Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 Wednesday 21st Rained about 1 Oclock last night I got home from Court about midnight and rained tremendous hard Twice striping Tobacco This morning not ready to plant corn yet moderate ^weather except very wet, etc Turned out Our Cows This morning —

22nd Halled up 2 stacks Blade fodder this morning, & 2 stacks Oats, Plowing for corn this morning & expect to beging to Plant corn to day - chumbly & Buck at work on Hen House, alse & jerry Smith Hilling will send to day up to Plantation after Mike, as Jacob has bot a mare of Gipsies & says he borrowed the money of Wm Cook to pay for $115. She is to work in mikes place & I take him home for me to ride, Beautiful weather about this time,

23 Planting Corn, alse little & Jerry Smith Hilling up here, at Crews Jordan crossing & trying to finish up there to day fine day windy & drying weather - Mr Little sets this morning to get Shingles

24th Sent Jordan to Yates Mill 1 Log for weather Boarding & 2½ Bushel corn for meal weighed & to bring back 4 Bushels for me weighed & 1 For Chumbly,- Sent 1½ Bushels Corn to Mrs Hunts to swap for seed planting corn next to orchard, Henry laying off for chicked corn left hand side of path going thro field little Henry & alse Hilling - very cool & clear this morning my meal & overseers dont hold out by 3 lb in each bag 3 bags Horse came from Cedar Hill about the 20th april for me to ride

1858 april 24th Jacob Graves has bot a mare of I do not Know, but of the Gipsy Company which is to work at plantation in Mikes place this year,- he says he borr= owed the money $115 of Mr Wm Cook to pay for her etc - & I take Mike home

25. This morning Raining & Snowing a little & continued till nearly 12 Oclock & very Cool wind & clouds from N E, Jerry & Sallie went to Fannies yesterday

26th This morning Raining & snowing we are shelling corn soon - quite cool wind from N E - Picking & cleaning slash plant Bed gone to Hilling & Planting Corn 9 Oclock

27th Very cool & windy to day. my wife gone to Mrs^Hunts Planting Corn below the House Sandy Bedding claiborne Harrowing some grassy places, alse & Jerry Smith in Garden till 12 Oclock & a little after. Mr Little came here to day about 10 oclock & bro^t Mr H Fletcher with him to get Shingles; - planted corn field snaps to day & Corn from Mrs Hunts & 2 years from Mrs Colemans in fresh part above House next to woods,-

28th I went to Jacobs & Pigs to meet Faris he did not come, Little & Fletcher getting shingles Planting Corn toward Orchard & left side of Path going thro field claiborne Plowing

29 Finishing Planting all our high Land corn, except a little they are Plowing Jordan coltering second years at Crews Sewed Guano broad cast, he is Halling out manure this side of branch in Lot.

30 Coltering & Hilling second years Land at Crews began yesterday after we finished planting our high Land Corn. Little & Mr Fletcher

1858 June 7th Cloudy & like for Rain, foggy — — 8th Thined corn last evening plowing corn Jordan halled 2 Loads of wood 2 Loads leaves for & 1 stack Blade fodder & Turned out steers in Pasture – This morning weeding corn by malissas House Plowing Henry Coltering cotton & Irish Potatoes & Greens in Garden, I went to Pigs Jacobs & Jno Shields & Ja^s Shields to make arrangements to Carry Faris Tobacco to anderson & am to give scruggs & shields $2.50 a Load-, Plowing & weeding corn at this

9th time put out some good Tobacco to sun Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, Sent Jordan to dig grave at Mr Neals for Robys child to day - took in Tobacco at night

10th Henry Coltering corn Jordan Sandy & claiborne throwing Dirt from corn balance weeding after Henry cloudy this morning

11th Plowing & weeding corn, I went to Riceville to Carry Faris Tobacco & delivered to anderson 2600 & some pounds as Rec^d [sh?] @8$ —

12, This morning drawing plants & replanting till it rained It began to rain about 7 or 8 oclock & Rained tremendous hard 2 or 3 hours they finished replanting Johns^s Branch, in morning & finished replanting all but Lot by alse house

13th Rained a little to day went to meeting & Sunday School. Johns children 3 of them came here, Henry complaining at this time & I gave him a dose of medicine last night

14th Raining this morning cleaning out Tobacco Barns etc Hung up our Bacon this morning Finished replanting Tobacco & thining corn

15. Plowing & weeding corn, cleared of[f] very pretty Sent Jerry to Andersons after money for Faris Tobacco & my Lugs, got no money at all

1858 June 16th Finished throwing Dirt from Corn Peas etc etc. Plowing & weeding Corn working Cotton & Potatoes Plowing overseers Truck Patches this morning -- my wife gone to Mr Hunts & Carr^d Molassses home she Borrowed of them

17th Weeding corn on hill by Middle old Barn & Plowing left side, Henry sick, began to weed on left side this evening, wheat looks very sorry Oats looks tolerable well at this time

18. Weeding Corn & Plowing left side of Path in field Henry Sick yet fine clear hot day —

19th Sheared sheep Plowing & weeding Corn got over Plowing & Plowing on Branch marked Turned out 9 she Lambs making 29 with the Ram we shall keep,-

20. went to Sunday School Mr anderson gone & nobody attended but Mr Jno W Lewis

21st I went to Court Fayette Clement failed to meet me, I collected money from Anderson for Faris^s Tobacco & Small Rec^d for myself We had a fine Rain Sunday evening & this morning we are replanting Tobacco In evening went to weeding corn & finished Corn & Peas & nearly done cotton, & Hilling up Sweet Potatoes, weeding & Plowing Tobacco in Lot by alse House & by guano yard

22nd Plowing & weeding Tobacco in Lot

23rd Began to Lay by corn 2 Plows Sandy Plowing Tobacco at Crews’s Mr Lain Set me up 2 Tobacco Hh^ds Henry sick, my wife Sallie & Jerry gone to Fannies, weeding Tobacco in Lot yet, - - Foggy damp month

24rd weeding Tobacco in Lot. Laying by corn with Plows, Sandy Plowing Tobacco, I expect to begin to Cut wheat & Rye to day - only cut Lot wheat Finished weeding lots Tobacco

1858 Oct 19 Cutting down corn at Cedar Hill & fixing Land for wheat here Cutting down & stacking Corn & sewing wheat nearly done next to orchard –

20th Oct overseer Jordan & claiborne gone to Cedar Hill to commence overseers House this morning balance here & there same as yesterday a little cloudy this morning Cut & spayed Hunts sows shoats about a a week ago, 8 in number —

21st overseer Jordan & claiborne at Cedar Hill Cutting Logs for his House to live in next ^year We finished Sewing wheat here to day sewed 21 Bushels Twenty one, this evening pulling Corn by malissas House from chickens alse & Jerry Smith scouring out overseers House here; Sent Lowry & Jim to Cedar Hill. Plowing for wheat in LotMr Wyatt Rounding & Jointing shingles 2900 @ 4/6 pr Thousand & I have agreed to give him $1 pr day & put a hand with him from the time he begins after fixing the shingles, say next monday morning —

22nd we all went to work on Road from Dews to Codeys to day - Balance shucking corn picking out Cotton

23rd Sent Henry to Faris mill with 1 Log 8 or 9 Bus. wheat for flour & & Bus corn for meal Balance gathering corn Mr Chumbly fixing corn shelling Room Housing Corn etc gathering cotton to day. I am going to Riceville etc & Cedar Hill flour Plank to go there this ^evening at home this day Mr J D Hunts Lucy Ann here etc

25th Began to sew wheat at Cedar Hill & Mr Wyatt & Henry shingling dwelling house Mr Chumbly at Here sewing wheat etc etc.