Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 Augt 12th We all went to meeting —

13. Striping Tobacco Doct A W Thompson came again yesterday to old place & Bybees, he has been to Bybees 2 times stayed all night there last night Emma getting Better, a little. Joseph Bybee bad off Doct Thompson Came here yesterday I got him to look at Lila &^{[her? pr?]} got some Brandy etc to carry over there Rained nearly all day & night last night

14 Toping worming & succoring Tobacco to day Bybee sent Ben for the Doct last night for his Son Joseph who is bad off Nannie Mrs Hunt Sallie Alice & Doran gone to Mrs Colemans – to day —

15th Very Cool indeed for August Mr Wright here at work Mr Shields 2 sons David & W^m here helping us beet apples - D^r Thompson come back again to Jo^s Bybee sent for again

16th Mr Wright here again to day & David Shields yesterday & to day & W^m Shields ½ day stoped, Bob come here this morning Cool day for august. fixing to raise Barn, Beeting apples etc put Post for yd in ground this morning & burnt them,- Jerry had Charly Shod at Vaughans yesterday, White Back Cow had a calf 13th or 14th this month, Mr Wright stayed till about 3 oclock, making 1 day & 3 Hours. David Shields stayed beeting apples 2 Days W^m stayed a little over ½ day Finished apples up & Laid foundation for Barn

17. Raised my Barn this day had Mr Cothran & 4 hands from aspen Grove 1 from Mr Kelleys & 2 from Mr Hunts place, -

1860 Decr 23rd I went to Strait Stone Prayer Meeting very white or Black met, day very good for time of the year

24th Cutting wood for Plant Bed, Halling fire wood in the evening & Halled up 1 stack fodder to use in stable & 1 Load Shucks,

25th Snowed a little last night, alice sick with sore throat, went to old place give some Lard for them there & sent them a dram & this morning gave them some cider & got some for Mrs Hunt, etc etc fine day —

26th I went to Mrs Colemans to see Alice pd Mrs Coleman Balance of money got from CH. for her went to Welden Holders. Mr Hubbards & Mrs Hunts Place did not rent it to Waller, me & Mr Hubbard viewed the Land of Mrs Hunts he wants to buy some 40. or 50 acres which I agreed he might have at $12 pr acre - then I came home fine day

27 - went to chalk Level to hiring - cold day & fair —

28. went to Mount Airy no hiring cold fair day —— Mr Chumney my Overseer moved here to day Henry move him & I am to give him 3/-

29th. Halling Leaves Cutting & malled at Plant Bed, - to burn. it & at 12 Oclock we will get wood Hired Dan^l R Hunts boy John to Holder again $27½ for next year, Snowing again to night. Rented to Susan Roark the place where Roby lived this year of JD Hunts Est. for $15.00^{for 1861}

30 Snowed last night a little & to day snowed & Rained nearly all day in fact raining all^{the time}

31st Snowed in the night & snowing yet 9 or 10 Oclock Snow about 4 or 5 Inches Deep —

[… g] up part of meat this night […] balance of our meat mem^o 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 bro^t 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 Bb^l 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 p^s says he cant do it any lower – 4th I went to SS. M H. this day fixed Block to front doors halled p^s. 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 W^m 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

[…] ely for rain warm weather […] Alex Came to cut wood @ 1/6 pr cord & […] in plantation @ 31 Cents day - beeting apples, Billy finished Hen House to day except roost Poles & nest which he is making

8 Dick & Alex cutting wood - worming & succoring Tobacco, getting up & Beeting some Crabs. I went to meeting - clear weather

9th I went to meeting Sunday

10 Pulling fodder I went to CH on business of Estate & for myself etc about children going to school & certificates of savings Bank Dick & Alex cutting wood

11 They are do same & malling wood worming & succorring Tobacco cloudy & like for rain Pride gone to old place & Mrs Colemans to make arrangements for the children all to start to C.H. to school to G.D. Neal

Sept 12th I went to meeting House about H Templeton & G. Pearcy - & to the shop had my horse shoes changed Billy here at work this mon morning clear moderate day & weather Pride & Doran Mattie & alice left yesterday for school at CH –

13th Daubed up & cleaned out old prize Barn, & then Pulling fodder & tying up, etc Dick & Alex Pulling fodder from 10 Oclock till night. Billy Hunt Sew here to day -

14 I went to old place & Jerrys our folks pulling fodder Dick & Alex all day tying Billy Hunt Sew shoemaking - clear day

15th taking Care of fodder stacks 1 stack

16th. I started to Court Saturday I went Rice to see Bro Brown about Bro Pearcy & Templeton

17th At Court Monday our folks stacking fodder fodder Tying up Tops making scaffold to Cut Tobacco, cloudy & warm weather Dick & Alex cutting & put wood Cutting Tobacco in new ground Dick & Alex Cutting wood

1870 March 22 My Young steers Bushing in Oats — — — I went to Wm McHaneys after Dinner this evening — —

23 Fixing ground & all hands planting Potatoes Irish, Plowing Garden weather tolerable Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr Woodings Beautiful weather to day wind from NW

24 Sewing oats by Owens Barn Bill plowing

25 Sewing Oats again to day I went to old place & Whiteheads Store this evening planted Peas Beets & onions etc Mr Pringle came here 24th Inst. March & Grafted 30 or upwards of apple slips from Mr Kelleys & 6 or 8 dwarf Pears & 2 slips July apples here in this tree on hill towards Bridge corner of yard

26 I went to Millers Mill to day carried 6 Bus wheat for myself a BBbl flour ½ Bbl wheat lent Rich^d Carr^d 2 Turns 1 Bbl corn for us meal 1 Turn for Keatts of corn & one for Sam of corn for meal got it all, & brot it Home, Keatts & Sam went to Jennings Lains to help Roll Logs, Rained Very hard all the evening, -

27th Stayed at home Ed went to Jacobs to day

28 29th Burning Log Heaps this morning Little cloudy this morning then Sewing Oats part of the day

30 Sewing Oats & will get done all we have got out this evening

31st Raining all day Halled up stack oats on Hill got out pt of them & put balance in cutting House to feed on Keatts got my waggon & mules gone after wheat straw at Shields to feed the cow he has

Aprl 1st Cloudy ^{Keatts went home to striped his toba before night too} all day Striping Tobacco Sam & Ben

2 striping Tobacco Sam & Ben helping Raining

3 Raining a little all day ground Very wet I wrote 3 letters this week 1 to Jonathan Graves Clifton Hill [Mo?] 1 to Alo[n]zo Hunt Lynchg & alice Hunt