to strip to new prize Barn, - etc

3 Clearing off this morning & went to S School

4th Rained all night & Creeks very high This morning striping Tobacco - in barn Back of Garden It has been raining nearly ever since last ^nightfriday Arch Started & could not cross the creek at Mrs Tuckers On a Horse. Worshams Mill ^damgone they say & yates nearly gone & Dam broke Dews Dam broke, yet Raining Millers Dam broke - & land very much washed

5th Cleared cool & fair to day Halled to new prize Barn Owens or mountain spring Barn of Tobacco & striping to day - fixing for Riceville tomorrow - waggon & cart,Second Rate & Lugs

6th Went to Riceville Waggon & Cart 2 Loads of Tobacco 23.32 lbs Balance hilling at new ground

7th Finished striping Tobacco to day Raining morning, Mr. Crews helped me, finished turned out our cattle this morning. -

8th Raking up manure this morning Henry & Jordan coltering at new ground

1857 Novr 12th sewing wheat Gathering corn, fencing in Fodder stacks & Turned cattle in stoney pint

13th. Went to Compton Sale bot 2 Raw calf Hides Sent to Walthall to Tan, 1 wheel & a parcel of old Irons,- Sewing wheat & Gathering corn, finished Sewing wheat,fine weather about this time —

14th. - Gathering in corn to day, we are going to meeting, & Halling wood Sandy & claiborne choping around stumps where we sewed wheat etc - fine weather

15 I went to meeting at Strait Stone

16 Raining this morning Buck sick yesterday better to day - very cool Rain began to put away Greens & Rain stoped Mr. W^m G Hollins here with Books & Mr Bass Stayed all night too,- Mr Hollins Borrowed a saddle & went below strait Stone this morning & to Mr Millers

17th Shoemaking putting away Greens covered Turnips took down some primings etc fine day —

18th Shoemaking & Halling up corn fine day.

19th Pulling & Halling up Corn, & shoema= =king to day moderate weather. — At 12 Oclock it began to Rain & then snow & Rain wind blowed very hard nearly all day or untill late in evening when it stoped & cleared off & the sun I think will set fair quite Pleasant in Morning & before 12 quite cold Shelling corn & shoemaking etc

20th Really a winters morning shucking Corn halled up 2 Loads, more making 76 Loads cart & waggon & 9 with Cart, clear day Shoemaking & about to finish nearly —