Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

[…]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