Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 July 18th Hilling up new ground Tobacco Plowing Lots Tobacco - Dry & Hot

19th Plowing & Hilling up Lots of Tobacco, still Dry & nights Hot went to Mrs McC 18th & to see Hester. Sent Fed to mill 2 Turns of corn for me 1 for overseer & also 3 Bushels wheat for overseer —

20 21 & 22nd Clear & dry & nights a little cool

21st 22nd Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground on mountain Sent new waggon to shop again & Mrs Colmans Iron Going to day to Mrs McC. to grastys & Rice & in the route see about machine at Yates —

23rd Thrashing wheat & finished this day - Joel Hubbard machine — fair & Dry — fixing to Thrash at Mrs McCullocks, Keatts machine

24th going to carry the machine to Crew Miller this morning Fed sick yesterday & done ^{the wheat}nothing in choping in corn - finished Hilling up Tobacco [on?]

28th Halling Rock to build chimny to Henrys House still cloudy & like for Rain, wind Blew hard yesterday Sunday — Malissas child a Girl was Born Thursday morning before day Break say Juste after midnight, on the 24th July 1851.

29th went to Colo Smiths Plantation & to Mrs McCullock a little shower rain after I got home & in the night it rained again Smartly, my ^{the tooth ach}wife got

30 Cloudy & like for more rain, We are Replanting our 2 Lots & fresh ground to day - plants from Capt Fitzgerald quarter

31st Replanting in second yrs ground nearly done will get done soon this morning A Fine Rain last night, & still cloudy J D owen went to Colo Dickinsons to get an overseer place this day

augt 2nd now gone to Mr Watson Wamacks on same business

— 11 now gone to W^m Tuckers I don’t Know what for

Sept 3rd Owen gone to Logans D^o D^o

[…]r 30th Did not finish shucking corn […] got up, cleared off quite cold this morning

Saturday 1 Decr 1866 Housing corn all day & did not finish till after night housing what we shucked friday

2nd We stayed at home all day

3 Shucked & housed Corn & finished what we had halled up cloudy & like for rain

4th. Rained last night hard, Cutting & Halling wood & then pulling Corn & Halling – up cleared off very pretty

5 Halled up 2 Loads Corn yesterday & 4 Loads to day. ^{making 6 Loads} I went to Starkey after that clear pretty weather

6 Cutting & Halling Corn 4 Loads to day making 8 Loads, Sent Henry after my Sole Leather to ^Starkeys

8 Finished Halling up Corn about the 8th Getting some wood halled up some fodder

10 Invited some hands to help me shuck Corn Several came Mr E G L did not help at all Mr Starkey Came & John Keatts

11th Shucked again & finished Mr Starkey Mr Marshall came & finished a little in the night

12 put away shucks getting a little wood & Housing Corn to day – Cold weather sent $30 by Mr Bybee to Lynchg to buy Guano 2 Doz Eggs 1 Bus flax seed & 2 Turkeys to sell & lent him 2 new Bags

13th Finished Housing Corn, made about 60 Bb^ls good & 12 Barrels nubbins & got 1 Load wood Put 3 Barrels good & 7 or 8 Bb^ls nubbins in big Corn House on Hill & after getting all I lent out got 65 or Barrels good Corn in House on Road. all shattered & 4 Barrels nubbins in Granary marked 7 Pigs 1 got out not making marked & Put up 1 Hog more in garden to Kill & 1 Pig for House pig

1870 Jany 7th I went to Wm Shields Mount Airy & carried 1 load for Jacob to Whitehead Store went to shop also & had some work done

8th Jany 1870 I went to meeting S. S. & about 2 oclock, my wife sent after me again Sam gilbert was set to Halling wood & such a ^fuss raised as he had at Mount Airy when I sent him with the waggon to move Jacob PG up to whitehead Store I came home & all business was stoped watching Sam & my wife & Sallie scared ½ to death, Sallie & her children stayed all night up in sitting room

9th On account of Sams doing yesterday I did not go to meeting, to day - tho Sam appears to be right as far as I can see

10thSam culling in new ground Nannie smartly Complaining Richard fixing to move to Waterloo tomorrow Sam fixing to burn plant Bed in new ground in the morning fine weather the Ditchers are getting along I think rather slowly

11th Richard whitehead moved to day & Sallie are at home to night, Nannie Complaining yet Sam started to burn Plant Bed soon this ^morning finished burning by night John Keatts at work on house at mountain spring to day daubing & finishing chimney very pretty day. weather moderate

12th I went to Yates Mill Carried 4 Bus. Corn 5 Bus. wheat 2½ Bus Chop stuff for myself got the Corn Meal & chop stuff & 1 Bus meal for Sam Carried also 2 Bus. wheat for Richard whitehead did not get no flour for ourself nor him Sam Hoed up plant Bed to day now ready to sow But a young no horned cow & sook has ^calves at this time Sewed it & trampled it

1870 Jany 13th I am here by myself to night John Keatts Carried 1 Log to Millers Mill for my Cart body & brot back plank for the house at Mountain Spring. Sam cutting in new ground Richard Whitehead has four oats stacks & I have four that we made 2 I bot & 1 at home & 1 at Mrs Hunts place Aaron Smith here at work again fixing plows Cart Work last week 5 days @ 4/6 per day weather very moderate for Janry, - Nannie gone to Mrs Colemans to see her as she is sick, Ditchers nearly done

14th Raining this morning a little Mr Keatts gone to Millers Mill after another Load of Plank for house Carried another for Plank for waggon or cart body Sam striping Tobacco not very cold to day - Aaron Smith at work here

15 Mr Keatts gone to Millers Mill after the Balance of Plank Sam striping tobacco part of the day & Richard & Charles Caroline striped awhile in evening Rained nearly all day Nannie did not come home Doran came Mr Keatts at work on the house for him to live in I went to Yates Mill got my flour & Richards got my cart wheels axletree Ironed & 2 Lynchg pins, brot them home, Aaron at on cart steer yoke & Bows etc cart body etc he has been here this week 3 days & 5 last making 8 days, Sam halled rails & fenced in Plant Bed he burnt; Richard striped Tobacco some to day - Raining yet & Nannie not come home yet, - Sent Bet & Calf young cow & calf for Sallie to milk til I want her, Still cloudy & like for rain, Abram Glen finished Ditching & I paid them of last night -

1870 Jany 16 Cleared off last night & this is a beautiful morning weather very moderate like planting corn time to day Doron gone after Nannie

17 Mrs Wyatt Came here to live with my wife to cook wash iron milk etc this morning. I went to striping Tobacco in little Barn at Richards till 12 oclock Charles did not strip any at all, We fixed Bridge in new ground & cut some Caroline went out this morning Keatts at work & finished this evening Making Door putting up sta[i]r steps finishing laying the floor over head, - etc about night Came up a tremendous cloud Rained very hard till in the night & - Thundered & lightened as Severe as it does in June or July. Thundered very Severe, ended all the Branches up high - - -

18th Mr Keatts got the waggon & is moving to day Sam & Caroline is Cutting in new ground I went to old Place & shop to day & to Lain

19th I staid at Home all day Aaron Smith here at work Sam & Caroline Cutting in new ground Wyatt & Wm cut in new ground for Sam in evening Mr Keatts moving but did not finish Pride Hunt Came here at night Milly is having a Calf this morning. Raining & cloudy this morning

20th Striping Tobacco in barn back of Garden, Mr Keatts began to work to day Millie had a calf last night. Cow calf

21st Mr Keatts finished moving to day & halled up stack oats from mountain field Sam & Caroline Cutting in new ground Hired Lowry to day to work young they worked very well & cart answered very well halled 6 or 7 Loads wood & Halled out some straw in Cow rack got 3 very pretty Lambs, - clear moderate day Rich^d Hal[l]ed straw & shucks to day - from here my Hogs all good for sometime