Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 Sept^8th9th went to meeting myself — — 10th worming ^{Mrs Hunt gone to CHouse} & Succoring Tobacco I am stilling again making 1½ days cleared off cool JCT been Twice to old place

11th Stilled again to day, Pulling fodder next to Whiteheads, stacked up 4 & a p^s stack last night fine Blade fodder —

12th Pulling again to day & stilling Sent to Mr J.P. Lewis for Bacon yesterday

13th Finished daubbing in night last night worming & succoring Tobacco to day. Tying up Fodder etc cool weather —

14th cool this morning worming & succoring this morning Tying up Fodder etc etc I am going to Plantation to day — to see Doss this went to see Doss saw Mr Waller he told me Doss was going to live with him, went to yates Cris Lanes & Plantation made a proposition to Cothran to Live there again & give him till Tuesday morning to decide -- We have 11 or 12 stacks Blade ^{here & 19 at Plantation}

15th Stayed at home all day riving boards prizing Tobacco Stacking fodder etc etc clear pretty weather —

16th Mr Doss Came here this morning & told me he intended to stand to his contract, & never said or thought of being off or disappointing me

17th Lucy & Mr Faris s Jack I dont go to Court to day Raining & we are working in our Tobacco prizing & taking down etc Raining moderately al day —

18th Fanning out our wheat, made about Bus. here sewed 9, Rained all day —

1866 Oct 31st Working on roads […] here I went to Joseph M Yates & Chris Laines, Halled up 1 stack Blade fodder

Nov 1st Cutting wood & began to sew Wheat again in Lot after 12 oclock Bill Sick Last night J R Whitehead here

2nd Finished Sewing in Lot & sewed little p^s by Turnip Patch in Rye

3rd Began to Sew in fresh field sewed little p^s where Tobacco was tended this year I went to Jeres old place Friday & Saturdy & on to Edge Hill meeting & then to Jos M Yates & rectified his account & then home, cloudy & rained by dark

4th Rained a little last night & cloudy all day & like for Rain my Hogs thats been missing so long all up last night Only 1 Pig, 7 out –

5 I started to Court Superior Court to see about Dower Land Cutting & Halling wood Rocks etc to make molasses –

6 I Come home from court, Judge wingfield to decide the case about Dower Land Halled some wood, Plowing for wheat Beautiful weather to day – –

7. Cutting down Corn & sewing wheat

8. Gathering Cotton & sewing wheat I went to Starkeys & Jerrys etc

9th Halling up Corn & fixing Land to sew wheat, Cutting down & Piling Corn I went to Yates to get buggy tire cut. -