Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1871 Sept 4th Clear pretty morning pulling fodder I went to shop but did not get my Horse shod, nor any thing else come back by Jacobs but did not get any body to pull ^fodder tomorrow

5. Parthena here to day pulling fodder Clear pretty morning for work —

6th. Finished working Lot withHoes Scye Mar shall helped & tyed up fodder I went to shop old place & Mr Creaseys Mr Geo Coleman & his mother Mattie & Allice here this morning like for rain

7th Sent to Mill 1 Barrel corn for meal Sam & Martin Sent too - worming succoring Tobacco Scye & Parthena digging Irish Potatoes this morning Cloudy & like for rain

8 Worming Toping succoring Tobacco Stacking Fodder to night, Scye Marshall work On Garden etc to day for me Sam & his gang pulling fodder worming & succoring ^Tobacco quite cool to day, Pied Cow had a Cow calf about 1st 1st Sept my Spotted Sow has 8 pretty Pigs, White Sow only got 3 Piggs quite Cool nights

9th. Worming Succoring & Toping Tobacco Sam too till evening & then he tyes up fodder, Nobody at meeting hardly to day

10th. good many at Meeting clear day

11th. Martin & Robert toping worming & succoring Tobacco. Sam pulling fodder clear weather

12th. Finishing toping worming & succoring lot Sent Sam to Yates Mill with 2 Bushels wheat for me flour & 2 Bushels for himself & Carried Some Corn for Martin & a long hart Log. Cloudy this morning. Let Mattie D Hunt have pr his note this day $150.00. Cloudy Weather & damp

13th. Pulling fodder worming & succoring Tob^a in Morning, tying - up Fodder ^{last evening}