Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1856 Monday 3rd Rained as hard as I ever I saw it but Once in my life stayed & Tuesday Election day it Rained in morning I arrived at strait stone by 12 Oclock acted as Commissioner & then got home by night in the rain found all well at home Thanks be to God

4th Election over at S.S. F. & A J D 22 Buchannon & B. 50 — Worked done in the above time

27th Faned out wheat Fed & Sandy fired Toba the rest commenced working on Ice ^pond pomd Henry Jordan & Lowry Plowing - Henry got out Guano & wheat say

28th Fed etc opening Drains, claiborne etc Picking out cotton —

29th Fed etc Grubing in new ground Henry & Plowing finished picking cotton

30 Lowry etc Plowing Jordan gone to Mill finished sewing other Johns Branch alse etc grubing claiborne etc cutting

31 Fed etc grubing Jacob etc cutting Henry etc Plowing — Wyatt & Sandy getting Shingles all the week Henry Sewing wheat sawing etc — this evening

Novr 1st Henry Jordan etc Plowing balance Corn, Halled Load corn shucked it out & put it Halled wheat etc —

2 Sunday Pleasant day

3. Shoemaking making Brooms etc etc

4 Striping Jacobs Tobacco - etc -

5 Cutting & Grubing in new grounds Shoemaking Mr wyatt getting shingles with Henry. Cleared of[f] very cold this morning ground very wet

1856 Novr 15 Halling up & shucking out Corn Henry Jointing shingles etcno no meeting at S S In House Saturday ^Sunday nor

16 fine day clear & cool

17. Halling up & shucking out corn Henry car^d Log to Mr Dews Saw Mill for sheeting, expect to carry ^{Large 2 & 1½ Inch there} 1 more to day If we can JD Hunt moves about this time, — — — — fair weather

18th Sent Henry to Dews Saw Mill this morning 1 Large Log upwards 16 feet flooring Putting & shucking corn filled cutting House full shucks clear fine weather Mr wyatt at work to day

19th Mr Wyatt & Henry at work on Hs house Balance pulling up & halling corn Halled up plates wood etc etc took down house

20th Shingling H^s house pulling & halling corn Went down to shop myself fine weather

21th this morning unexpectedly raining Henry & Lila Out of Door or rather had to move in Kitchen, Fed & sandy shoemaking balance spining picking cotton etc – – –

22nd cleared off & we have a beautiful day Mr Wyatt & Henry shingling House Jacob Halled up & pack down his Tobacco. Finished halling up & shucking corn Jordan & Jerry went to Mrs Hunts after Sow & Pigs. Car^d 2 plows to shop

23rd Rained in evening I went to strait stone^{pray meeting}

24 Jordan & Sandy getting wood Henry & Wyatt finished his house & went about Clems covering North side balance striped my late Tobacco in new prize barn till 12 oclock & then till night finishing Jacobs Halled 2 Loads of wood for Mr Neal

17th Decr 1856 Halled wood Cut in new ground Went to Riceville after & bot 3 hogs weighing 491 lbs pounds Jordan returned from Fannies etc

18th Killed 12 hogs this morning with the 3 purchased of Mr Stone at Riceville @ $8½ pr 100 lbs cutting to day p^d $41 73½

19 Cutting out at new ground, Fixing Ice pound Halling wood, Henry going to Mr. Yates ^mill with 1 Bag wheat for negroes at X & 1 Bag Corn for meal to get meal & Plank etc carried 1 Log for Square Edged Plank ¾- thick. Jacob gone to Riceville to pay Mr Stone for 491 lbs Pork @ 8½$ pr Hundred amounting to $41.77 ^½ Mr T.W. Andersons to pay & take a Rec^t for the same, - clear Cold day

20th Raining this morning Sleet fanning Out wheat shelling corn Henry gone to carry his Coal to Mr Dews & bring home my plank-

22nd Finished cutting little growth in new ground this morning Jordan halling wood Henry halling straw & leaves & then halling fire wood yesterday was a cold day myself & Mr Mason went Sunday no church meeting in this month - On acc^t weather — Considerable talk in Halifax about insurrection looks very much like Snow very cold

23rd fixing Ice ponds Halling wood Cutting in new ground Just began this morning to cut Big growth tremendous Cold & Windy this morning clear & cold indeed this morning —

24 went to Strait Stone to appoint Patrol etc went to Mrs Hunts etc getting Ice etc to day very cold

25th Filled Ice house to day got my calf from Mrs Lanes Jacob gone to Fannies etc

¹⁸⁵⁷Put it out She is dreadfully burnt from ^Jany16th knees up nearly to her chin & We had only one small bottle of Pain Killer & had to Send to Mr Adams at 5 oclock Jordan got back about light brought only 1 vial of P D. Killer & 2 of Roses from adams - she seem much easier than she was before day we are cutting big growth in new ground Halling wood To day waggon & Cart – my hand & thumb is burnt badly & we applied the Pain Killer only & sweet oil & a little Cream in it — Peggy is badly burnt from her Knees up I went to Anderson & settled my Acc^t & fannie whites,- all to finishing, very cold day Mr. Pannill Came here & fixed Colo Smiths matters, etc Halled wood to day waggon & Cart. Bot. & paid for 1 pr Kid Gloves of Barber & Thompson. Paid Doct Thompson for Mrs Hunt the $6 She gave me for him & took his Rec^t

17th I went to meeting & from there to Mr Tuckers take him & his wifes relinquishment for the Grand of Land whereon Joshua Shields Died - & when I got back Peggy is a great deal worse & I sent for Doct Thompson forthwith & Sister coleman also who is here at this time She had been been ^Puking off ^{& on} all night with Puking something like Black vomit. no Passage since she was burnt & Jordan returned ^{about 9 oclock}& said Doct Thompson would start here as soon as the moon was up and it Commenced Snowing & wind severe from N. E. & N. W. Severe night. no Doct Thompson this morning yet & I shall send for Doct Andrew Thompson^{Jno H Estes} in the Course of One Hour If Dr J. C. does not come

21st Wednesday at Mr Thomas Fitzgeralds & also at Mr Whittles had to take the woods to get to the Court House got there about 1 Oclock Stayed there about 2 & then returned the same night getting home about 8 Oclock Such mountains of snow I never saw in my life neither has the oldest inhabitants, dredfull time & when I got home snowing a little, Henry & Sallie complaining a little, sore throat & Lowry has Pain in his back etc etc

22nd Bitter cold day & windy. attempted to hall wood & only got 4 Loads waggon & Cart & got the way cleared & little broke dreadful weather, making Baskets feeding & making fires, Fed making Fannies Jerrys shoes Henry took Some Pills to day —

23rd Friday clem sick. gave him some Pills Halled wood to day waggon & cart halled 8 Loads I went down to Strait Stone about new county nobody met, the road is impassable have to take the woods in several places met Mr Lewis Boy going to Millers Mill he had to go back home & take his grain on his horse & went to Yates Mill. he was going to Millers in a slide with 2 horses, such times never was Known in this part of the country. Such heaps of snow in the roads wherever There is a Lane Yates was cutting away Ice about his mill till 10 or 11 Oclock to day before he could start his mill & this morning the Thermometer was 10 degrees below zero, yesterday all day the coldest day I ever saw

24th Weather a little moderated tho cold but cloudy & like for snow, Sent Jordan and Claiborne to