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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13
May 31, 1861 - June 6, 1861
1861 May 31st Chumney taken Sick yesterday taking Physic, working out his Potatoes etc this morning,- Henry Harrowing his Corn- Cutting off Tobacco Hills to plant Tobacco cloudy & like for rain, Sent 1 Colter to pint to yates shop they shod Hester Phil & Robin & steeled 2 H Hoes - this year
June 1st Cloudy & like for Rain, began to Plow on Creek yesterday, Bob finished Paling yesterday - Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek to day - chumney not out yet
2nd Sunday Clear fine day Mrs Hunt went to Mrs Colemans yesterday with her home Nannie & me went to Green field meeting I came back & went to Strait Stone at 3 Oclock nobody there at Prayer meeting - Raining a little in evening Mr Dallas staid here last night
3rd Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek Fine rain this evening planted some Tobacco on road, fine growing night
4th Planting Tobacco to day fine season Finished another new ground here in old field replanted greens etc etc
5th cloudy this morning sent to mill for Chumney thining our Corn & I am going down to Plantation this morning
6th Rained some last night. Henry bro’t 1 Load of weather boarding last night from Millers, carried 1 Log for weather boarding & sheeting & card 1 Bbl corn for meal, finished thinning corn & working out Garden Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & Bob here this morning Digging Hole & working on yard [faded] & weeding Corn on Creek
June 7, 1861 - June 12, 1861
1861 June 7th Halled up stack Oats this morning Bob replanted Cotton at work on yard. Plowing & weeding [?] Corn on Creek cloudy & likely for Rain yet
8th Began to Prize Lugs here cleaned out stables Chumney & claiborne in shop & could not pint colters, Henry & Smith Cutting Oak wood in woods Bob [parting] yard, & nearly done, I went to meeting at strait stone, very hard rain in evening, I stoped at Mr Lewis
9th went to meeting at SS. to day all of us FW Kate Moses & Mary James here I went too, Capt Mustain of Volunteers will start to war this week its expected
10th. We are cutting off our second years Land Hills. Plowing Corn & I sent Henry down to aspen Grove this morning to Shear our sheep to day, done it – Sheared 38 old Sheep Marked 10 Ewe Lambs & have 20 Ram Lambs to Eat or Sell
11th Plowing Corn & weeding down Tobacco on road, Mr Chumney & 1 hand weather boarding Carriage House to day, went to Prayer meeting at Mrs Colemans —— I carried Fillmore to Chalk Level & got Isaac to cut the Hooks out of his Eyes he is getting better I think
12th went to Mrs Colemans all of us to Prayer meeting at 3 Oclock in evening finishing Carriage House weather boarding it weeding down tobacco & Plowing corn weeding down tobacco Plowing Corn Mr Chumney & Bob making & Hanging Carriage House Doors to day – Did not get done the Doors quite [faded] it Beded up our Lot by Lot overseers to it Finished weeding Tobacco on road this [faded]
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 1
January 11, 1866 - January 22, 1866
[ …] to Cedar Hill brot home 1 Milch [cow] … 1 steer Bull & 2 Hiefers & 2 Hogs [… w]e eat & some Joles 150 lbs is for Sally [… ] 3 waggon wheels, 1 Grubbing Hoe & my [ …] & Box Sundries out of shop Henry claiborne & Henry went up there & shucked out 4 Barrels corn for Jordan Sandy Lowry & Abram, - Give Henry & the fellows that work at home I give them there finding this year as they live with me
12th. moderate weather Halling rails to fence in Oats stacks balance malling I am going to Banks to day old plack[place] & home Susan Roarks etc went & fixed my business left my accts and Rects with Mr Banks accts to 9th april from last settlement & from april to 4 Janry 1866 to Settle
13Halled up leaves to day & malling in new ground we are going to meeting to day, went meeting
14 all of us went to meeting. Tax Saturday Redeeming the time because the days are evil, Sunday Create in me a right Spirit, 5 Chapter Ephesians 16 V & 51st Pslam[Psalm]10 Verse I think – Preached very well & the poeple attentive moderate weather
15. Sent Henry to Mill Yates Mill, Gathering up manure for Plant Beds. Cloudy Cold rainy & Hailing this morning very cold, - lent Jerry Bill Saturday & he is gone to Court. his Horse here
16th. cl[e]ared off this morning, Smart Hail very slippery Hail melting some, weather more moderate getting off sorghum seed for Cows to be ground getting some ps for Bars
17th. cloudy again our folks are malling in new ground
18th. Tolerable good day malling in new ground weather more moderate,
19 Malling, Ground Hominey & Chop for cows
20- Malling nannie went to Mr Lewis s Rained about 11 Oclock & wind blew hard Nannie Just got home before it
21. very cold day & clear windy
22nd tolerably good morning Sent little Henry to Mill ½ Bbl Corn for me & ½ Bbl Do for his daddy, & 1½ Bus. wheat for flour, & 2 Blocks or pieces for Step to meeting Edd Fitzgerald came here yesterday & Doran went with him home & Pride gone to Mrs Worsham
January 22, 1866 - January 31, 1866
1866 Janry 22nd. Malling in new Gro[und …] wood when he Came back from the [ …] & flour went mules & wagon, - roads very [ …] 2 Blocks to S. Stone meeting House for Step[s… ] Doors weather has moderated very much,
23rd, Janry 1866. Have been malling to day & Halling wood out of new ground, made dog House to day Jerry Came down to day moderate day & no rain or snow.
24th Raining this morning & nearly all night quite a day of Rain & cold, cloudy & dark, making Bars & getting off Sorghum Seed - cant do much –
25. Rained nearly all night, a little freese this morning Ben Raking up manure cleaning Out Stables Balancing malling to day – Pride going to Capt Wooding to see Something about going to School to new London, heard nothing from Capt Wooding about the school
26th malling in new Ground Ben raking up manure then cutting up trees in new ground tolerable day I went to Cedar Hill old place & Rolands to see about makings shoes for Pride, Bybee gone to Motleys Carried all the Cotton to have Picked Jerry at home at new ground I brot home filling some bottles my Tin Box, Varnish & foot a[?],– lent Jerry Bill I rode his Horse home
27 Still Cloudy & like for rain or snow, Pride & me made 6 Hens nest, finished malling, halled out straw 2 days this week, the sun not seen 3 days not seen much cloudy nearly all the week repairing Gear House nailing on Boards
28th clouday day did not see the sun
29th. Snowed Saturday evening & night weather moderate Began to clean up new ground in fresh field Sun shining to day, young Sow in Granary lot had 5 Pigs Sunday morning very littely the Large young sow brot from Cedar Hill has been sick 4 days I think she is a little better this morning
30th. Shrubing ps new ground in fresh field, snow nearly g[one]
30st Halling Leaves 2 Teams to day
31st Shrubing in new ground in fresh field runin[g] 1 Double Plow to day –
February 2, 1866 - February 6, 1866
[… g] up part of meat this night […] balance of our meat memo in back […] this Book Billy Hunt here at work to day [f]olks plowing & shubing to day Dug holes this evening to make Bee House spotted Sow had Pigs in Janry 1866 5 in number sow sick yet brot from Cedar Hill, -
Feby 2nd Plowing to day claiborne & Big Henry Cutting wood to burn Plant Bed, in slash Billy & myself put up & Covered Bee House to day got done by dinner nearly
3rd Sent little Henry to Mill at Yates to day with 4 Bushels Corn for me ½ Bbl for Henry, some Sorghum Seed & some corn for chop for cows Pretty morning cold, Pride gone to Mrs Colemans to go with Mattie & Alice to CH to school Board at Mr Hargraves & Mary Coleman gone with them - to stay at Mr Hargraves for with Mattie & Alice & Mr Hargrave gives her ½ he gets board for one of them for her to attend to his business while they are there & charges me $15 pr month Board (enormous) a ps says he cant do it any lower – 4th I went to SS. M H. this day fixed Block to front doors halled ps. there for Horse Blocks nailed up Horse shoes for me to tie[?] our Horses had Blind Tushes Knocked out of Molleys mouth Cutting wood for Plant Bed
4th Fannie & Mr Wm Came down yesterday 4th cloudy this morning & like for falling weather
5th. Burning plant Bed in Slash Pride gone to Mr Pannills to hear something from new London School got Robin shod before give him shoes & money for that, - cold weather ground hard frozen, - Finished Burning Plant Bed
6th Pride did not come till this morning or about Dinner Jerry came back last night Cold weather Fenced in Plant Bed this morning sewed it last night Fencing in new ground this evening & Halling wood, with mules sow that was sick is something Better, Billy Hunt came here Just at night to work on Garden, cloudy & cold - he got 10 Post