Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 August 18. Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to Aspen Grove to get 10 Bushels wheat, 8 for flour 2 to eat for negroes carried 2 Bus. Corn, & 1 stack to make square edge Plank & sheeting all to yates, etc — Hot day —

19th we all went down to aspen Grove except Jerry who went to St Andrews to meeting

20. Jerry & myself went to Court. Our Folks choped up the Grass & covered plant Beds & then went to Toping worming & succoring Tobacco next to Whiteheads —

21st Toping worming & succoring Tobacco Mr Wright came here yesterday morning Monday to work on yard at it again to day

22nd Started waggon with 2 Hd^ds Tobacco from aspen Grove, Jerry gone with it gave him $6 - 2 Bushels corn in Ears & oats & fodder Mr Wright here again Mrs Hunt started from here this morning for Mr Browns & come back in evening, - Doct Thompson comes to Mr Hunts Plantation nearly every Ho[u]r about 10 days & to Bybees together Emma Died monday morning, 19th Augt.

23rd Toping Tobacco worming & succoring Tobacco & Beeting Cider Cloudy this morning Beeting Cider in evening Henry started with 2 Hd^ds ^Tobacco from aspen Grove wednesday evening,^{to Lynchg} Jery & Smith went with him Expences, Henry & my 2 Horses — Oats for 4 Horses & some fodder 2 Bus. corn in years from here Toll of Waggon 1.25 - p^d I sent for 1000 lb Peruvian Guano to W^m Miller 5 Sent waggon on Home by Henry

11th Oct Housing Tobacco firing etc -

12 ^{Sale of Mr Hunts Hunts Household property} Same work Cool weathering

13. Rained ^{& Mrs Hunts Land} went to meeting etc

14 Mr Moses Baptised^{gave an Experience}Raining all day & Baptised Sunday all came here Saturday night Sunday Raining all day

15 I went to Court firing Tobacco Cutting down & Plowing for wheat —

16th. delivered property to day not done

17. gathering apples Halled furniture from Mr Hunts place, shrubing Halling wood

18 Halling wood Halled up our old Blade fodder & 1 stack Oats & 1 Load leaves Malled up some wood & I went to aspen Grove, cloudy nearly all Capt clements Daughter Buried here this evening

19th Raining this morning & very cold got out Peas firing Tobacco & making Baskets & Jobing about got our apples in Granary yesterday or day before Diging [H] in Barn to put up apples

20. Raining again putting up Irish Potatoes & apples to day in cellar & Barn. Sent to Mill this morning checking stables Let Buck Jerry Smith Lila Jordan & Lowry have Soles Buck & Lowry Caps firing Tobacco

21st stayed at home all day nannie went to Mrs Colemans, tolerable day

22. Began to sew wheat Digging Sweet Potatoes etc I went to see Edd — Mr Bybee has put up Sweet Potatoe seed & also the Estate of J D Hunt If they Keep I am to have seed from Mr Bybee We ran 3 Plows to day charley Plows well

22nd Finished shucking corn what we had up, etc

23 Let Mr Burroughs have my hides again. he got six hides one Rat Eaten his Rec^t only for 5. error, I Know he got six because we lost 3, 2 milch cows & my Bull & Killed 3 Beefs. this I know Housing corn & stacks, Raining this morning a little, — we finished Housing corn all that halled up, & done all but Peach Orchard. Henry making loft to stable, put Plank in Corn House & Granary.

24th Cleared off very cold & windy last night to day cutting & malling wood & Halling fixed stable Loft, etc, I went to Mrs Colemans Mrs Hunt & Bob here, nearly every day this week, give out shoes to negroes

25. went to meeting at Strait Stone cold day not many persons

26th Halled up our Corn & finished shucking & Housing - this evening & Halled up stalks from fresh ground & sewed wheat looks very like for falling weather, my Boar spotted that was at JD Hunts plantation is now gone from there & I dont know where he is - I told Bob to get some Corn & fodder there to feed his Horses as Mr Bybee is complaining & I found him in Bed,

27 Shucking corn finished, Halled wood & Cut this day all day nearly

28th Raining nearly all day & we are striping Tobacco in Barn on Road -

29. Sent Smith to Chalk Level, Henry gone to Faris Mill 8 Bushels wheat & 1 Log to be sawed into sheeting & to get flooring Plank Bot at Colo Dickinsons sale

29th Novr Fine morning, Set out Marmosa Tree in Yard this morning - Cutting in new ground next to Plant Bed -

30. Halling wood cutting wood, I am stilling

Decr. 1st. went after Mrs Hunts Corn, got Barrels, bot Oats 3000 lbs Tom Templeton for Mrs Hunt @ 3/- pr Hundred, settled with them about Tobacco made 1859 for Mrs Hunt give out my negroes meat at aspen Grove 21 lbs Beef - they are not quite done Shucking Corn,- going to measure next Tuesday - cool weather snowed to day fast for awhile - Windy -

2nd Stayed at home read to negroes -

3rd give Mr Bybee 1.25 for tollage to Lynchg with wheat & Mem^o for Tomb stones for Mr & Mrs Hunts Graves cost $15. a p^s $30 to get 10 Galls Black M^o. 5 for me & 5 for Est. to bring my wifes Bonnet, & 6 & give him Mr B $15. to get 8 Bottles Acitus morpia & 1 lb Calcined magnesia - Bills etc Put up my Hogs here 13 Killed Two & got 2 House House making 17 in all here to Kill got 12 at aspen Grove in pen 39 Pigs there & 4 sows, Cutt & marked here 7 Large Pigs & 9 Small ones making 16. 3 Sows out 1 Boar & 1 not got up yet has been at Mr Hunts place Bot of Mr James P Lewis 3 p^s Bacon midlings 1 for myself weighing 12½ lb 2 lb for John D Hunts Est weighing 27 lbs, not p^d for this 4th Decr 1860 but will pay shortly,- got the Bacon in Oct. ¹⁸ 3 ⁴ Halling rails here to day & Cutting - I went to as aspen Grove measuring corn measured up to day 50 Bb^ls in corn House &

11th I went down to Plantation monday Henry went to Millers Mill got all my plank there, we have one Log at Yates

12th Began to Plow finished stilling only made last time about 15 Galls Sent Bob to Yates to get my Buggy mended Cutting Pines etc in old field to day – 3½ Gallons Brandy in runlet for FWF Cider Turned out very little - apples rotten The mare I Bot for Mr Hunts Est Died sometime the 1st of the fall

13 I went to Chalk Level to see Cap^t Tate but did not see him, got Blankets etc for myself & Est JD Hunt Due Henry went after waggon to move Mr Doss Plowing here rounding & Jointing Shingles Cutting down Pines Bob gone to Hubbards after corn for Rent

14 Gave Out negroes Blankets Little^Big Henry Smith claiborne & Clementina Milly Ann had^{Rhoda had one too} one in house here, Malissa Abram & Kitty at Plantation aspen Grove Little ^Henry Had a Hat, here & Lowry & Sandy at Plantation cold sure enough to night

15th. Snowed last night & till after 12 Oclock to day nearly ½ leg deep Sent Henry & claiborne after my Pigs got some of them Cap^t Tate & Jerry come here to day & Jerry went to Mrs Worshams to get his coat cut & made Bybee come to see about Plank Jerry staid all night still very cold & cloudy

16 at home all day cold snow near one foot Deep melted but little

17th. getting wood Bob has not been here more than one day in 10 days. halling